High School class of 2011

[MichelleVW]

Sent DD and her roommates a "roommate care package"

Inside the box:
2 large coloring books
Pez refills
Chocolate covered pretzels

Then 3 individual quart sized zipocs with the roommates names on them, each containing:
2 face masks(mud mask kind that you have to peel off)
highlighter
pencil
temp tatoos
hello kitty pez dispenser
ummm...probably some other stuff but can't remember now.

They loved it! I made DD promise to send me a pic of all of them doing their face masks!

Awesome!!! coloring books are a great idea!!! I love sending silly but fun stuff that they don't expect!!

 

[HannaBelle]

Hey y’all! I am miss DS terribly, but he seems very happy and I am extremely pleased about that! He did come home over Labor Day, which I think was a bit too soon. I don’t think he was “missing” us yet and was ready to go back to campus on Sunday rather than my parents for a pool party with the family. He did take his TV back with him and we bought him a second hand TV stand.

I am not texting or calling or emailing. I am just waiting for him to contact us, but I have sent 2 packages with treats and a few things from home. I sent a loaf of homemade banana bread and some of his favorite homemade white chocolate trail mix.

He did say that classes are harder than he anticipated and that he studies a lot. He barely studied at all in high school and I knew this was going to be a big change for him, I just hope he keeps his grades high enough to keep his scholarships. He is already talking about changing his major from Animal Behavior (hybrid of biology and psychology) to just psychology because he does not want to take all of the biology. Sounds like laziness to this momma! He is certainly capable…

We have opted not to go to family day this month and wait for him to come home again during his fall break in October. It is going to be a long wait….

 

[disykat]

Last holdout safety moved in with no (well almost no) tears from me! Major miracle because I'm a crier.

We got three of them into their triple but it took some doing. Roommate #3 wasn't there yet, so we stuck around and dh helped them bunk the 3rd bed so they could have their own space with their own desk and dresser underneath. It did fit perfectly, but with no extra spaces around to tuck things like laundry hampers or garbage cans. Those rooms really would be a nice size if they were doubles as expected!

We met roommate #3 briefly before we left. It seemed like it will be okay, but no great match. I hope they're having fun!

Dh and I went into ds's room and poked around a bit when we got home. I dusted and I'm washing all his bedding. We were joking that we immediately came home and tried to wash his "stink" out. I thought I'd be boohooing because I've shed a lot of private tears over him leaving. His school is an hour and a half a way so we're going for convocation on Sunday. I might see him for a few minutes (he decided he wanted his desk chair from home) so I thought I'd clean before it felt really final.

 

[Disneycrazymom]

Wow Disykat he just moved in today? Late start for them. Glad it went well. DS is also in a double with 3 guys too. Seems like a lot of schools are really full this fall! It is a big room so they are doing alright with it.

We seem to be in a nice routine. DS lives at school all week and comes home sometime on Saturday, spends the night here and goes to church with us. He does his laundry and hangs out until Sunday dinner then heads back to school. I know it would not be right for everyone but I think we have the best of both worlds! He is having fun in the dorm and is close for his classes and we are enjoying seeing him on Sunday. Since school is only 20 minutes away it works great.

Next weekend he and the choir are going to Chicago and he won't be home until the following Saturday. It will seem like a long time!

I hope everyone's kids are doing well!

 

[disykat]

I saw him for about 10 minutes today at convocation and he says it's going great. He's having fun and meeting people. He doesn't start class until Wednesday, so meanwhile it'll all be fun along with a few things like music auditions.

His roommate disappeared for 24 hours so that was kind of weird. (he lives even closer than we do so I guess he went back home with his parents after move in?) They didn't even have his cell phone number to text to see if he was okay. They did ask him to let them know if he was going to be gone overnight because they were kind of freaked out that he never came back, so hopefully he'll let them know next time. Since he came back he hasn't wanted to do orientation activies, just stays in the room. It ought to be interesting. I'm thinking a triple might actually be good for this kid, between the two of them they can drag him out a bit, but it won't be a huge downer since they have each other.

I don't know if he'll come home before Thanksgiving or not, but I'm guessing he might. Meanwhile, I just bought something new at the grocery store and, for the first time in about 16 years, didn't read the food label. Trying not to worry about what he's eating! (peanut allergies)

 

[agnes!]

I haven't seen DD (one & only) since August 21st, but we'll see her before the end of the week . Parents Weekend is Sept.30-October 2...it will have been a long 5 1/2 weeks. Thank God for Skype.

DH was able to turn in a voucher he got for an overbooked 'bump' so the airline ticket we're getting her for mid-term break will only cost about $50 out-of-pocket .

agnes!

