<p>I guess I should have gotten here earlier in the day if I wanted a cinnamon bun, but this way it much better for my “diet” (as in, nonexistent but constantly thinking about it).
mythmom, I may have missed something but I would think Williamstown would be a great place to trek for weekends! I remember visiting there many many years ago to look at foliage (bk). </p>
<p>LIMOM, your d is really on the go- I’m tired jut thinking about her doing all of those things in one day.</p>
<p>mountains-- I agree with you-- sick of waitlist limbo. Will they send courtesy calls to those they do not pick from waitlist just so we can get closure? I harbor horrible secret fantasy thoughts about calling up S’s other waitlist schools and telling them “sorry, too late.” I am so ready to move on even if S isn’t, yet.</p>
<p>LIMOMOF2, please save a cinnamon roll for me, too. Maybe ten. It’s my daughter’s HS prom tonight. Her “friends” all got a table together but didn’t include her. She seems OK with that, is downstairs watching a movie with her little sister. I thought I was OK, too, until driving home just now I saw three other kids on our block all decked out with their party groups and families, taking pictures. I slowed down to gawk at them in all their finery, and could barely keep from bawling! It’s so strange because my daughter doesn’t seem to care at all!</p>
<p>I sure hope LIMOMOF2’s softball virtuoso gets to hang out with her friends tonight! Those coaches feel like they own the team, and woe to anyone who even thinks about breaking rank. </p>
<p>mythmom: Is your trip to see your boy off to Florence? If so, huge hugs and godspeed to him!</p>
<p>All this talk of Colby has me intrigued! I must go and learn more about it. It sounds like a fabulous place, mountains!</p>
<p>Sorry, here are the cinnamon buns - I had to run to pick D up and sort of forgot about them. Luckily, they didn’t burn - so everyone eat up and enjoy. </p>
<p>jnsq - I’m sorry your D isn’t going to prom tonight. I know that had to be hard for you seeing the other seniors all dressed up and ready to go. Maybe your D really doesn’t care about going. Not everyone is into the prom thing. </p>
<p>I’m happy to report that my D will maker her night out with friends - it was just a quick pizza dinner with the team - which she didn’t eat (she said she ate some zeppoles instead…lol - because she’s going to eat dinner with her friends). Anyway, she’s already out of the shower and getting ready - and supposedly she has a ride, so I am not on call - woohoo. That means I can have some wine IRL. I opened a bottle to use in making our dinner, and I would love a glass. Can I pour some for anyone else?</p>
<p>I’m glad the plans worked out, LIMOMOF2! I’d love a glass of wine. Thanks! I think my daughter did want to go but once her friends made plans without her she decided maybe she didn’t want to go all that much. Of course I am sad that no boy asked her. I think she is sweet and cute. I’m sorry that we never had that mom/daughter prom dress shopping trip, and I never got to see her all prettied up and part of things. True to form, tonight she’s going to study for her AP exams. It’s clear I am much more disappointed!</p>
<p>Here you go, owlice - eat up. I think I’ll have some of your freshly baked oatmeal/whole wheat bread. I have a jar of clotted cream and some blueberry preserves we can serve with your bread. I know clotted cream sounds disgusting - but for those of you who have never had it, it’s delicious - just very artery clogging, so not something we have very often. </p>
<p>Oh, and if you were talking about the wine, here’s your glass. It’s not bad - a gift from one of H’s clients. He’ll probably be a little annoyed that I used it to cook with - but really, we aren’t big drinkers, so why not!</p>
<p>:::raises hand wildly:::: me mee please- wine please pour me a glass- PLEASE!!! Sitting here all melancholy- thinking about the empty nest thing- wondering about lost opportunities and games we never played and all that. A glass of wine will definitely help.</p>
<p>jnsq-
So sorry about the prom stuff. That can be hard to watch as other go off to party. But not everyone is into the prom stuff, and is sounds like your dau is one of those and is fine with that. Thats a good thing.</p>
<p>Here you go jym. I don’t know if this wine will meet with your approval, seeing as how you actually know something about wine, but it’s what I had available - so, drink up, and then have some more.</p>
<p>Glad you’re enjoying the wine jnsq. I can understand your disappointment - I would probably feel the same way. </p>
