DH, who really should have been either an engineer or in construction, built this really neat quasi-cabinet out of old doors that he salvaged from an old office remodel. It looks really nice, and DD and her roommates really liked it.
I'm impressed!
After the assemby, we took DD and DS out for dinner at one of our favorite places in Boulder. Had a nice chat, and them dropped them off at their dorm and apartment and went to our hotel.
Here is a link to some of the watches. The one I got is similar to the one of the top row, second from the left (L7509I)
I have never even
heard of a wooden wristwatch, but that one is gorgeous. Very different!
Sigma Phi Epsilon is still his number one choice, with Theta Xi and Kappa Sigma numbers two and three.
DD would NOT have been a good fit for a sorority!!
That's my DD too. It's just not her thing.
Sheila I really hope your DD is on the mend soon. Any word yet from Vanderbilt? How long has it been now, seems like forever.
Sheila - still no word from Vanderbilt?!?!
She's much better, and NO
, we have not heard from Vanderbilt. I'm going to call our doctor's office to check if I don't hear anything by Friday. I definitely feels like forever!
We didn't want him going with a group of guys (I am a little paranoid) and honestly he doesn't like being a passenger so when there was no option of the party bus he decided to stay home and we didn't have to address the driving issue. There will be groups of kids all over that campus watching the game.
I don't think you're paranoid at all. When you get a big group together like that (particularly with freshman who are probably already intoxicated with being "adults"), things can happen that would never have happened if there were just one or two of them.
Friday night is the High School rivalry for the Valley Cup, DS's HS lost it last year and want it back, he will be going to that game.
I can remember the first high school ballgame I went back for when I was a freshman in college. I thought I was just so "grown up".
So, we took DD off to the head shrinker yesterday. We were introduced and shrinker spent a couple of minutes talking with DD, he then sent her out into the lobby and spent an hour with us going over her life. He wants to meet with us and not her for a few weeks. He says he finds that dealing with the parents gives him a quicker and more accurate picture of the child which in turn makes his work more effective, or so he says.
. We liked him, he has a good sense of humor and is married with 2 kids of his own (ages 9 & 12, 1 boy & 1 girl) so he is not one of those "experts" who has no experience
The first thing he is addressing are her sleeping patterns. She is a night owl and a true bear to get up in the morning. Even with a strictly enforced weekday bedtime I still have trouble with her. He instituted a weekend bedtime that is earlier than what we do now also no radio etc. while sleeping. He also told us how to evaluate how much sleep she really needs. We need 3 days and we have a 3 day weekend the end of the month. He said set a bedtime ie 10 p.m. and let her sleep in, at the end of the 3 days we should have a good idea of how much sleep she does need.
I'm really glad to hear that he sounds like he has some good ideas. I know that both DD and I need more sleep than the average person. She recognizes that too and seldom does late night studying unless she can sleep late the next morning.
Funny, when we were reviewing her evening and morning routines, Shrink looks at DH and says
"so what are you doing during all of this?"
I'm thinking this counseling for DD might be very beneficial for DH and I
Now this guy is really sounding good!
All else is quiet, if you are reading my Parents of College Freshman thread you see the ongoing saga of the water bottles.
I have, and it amazes me that the roommate would go so far as to
change the initials on the water bottles. That's pretty bizarre. Have you thought about having DS buy a different brand than what the RM seems to buy? Of course, you and I both know that he'll drink DS's when DS isn't in the room, don't we? What a creep!
BTW, my DD was like your DS. Her room was awful, and you couldn't find the floor half the time. I worried about her moving in the RM because that girl is almost fanatical about neatness (no joke either). Amazingly, DD not only keeps her part of the apt. clean, she now keeps her room at home clean. I've been amazed. She's also gotten much better about how she spends money too.
I am off to Portland next Thursday to check in on Mother. I have appointments all day Friday, starting with her home at 10 a.m., then with her Doctor at 1:00 p.m. and with my attorney at 4:30 p.m. Gheesh.......... I haven't been up there since March so I am cramming every thing in one day and then planning on spending the weekend relaxing with my Auntie (who loved Colorado Springs by the way). May take Mother back to the pumpkin patch, she really enjoyed it last year or the Portland Zoo and rose gardens. She loves to get out and walk and I like to be able to take her someplace when I am there.
I hope everything goes well. It looks like DH's father is headed to a nursing home. He's gotten more and more difficult and has been borderline violent (sometimes a little over the line). DH says that his dad has always been mean and that the bipolar issue just makes it worse. FIL rants and raves and insists that he wants to go to a nursing home, because he thinks that will keep MIL from having "his" money. He's furious because he can't have his guns or a long list of other things that he thinks he should have.
His mother has always been good at playing the victim and made repeated calls to the kids for help with him. Now, don't get me wrong. I do think the children should try to help with their parents, but she wouldn't do anything they suggested about coping with him. SIL says MIL just eggs him on when she should ignore him or plays the victim when all she has to do was leave him alone. They have a man there to help with him daily from 8 to 5, so she didn't have to wait on him hand and foot, but she does it anyway and then acts pitiful.
The kids have said for a long time that he needed to go to somewhere that could control him, but she refused. She'd just keep calling the kids and making them take responsibility for him. So, DH quit doing it. He wasn't available everytime she called and sometimes didn't answer the phone (she could leave a message if it was a real emergency). After awhile of that, she's decided that he needs to go somewhere...
He does need to go somewhere. He's thrown objects at people before, and even though he's pretty frail, so is MIL, and he could definitely hurt her at some point. DH and his sister agree that all the years of her waiting on him hand and foot are contributing to how he's acting now (although some of it is definitely mental).
mamcatnv -
Can I just say -
@ your DD's Shrink
. He sounds like a keeper, common-sense + professional expertise...wow.
agnes!
PS - I *never* do those home-based business' parties.
Hi, Agnes!
Thanks. I did reach him this morning - he actually called me on one of those mornings when he gets to sleep in - how's that for motherly love?
) He was invited back to SigEp tonight, as was his roommate.
Good luck for him!
DD comes home today. All classes are canceled Friday due to the debate and lack of accessibility to the campus.
Of course, by now you've heard all about the possibility of the debate being postponed. Ole Miss has spent $5 million (donations covered it) to get ready for this. The campus has been pretty close to shut down this week (quite a few teachers actually dismissed class all week due to students having to be shuttled to campus because parking lots are closed down). They've worked on this for weeks, even months. The restaurants have purchased much more food in preparation, all the hotel rooms are booked (as well as a lot of the condos). Extra staff has been hired all over town.
The last thing I heard was that the presidential debate might be moved to next week in St. Louis (instead of having the VP there), and the VP debate would take place at Ole Miss. I suspect that's going to make a lot of people very unhappy in Oxford.
(personally, I'd rather see Palin anyway, but since I won't have a ticket, it won't matter to me).
he was so clueless and still is. He is an engineer and the "theory" involved in accounting totally befuddled him. Now, when I say the dishwasher is making a funny noise he is on it
Smokey would know not to try to text someone who had their phone taken away
So, now, she sounds really sick and decided to miss her last class and come home. Hopefully, it won't be anything too bad. 
Hope she is feeling better soon.
By the time DS learned that he had the weekend off all the tickets for the bus/hotel/game package were sold out. It is a 10 hour drive on a single lane highway. We didn't want him going with a group of guys (I am a little paranoid) and honestly he doesn't like being a passenger so when there was no option of the party bus he decided to stay home and we didn't have to address the driving issue. There will be groups of kids all over that campus watching the game. 
Gotta go refresh my coffee. Have a good day, all!!! 
Go Pack - stomp some Rebel behind 
