<p>Just a vent
Son’s spring break is next week. His college is about 5 hours from home by car, 1 hour by plane. He is planning on coming home for the break. He calls last night. He says Do you know I have spring break next week? DUH. I ask if he has a ride home. He says probably but I haven’t asked yet. He has a not close friend who lives 45 minutes south of us who has a car. He says should I call him tonight? DUH. I said why do you wait to the last minute to make plans. He said this may be last minute to you but it isn’t even close to last minute for him.
I love him but he can drive me crazy!</p>
<p>Lol…omg, you could literally be sharing a conversation between my son and I!!!</p>
<p>For guys that age, last minute woulf be about 30 minutes beforehand! ;)</p>
<p>As far as I can tell, that’s normal behavior for anyone with a Y chromosome in college.</p>
<p>In college? How about just anyone with a Y chromosome?</p>
<p>This is one of the best reasons for our son to have a car on campus - I would be the one stressing about him getting a ride home.</p>
<p>S2: I’m going to the beach with some friends for a few days during Sping Break
Me: I need to make a Dr.'s appt for you. When will you be going?
S2: At the end of the week
Me (next day): I made an appt. for Tues.
S2(yesterday): I’ll be home on Fri. for SB but leave for the beach on Sunday for a few days.
Me: ARRGGHH</p>
<p>Just had the same conversation with D1. I ended up emailing the doctor’s phone # to her. She then quickly responded to say the appt I made was perfect.</p>
<p>I must have asked S at least 4 times exactly when he plans on coming home for break. When he finally decides to answer me, he says he will definitely be home this Sunday, unless he comes back on Monday, or maybe Saturday.</p>
<p>That really clears things up…</p>
<p>thanks for helping me realize what to anticipate next year!</p>
<p>Threw in the towel. Not coming home this year. The maybe to the beach, maybe stay and hang out, maybe work some extra shifts, turned into - whatever. No air ticket. We’ll see her at the end of the term.</p>
<p>I think cell-phones and texting make last-minute plans easier to make. Kids are used to just texting around “anyone leaving for xxx in the next hour”? :eek:</p>
<p>I’ve been through this in spades. D (now in grad school) started making spring break plans by January, although often had trouble nailing down final plans due to whatever guy friends might be involved. Finally, her senior year, it was just the girls, and plans were set, reservations made, Flawless (sort of).</p>
<p>S, on the other hand, has been totally last minute until this year (senior). He actually has figured out what he’s doing a MONTH ahead of time. Let me catch my breath.
Maybe the fact that I told him he could get his wisdom teeth out over break if he didn’t have any plans played a role:)</p>
<p>Oh yes. My son has been having issues with his contacts since October and desperately needs to see the eye doctor during break. I e-mailed to ask when he was going to come home so I could schedule the appointment. His answer was that he’d probably come home Friday or Saturday, and he’d be driving to Chicago to pick up his girlfriend some time during break, and that they might go with a friend to visit somebody in Virginia, but they didn’t know yet. Oh. O.K. That makes it MUCH easier to schedule an appointment!</p>
<p>We have a saying in my office because of people who wait until the last minute (not just college sons)–“If I had wanted it yesterday, I would have ordered it yesterday!” I think it started with overnight mail services, e-mail, and now has reached the younger generation with texting & cell phones.</p>
<p>curiouser-gave me a laugh. DS was only home for 4 days during winter break, was happily working out of state. Is coming in Fri night for one week break. Will have weekend to see friends. Monday has overdue teeth cleaning and other not fun stuff to do. Tuesday will have 3 impacted wisdom teeth pulled. Maybe I’ll home cook him some applesauce and pudding…I am afraid this will scare him off coming home for future breaks!</p>
<p>Update- I think he is coming home tomorrow.(grapevine of younger sister) Not that he has called to let us know.
Husband might take him snowboarding. Good idea about the dental cleaning.
Last break he waited till two days before leaving to tell me about a health concern. I was able to get him into the pediatrician but we could not get him into the specialist she wanted him to see. Ended up having to try to find someone up at his school to see him. I love him but…and I am sure all the clothes will be dirty!</p>
<p>I made plane reservation for DS1 (after speaking with him several times) then he tells me
he wants to take a detour to visit DS2 at another college. Cancellation charge for airline
$100. Not happening.</p>
<p>cornmuffin that is why DD flies Southwest, even though we have to drive an hour to pick her up and then another to come home. No cancel charges at SW.</p>
<p>It will be interesting to see how many people H brings back when he gets son next weekend (I have the return trip)- for winter break we knew we were giving a ride to one, not both local friends (I think H knew about one and I the other)- we took our largest vehicle fortunately- 3 ways of “packing” dirty laundry (one laundry basket, plastic garbage bag…). This will be a visit, unlike winter break- a month is too long for a visit and too short to be reintegrated into family life.</p>