<p>The thing I’ve noticed with high school boys is that if they are not dating a girl around prom time, they tend to ask girls they are friends with, not necessarily girls they are attracted to - so I’m sure it has nothing to do with whether your D is sweet and cute, which I’m sure she is. Your D’s circle of friends just may not include single boys, or maybe she isn’t particularly close to any of the boys she hangs out with. My D is dating a senior, so she has been filling me in on who is going with whom - and I have to say, there are some mismatched, unexpected couples formed for prom night. Also, many girls are going alone, rather than having awkward partners. Since your D’s “friends” were not nice enough to include her, I guess that wasn’t an option for her, and that is too bad - but she’s probably better off without them. I’m glad she seems to be ok with how things turned out - she must be very mature.</p>
<p>je<em>ne</em>, I had no huge burning desire to go to my prom. I sort of got asked (one of my classmates trying to find a date for one of our other classmates), but I didn’t want to go with just anyone if I was going to go. I could have counted on one hand the guys I’d have been willing to go with (and can probably still name all five! lol!!), and since none of them asked me (well, one did, sort of, but not really), I didn’t go. Neither did one of my best friends. She hosted an after-prom party, and I helped with that; we both wore long gowns for it. I think I had more fun doing what I did than I would have had actually going to the prom.</p>
<p>And the next day when my friend was cleaning up after the party (frantically, before her parents got home), she picked up 206 (yes, she counted) beer cans/bottles… </p>
<p>I suspect your D really is quite okay with being home tonight. AND she gets to hang with her very cool mom; how great is that?!</p>
<p>Jym, I’m so sorry you’re feeling blue tonight. I was trying to think of something that would cheer you up - and instead I imagined how I’ll be feeling when D leaves for college, and I got a little sad too (and she still has two years to go, and I’ll still have another one at home!). Anyway, we’ll drink wine together - only it turns out I have to drive tonight after all, so my drinks have to be virtual yet again. I don’t know what happened to D’s ride! I thought her friend’s BF was picking her up since her own BF is away with his family for the weekend.</p>
<p>Jym, Thanks, I’ll have a piece of your yummy cake - I remember it sounded delicious. Oh, and we are drinking a 2005 Sangiovese Il Chiaretto from the Cosentino Winery in California. H always gets an unusual assortment of wines and other liquors during the holidays. Some are amazing, and some not so much - I can’t tell the difference until I try them. This one tasted fine in my bolognese sauce…lol. IRL, I haven’t tried drinking it yet…lol. Maybe when H comes home, he’ll be willing to pick D up tonight, and then I’ll be able to indulge. I just feel bad about making him run out at midnight after he’s been working all day.</p>
<p>jnsq - I’m sorry your D didn’t get to go to prom. It sounds like she’s handling it fine. I never went to mine, and over the years, I’ve always seemed to be friends with others who didn’t go, and we’ve shared mostly amusing stories about what we did instead. One friend regaled me with stories of how she and her one other friend who didn’t go sat around and consumed a lifetime’s supply of Doritos. Your D is making much better use of her time! I suppose it was fitting that I married someone who didn’t go to his h.s. prom. All these years later the only thing that even remotely bugs me about not having gone is the one friend from high school, who, to this day, still manages to slip in a comment like, “Remember at our prom? Oh, yeah, that’s right. You didn’t go.” Just keep your D away from girls like that!</p>
<p>jnsq - At my D’s school, dates for prom are not at all the norm…most all of them just go in big groups. Most dancing is in groups, not couples. I wish more schools were like that so more kids could just go and have fun with their friends, not have social drama. Give your D a big hug and go shopping for the perfect little black dress she’ll be needing at Smith!</p>
<p>I never went to the prom and neither did my son. We were/are college bloomers. When someone says that the HS years are the best of one’s life, I don’t know whether to laugh or gag or say, “You poor dear!”. The best is yet to come for your D, jnsq!</p>
I think I had more fun doing what I did than I would have had actually going to the prom.</p>