 

[MichelleVW]

Went to SFA for parents weekend. We didn't go to any of the "events". I asked her what she wanted to do and she said "I want you to take me to Walmart". She has a car....she has money....she has been to Walmart a few times since school started...but THAT'S what she wanted to do. We just had her meet us at Walmart rather than try to find a parking spot on campus. Did a little shopping at Walmart. Lunch on campus, then an off campus bookstore for some shirts. Chilled for a while and checked into our hotel before it was time for dinner and then the football game.

Had a great time even though we really didn't do much. Woke up this morning and drove by campus to tell her goodbye. We were going to take her to breakfast but she said she really didn't want to go so we headed out. I think her plans were her normal Sunday studying.

Here's me and DD before the football game. That was about an hour before the game, the stadium was packed during the game.

 

[kbeverina]

Parents Weekend was this past weekend at USC, but we had decided a while ago that we would go down a different weekend--he wasn't that interested in doing the activities and we were unsure of my daughter's marching band schedule. It looks like she's completely booked every weekend until Thanksgiving, so my husband is going to fly down one weekend by himself, go to a game, out to dinner, etc.

I've already painted his room--took everything out Trading Spaces style, painted, and put it back together, getting rid of the junk and clutter. I couldn't have done that when he was home because I probably would have killed him.

He sent me a facebook message a few days ago to tell me that he "just realized" the pharmacy only gave him 4 vials of insulin rather than 12. Seriously? You didn't realize you were missing 8 vials of insulin? I just sent a message back that obviously the pharmacy had only filled one month rather than three so now he'll have to go back every month for a refill. It's a little bit of a pain for him to go to the health center and fill prescriptions so I'm hoping that will teach him to check his bag before he leaves.

 

[minkydog]

I've already painted his room--took everything out Trading Spaces style, painted, and put it back together, getting rid of the junk and clutter. I couldn't have done that when he was home because I probably would have killed him.

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You already painted his room?! My DD would KILL me if I did that!

 

[minkydog]

Sent DD18 a big goody box. I found some gnarly vampire teeth, candy corn, pop rocks, and Moon Pies for her and the roommate, plus her favorite pretzels and some toys for them to play with. I threw in some special foot cream for DD--her feet are getting beat to pieces in her high heels. Apparently the girls like to "dress" at her school.

I'm going down for homecoming in 2 weeks, then she comes home for a short 4 day break I really, really miss her.

 

[kbeverina]

You already painted his room?! My DD would KILL me if I did that!

Yeah, but he won't care. It's pretty much the same color, I painted because the previous owners finished the basement themselves and used a flat paint in that room and the adjoining bathroom. It's just not washable, so I repainted with an eggshell finish. I hated the feel of the flat paint, like nails on a chalkboard.

 

[geffric]

You already painted his room?! My DD would KILL me if I did that!

My DS would not be happy either..on the other hand..I went to clean a few things from his closet and DH had a fit and DS wanted to keep things as a memory.. so I moved on..

wait til DH leaves for a week and wont be home to complain or call DS on me..

 

[kbeverina]

My DS would not be happy either..on the other hand..I went to clean a few things from his closet and DH had a fit and DS wanted to keep things as a memory.. so I moved on..

wait til DH leaves for a week and wont be home to complain or call DS on me..

He just moved down to the basement room last year, and at that time we packed most of his "childhood" things into a bin and put it in storage for him to have if he wants it in the future. It's not the room he grew up in so I don't think he has any particular attachment to it. He's got a nice little set-up down there, between the bedroom, bathroom, weight room and tv/game room, pretty much all to himself. I would hope he'd have better sense than to complain about the paint job. But I don't think he'll care.

 

[geffric]

He just moved down to the basement room last year, and at that time we packed most of his "childhood" things into a bin and put it in storage for him to have if he wants it in the future. It's not the room he grew up in so I don't think he has any particular attachment to it. He's got a nice little set-up down there, between the bedroom, bathroom, weight room and tv/game room, pretty much all to himself. I would hope he'd have better sense than to complain about the paint job. But I don't think he'll care.

sounds like a nice set up..what color did you paint it??

 

[agnes!]

Bad news
DD applied to be in a college service group (not a sorority, but a group of kids that are volunteer work-crew for industry events) and didn't make it in. She was really bummed about it.

Good news
But then she wrote an email to an industry group in our area asking if they needed any help over the Christmas holidays and the office administrator wrote back and asked for her resume and her schedule, asking if she was going to be home anytime before Christmas and DD got a resume together and we worked on it last night (Skyping a little bit & emailing the different versions back and forth) and DD emailed it last night along with when she would be home next month and today she heard back from the administrator.


DD has an interview during her mid-term break .

agnes!

