<p>morning all–listen I really hope it’s okay but I invited a few friends from the meta thread–they have NO food there…
but I did let them know there were no bagels and lox, that’s so Sunday</p>
<p>I’m sticking with the organic unsweetened oatmeal–too much celebrating last day of school in my house…</p>
<p>saw some waitlisted kids posting success on other thread–good luck those still waiting–my s said he wouldn’t go if offered as he’s loving the school he’s with</p>
<p>Morning All! We’re back from our OOS visit and it has definitely muddied the water for D2! The state DI school would like a decision ASAP and the private DII school has given her an open time line. She is very crabby and short tempered with us as she stuggles with the decision and getting prepared for AP testing this week. The financial costs are a wash as well as academic opportunities. The state DI has better facilities and both coaches are nice and personable. She has a tough decision! And I had more than a virtual glass of wine this weekend as we mulled over the options before us!;)</p>
<p>umm, hi again, (fencersmother I really tried to warn them before you got here)</p>
<p>fencer–vigil–vigil–fencer–she has a wicked sense of humor, (well you do)</p>
<p>oh and I actually never said the food was “free”–we all contribute–kind of a pot luck thread-</p>
<p>Not free? And I suppose it is some healthy crap, too? Geez, where’s the FREE FOOD? That’s why I’m here.</p>
<p>I’ll pay with a recipe:</p>
<p>Get some meat.
Get some frozen veggies.
Mix em, pour soup on the top.
Bake it all for half an hour.</p>
<p>Order a pizza.</p>
<p>LOL, fencersmother. Welcome!</p>
<p>lindz, I’m glad your son is loving the school he’s with so much. That’s got to be happy news for you, especially with his scholarship.</p>
<p>creme brulee coffee all around–</p>
<p>tired this morning–my s practicing for those late night philosophical college talks by talking with me—which of course I love, but his opening question usually happens around 11:30…think he was just avoiding opening his AP Govt book-- a few minutes in the afternoon was just fine…</p>
<p>2blue–thanks–I’m really grateful he’s happy–didn’t want his choice to be just based on scholarship–he rewrote the lyrics to “Slow Ride–changed them to Full Ride”<br>
bet your son is so excited and you so proud he’s decided on Yale! way to go!</p>
<p>:: stacks muffins and danish on the buffet table ::</p>
<p>:: adds hard-boiled, scrambled, and poached eggs to the table, along with crisp bacon ::</p>
<p>:: toasts whole wheat bread and English muffins ::</p>
<p>Heck, yeah, the food here’s healthful! See the bread? Whole wheat!! </p>
<p>Welcome, fencersmother!</p>
<p>bethievt, oh, I know this one bio quiz is small in the scheme of things; that wasn’t the issue, however. He latched onto it anyway. What I find very interesting about this is that usually, he’s the one catastrophizing, and I’m the one trying to bring him around to reality. That he should take on that role – the reality check – is progress; though it reflects underlying catastrophizing, he’s starting to be able to see the bigger, more real, picture, and that’s good.</p>
<p>(The bio quiz, and his grades in general, were not the issue at all. He’s ignoring a bigger issue, and would like to pretend that it’s about grades. 'tain’t!)</p>
<p>Time for coffee!</p>
<p>:: wanders over for the creme brulee coffee ::</p>
<p>fencersmother - Welcome to our scrumptious, free buffets where each one partakes and gains only friends, not calories. And I’ll take the pizza instead. :)</p>
<p>My S remains hopeful on his waitlist but he told me he was perfectly okay with going to Colby. One of his favorite teachers told him last week how excited he was that S was going to Colby and what a great choice he made. S was beaming when he got home.</p>
<p>NorthMinnesota - Good luck with a very tough decision.</p>
<p>Creme brulee coffee… OK, this is my kind of breakfast. Way better than last night’s leftovers and whatever didn’t fit in the home-packed lunch I sent with DH! </p>
<p>Can we have a nice chef-dude who looks like Tom Selleck making omelets in the lobby? I like him, I mean, them.</p>
<p>Of course, fencersmother!</p>
<p>And I’m surprised you haven’t noticed the cabana boys.</p>
<p>Or have you? ;)</p>
<p>…and they respond to Fabio.</p>
<p>oh boy, I read fencers post and saw ‘chef-nude’ instead of ‘dude’ before I even GOT to the Tom Selleck part… </p>
<p>…having a hot flash here.</p>
<p>I can’t sign on to post for some reason on my Macintosh, so I get to lurk more than post–but it is keeping me in shape to run in a June Race for the Cure, avoiding all that food! Not–actually I am partaking and thanking all of you!! I will happily contribute a wonderful lentil salad, but I will warn you that it seems best made with olive oil from France–get some when we visit our kids in their semester abroad, HAH! I only get to post when I have time and my son is at school–also a rare alignment of the planets, or something. Anyway, I Do want to write and THANK all of you, for your support and encouragement in coming to terms with my son’s choice of college. He seems quite content, but would also be happy if he got off his (not real likely) waitlist school. The schools are exactly even in Many ways, except that they are located at just about the 2 most distant parts of the country possible. And I am feeling better–I guess I am getting used to it. I am wondering in part if this is because this is my one and only, really and truly going away. I have however found a substitute, of sorts, in that I volunteer at a local high school to be a…college advocate! Thanks to so many who have shared information, I can deal with most of the endless and unique and puzzling FAFSA and other questions that come up, and get these inner city kids off to college–I HOPE! It’s really lots of fun. Wait until next year and college essay time! (I only started this past winter). Congratulations to all the relieved parents with acceptances! What a ride, what fun! And for those beginning, is it Bethie that said she visits colleges like some visit cathedrals? It REALLY is a fun part of the process. Enjoy! I think I need to go get lunch IRL (Just figured out what that means today!).</p>
<p>:: hands radimom a slice of Key lime pie ::</p>
<p>Welcome!!</p>
<p>Owlice, you are, always have been (in my experience) just about the BEST!! Key lime is my Favorite! I think I may just have to go to the nearby newly reopened pizza-and-all-things-Italian place nearby, and get the real thing–I just noticed the other day that they had it!</p>
<p>And I am a sucker for anything with feta cheese, or olive oil–DH is of Greek heritage, whilst my heritage is much farther north in Europe and tends to favor bland food. </p>
<p>Mmmmm. Goes to sun on deck and just—sits—there.</p>
<p>That was mythmom with the cathedral comment, but I join both of you in saying that we LOVED the visit process and I expect I will continue to visit campuses for fun. Last one was Trinity College in Dublin after son asked me to visit some Oscar Wilde sites for him.</p>
<p>bethie - Isn’t the Book of Kells amazing? I bought a t-shirt in Trinity’s bookstore and S rolled his eyes.</p>