Oh no – so sorry about prom! That stinks, and senior prom, too. 
Although honestly, last year my D26 missed the winter formal because of district band, and I was secretly relieved – not a big fan of school dances, lol.
Our public schools start back on August 4, but D26 will start August 14. Her school loves to start on a Thursday.
(It’s still too soon to finish all the summer homework and revise the essay and start on the GA Tech supplemental essay – esp with band taking up all her time.)
Mine is at band camp right now. And I am also secretly panicking inside – WHEN is she going to finish all the stuff?!
Oh yeah, I think I remember your mentioning this some time ago. I used to stalk UGA’s admissions blog with my D22, lol – but D26 isn’t planning on applying, so I haven’t looked in some time. I do like how transparent they are, although it’s always shocking at our school how many kids get deferred.
She passed! Now has to go to the DMV to get the actual license, which requires making an appointment…which she’s doing right now as I type.
September 2 school start here! But sports start 8/11, she’s facilitating freshman orientation, and work starts late August.
I’ve been on her to work on the Common Activities section. Has she started? Nope. Has she done any more work on her essay? Nope. Is the supplemental prompt for her ED1 school out yet? Nope.
Our school’s first day of class is 7/31.
Not sure if this will work, but this instagram reel hits home for me now, and maybe for you as well 
I lived through this vicariously with a friend last year, D ended up on wait list and now offered “transfer pathway.” I do appreciate the transparency and wish one of my kids loved it (but neither felt it was a fit despite growing up UGA football fans).
Holy cow, these are some early starts! We think D26 will start 9/4, which is the usual for us - Thursday after Labor Day. But we actually don’t have a calendar yet from the school, so we’re flying blind at the moment.
And D26’s mom wants to take her to visit the grandparents overseas next summer before college, so we’ve already booked those tickets (mileage points!) We’re hoping that the calendar for this coming year looks similar to the one from last…
Haha that accent sounds like it’s my home country, if not it’s one of the neighboring ones!
I do feel like that with C26 at the moment. Kind of less funny at home though …
That is such a bummer about prom! My D26 couldn’t attend hers because of a conflict this year, but her BFF from preschool asked her to his prom, so she was able attend one. Maybe see if there’s a friend who goes to another local school who might want a friend date for theirs?
Your kiddo might do something like mine did last year. She’s in a program with multiple different schools --and they decided to have a ‘prom’ amongst themselves so they could go together. They all dressed up --took prom photos --had a fancy dinner and then changed clothes and did their own ‘after prom’ as a sleepover at one of the kid’s houses. They all had a great time -there was no dance -but that’s usually not the best part of it and heck - a parent could hook up a speaker and you can always dance anywhere! Since the WHOLE team will be impacted -why can’t they have “Her Sports Team” prom --and do it themselves? They can even get corsages and stuff! And they get to do the fancy dress and hair/makeup/nails (if that’s their thing)! My daughter considers it her ‘junior prom’ --and plans to do something similar for Senior year.
Aug 7
D26 has her driver’s license now! Woo! She’s thrilled that she doesn’t have to do on-the-road practicing with Mom anymore.
that’s the plan at least for now. Grateful we know already since it’s 8 months away and lots of time.
Pre season here starts Friday August 15 and first day of school is August 27. We are supposed to “touch base” today about college stuff… 
S26 starts on August 20. Next week, he’s doing a philosophy program, which I’m glad about as it’s one of the majors he’s considering. Right now, as a pre-read for the program, he’s making his way through Descartes’ First Meditation on the mind-body problem. I think it’s kind of blowing his mind, insofar as he can parse it! Sometimes he reads it aloud to me because it’s very dense and difficult reading. We are having some deep conversations around here lately!
I’m so impressed. I don’t think any of us are thinking that deeply this summer. S25 and D22 are binging Ted Lasso this week (he found out his freshman seminar class will be discussing the show in depth, so he talked his sister into watching with him, lol). D26 is away at band camp.
But my D22 texted me the following years ago – this is her sense of humor. Your post made me think of it!
C26 started the engineering workshop this evening. In “what are the chances”, one of the guys who was in their studio at the arch workshop is there too!
Two weeks from tomorrow, on Aug 9, we’re moving S25 into his dorm. His school is about two hours away, and both our girls and DH and I are going to get him settled. It’s going to be SO weird to leave him there and come home. Gah. (This is a kid who has been in special ed most of his life and has a lot of challenges.) I am really nervous about it.
Then D26 starts senior year on Aug 14, and on Aug 22-24, I will caravan with D22 the 13 hours to her school to move her in for senior year. (I am renting a car and flying home, thankfully. Her car is tiny and will only hold a fraction of her stuff, so I am following in a minivan, lol.)
It will be odd for D26 to be the only kid at home. She’s always felt like a middle child, getting the least attention – her twin brother always had our focus because he had a lot of needs, and her older sister got a lot because, well, first child.
But I suspect she’s not going to like it when she’s the sole focus, lol. (She did an extra year in elementary school, so she’s a year behind her brother.) And I think she’s going to have a hard time missing her twin. They’re as close as normal siblings, but they do share some kind of mind meld – and they’re fiercely protective of each other.
Anyhow. I’m just rambling. But I’m feeling some kind of way about only having two more weeks of “normalcy” with all three kids home. 