 

[kbeverina]

Bad news
DD applied to be in a college service group (not a sorority, but a group of kids that are volunteer work-crew for industry events) and didn't make it in. She was really bummed about it.

Good news
But then she wrote an email to an industry group in our area asking if they needed any help over the Christmas holidays and the office administrator wrote back and asked for her resume and her schedule, asking if she was going to be home anytime before Christmas and DD got a resume together and we worked on it last night (Skyping a little bit & emailing the different versions back and forth) and DD emailed it last night along with when she would be home next month and today she heard back from the administrator.


DD has an interview during her mid-term break .

agnes!

Wow--that is good news.

sounds like a nice set up..what color did you paint it??

Well, last year I painted the main tv area a bright blue--like the color in agnes's signature. The original color of the entire basement was a beautiful mossy green, loved the color, just hated the texture. We live on a very wooded lot and there are spiders and crickets in the basement--when he would splat one on the wall, you couldn't clean that mark off.

He and my husband have a bunch of World Cup Soccer posters with that blue in them so I pulled that color for the walls and we framed all the posters and it looks great. Big tv, theater chairs, dorm fridge stocked with coke zero--I have to roll my eyes when he and my husband gripe that there's no dvr down there (DirectTV won't put one down there because there's no phone line). Now that my son is gone my daughter and her friends actually hang out down there and use it for sleepovers.

I kept the green for my son's room and the bathroom, but went a little brighter. Not as bright as Dopey's shirt in my avatar, but brighter than it was. I don't know if he'll actually notice it's a different color, but I rearranged the furniture so he'll definitely notice that.

 

[cruisnfamily]

Parents Weekend was this past weekend at USC, but we had decided a while ago that we would go down a different weekend--he wasn't that interested in doing the activities and we were unsure of my daughter's marching band schedule. It looks like she's completely booked every weekend until Thanksgiving, so my husband is going to fly down one weekend by himself, go to a game, out to dinner, etc.

We got the flyer in the mail for parents weekend, which is the 3rd weekend in Oct. Asked DD if she wanted us to attend and she said no because there will be a sorority parents weekend and she wants us to come to that instead. Unfortunately she has no idea when the sorority one might be.

I've already painted his room--took everything out Trading Spaces style, painted, and put it back together, getting rid of the junk and clutter. I couldn't have done that when he was home because I probably would have killed him.

Well I didn't paint but I did take everything out of her closet, drawers, shelves, etc and put it back on again while getting rid of lots of trash in the process. Anything that I thought might be a keepsake I asked her about but she pretty much gave me the go ahead to toss everything I asked about. She's very happy I have cleaned up for her!

Sent DD18 a big goody box. I found some gnarly vampire teeth, candy corn, pop rocks, and Moon Pies for her and the roommate, plus her favorite pretzels and some toys for them to play with. I threw in some special foot cream for DD--her feet are getting beat to pieces in her high heels. Apparently the girls like to "dress" at her school.

I'm going down for homecoming in 2 weeks, then she comes home for a short 4 day break I really, really miss her.

Just sent DD a Halloween package today. Filled with Halloween decorations from the dollar store, plus junky fake vampire teeth and a few silly masks. But then I went over to Target where I found a cookie graveyard you put together and decorate...like a gingerbread house but halloween themed. I stuck that in there too and I think DD and her room mates will really like it!

 

[kbeverina]

You guys send great care packages--I think I'll have a lot more fun with that when my daughter goes.

 

[Disneycrazymom]

I got to attend DS first choir concert on Sunday. They are so good! I was so happy to hear him sing and actually got a little chocked up. I didn't expect that! From the first concert freshmen year to the last concert Sr year will no doubt go as fast as high school did! I also think knowing after all the uncertainty last summer and finding a new school so quickly I was so happy to see he landed in the right place.

 

[cruisnfamily]

So DD's boyfriend of 2 years broke up with her 2 weeks ago. It's for the best and we're very pleased as it will give her a chance to really be free and enjoy college more fully. He is a HS senior and 2 years younger than her....he's a young senior(just turned 17 last month), she's an old freshman(19 years old tomorrow!). Unfortunately she is terribly upset and heartbroken at the moment. It is getting better but very slowly.

She was home for 5 days last weekend for her fall break. First time she's been home and it was great having her but she's just so sad over the boyfriend thing that she didn't enjoy it as much as she could have. We had an early birthday BBQ for her too and that was nice. It was odd readjusting to having her in the house and also her setting her own schedule...coming in at weird hours and not "asking" us but "telling" us what her plans were. Nothing wrong with it, perfectly appropriate, just different than our old relationship with her. She's also grown so much and matured, we can really see the difference.

So, how's it with everybody's kids? What's new?