<p>Wow, ctymomteacher... tell us more about your plans. Why an RV? And will you be retiring or working or what? It sounds fascinating. (And I think it's really kind of you to stay in your house for a year so your S has a sense of home.)</p>
<p>My husband will be retiring. He'll be the work-camper, working as camp host or whatever for a few hours/day for sites and hook-ups some of the time, while I'll still do what I do now--teach via the internet but with a tripod sat dish. The RV life has been his dream for years. He's always put me and mine first, so now I'm with him--and quite happily so. </p>
<p>As for staying around to give our son a home to go to, we feel a little guilty at times about taking off after a year, but he's talking about either staying in his new town during the summers or traveling to Mexico instead of coming back here at all after the first year, so it would seem silly to defer the dream any longer just in case. There are plenty of people here who would have him if he needed a place to stay other than his g'mother's house, anyway! So I guess we have the permission of the Parenting Gods to go have our own life. </p>
<p>BTW, I'm sorry we won't be meeting you after all--you were so kind when we were holding our breath over Chicago, where he was ultimately wait-listed. But we're all happy now!</p>
<p>Well, we have a great RV camp right by the ocean in our town, so let me know when you're coming to California, and we can still meet! Just don't come in the winter early spring when the rains sometimes force the camp to close (it's right near a usually tame river). Your plans sound fantastic. And I hope that you will post how your S is liking his school, is it MIT? I get the kids and schools mixed up still. I know mootmom's S is going there.</p>
<p>No, MIT deferred and then rejected him. But Tulane wanted him badly enough to give him lots of money and an Honors Program invitation, and he's really excited about New Orleans since he's a musician, too.</p>
<p>are you and jmmom meeting at orientation?</p>
<p>Tulane sounds perfect for him then. Can't imagine a more fun environment for a musically inclined kid, and money thrown in, too? Sounds ideal!</p>
<p>i know this board is for parents, but just in case the parents were wondering if there are any children out there who are actually sad about leaving their mom's and dad's behind, there is.</p>
<p>im a Princeton '09er, and I must admit that I am forcing myself to leave home. Yes, Im excited to go, but I will miss my mother and father more than many can imagine. It worries me to see that my mother cries when she looks at me because she knows that in less than a month her children will be leaving home-- leaving her by herself. </p>
<p>This is truly a bittersweet period.</p>
<p>SB, yes, we're planning to meet. Will you be there as well?</p>