DD gets the whole week off for Thanksgiving, and since she doesn't have classes on Fridays, she decided to come home this past Thursday. Yay! I get to have her for 10 whole days!!! DS20 gets out of school on Tuesday. He, DH and some fraternity friends are going to see Dead & Company in DC that night, so DS has arranged to go to the morning sessions of all his classes.
I texted both kids about what they wanted me to cook for Thanksgiving dinner. I am an excellent cook, and I enjoy cooking when I have the time. I figured they'd been away, would appreciate some home cooking, and I wanted to include their favorite side dishes. They both immediately said they don't like Thanksgiving dinner and wanted to go to the T-giving buffet at our golf club. I gotta say I was disappointed and relieved all at the same time.
School is going ok for both kids. DD loves her school, has made a great group of friends, is having tons of fun and is working hard. She has all As and Bs right now. She is not looking forward to finals, but is looking forward to sorority rush in January.
DS is having an extremely stressful semester. UVA Comm school is super intense and ultra competitive. He is struggling for the first time in his life with a class (Intermediate Accounting). He has to get a C or better or it won't count. His big semester group project is due this weekend. It has taken up a huge amount of his time. He has also been filling out applications and interviewing for summer internships. Finance kids look for internships in: consulting, investment banking, asset management and corporate finance. He's done about 50 applications in the 4 areas, has had 40 rejections, 5 first round interviews, 1 super day of interviews in Charlotte, NC. His focus was on internships in asset management, but he's getting most of his interviews in corporate finance. He found out this Monday that he didn't get the asset management job in Charlotte which was his top choice so far. Then on Thursday, he got an offer for a corporate finance internship. The money is good, and it's a Fortune 200 company, so I think he is going to take it and be done with the stressful recruiting process. All his friends have been wondering where he's been this semester!