Six weeks @sopranomtmom ??? My daughter only gets 2!
I am routing for all of you Class of 2021 folks, and living vicariously through you!!! Having had my D spend her HS Senior year away (and truly not being prepared for it), I try to tell myself that the Universe was looking out for us both, when a gap year back at home became our reality. Please share, as you navigate this first semester!
What a great idea @bisouu!
My D seems to be doing well. I think it was a little rough after the initial excitement set in…her roommate wasn’t all she had hoped for. She is from CA about two hours south of the campus so she has many friends both at LMU and in other area schools so it has facilitated my D making a group of friends right away which is a positive. Aside from that, she is very busy with the musical. Practice is Sunday-Thursday and ends at 11:30pm on weeknights. There was no way I was going to sit home so we booked our flights and hotel and we are going to see the show first weekend in October! The guest director has been extremely complimentary towards her work so that’s a good feeling for her and me as well. She has mentioned wishing we were rich so she could come home any weekend she wants…I had to straighten her out on that one! I think the problem is that she needs to find a really good friend that she clicks with and it hasn’t happened yet. Of course it’s been less than four weeks! I’m encouraging her to join a sorority second semester but she’s on the fence with that. All in all I’m really okay I’m just concerned about her being happy and comfortable so far away. She will come home for Thanksgiving though and then we go there in February for Family Weekend so we will get to see her a decent amount. I love the Facebook idea so I can set it up if there’s enought interest.
BTW, I love your name. It’s what I used to say to my kids when they would mumble.
Can you maybe have her take a train to a closer, cheaper airport? Meet her halfway for a long weekend once a semester?
I am flying S17 home for Thanksgiving but he is taking a 9 hour bus ride back because the plane fares on the Sunday after T-day are just too much. He also has 6 weeks for winter break and is bussing it both times unless he finds a ride.
Yes I love the six week break! There is actually a three week winter term for students during that time frame when some do shows and there will be study abroad opportunities for her in the future. But this year I am thrilled to have her home the whole time!!
Oh, and I’m certainly in on the Facebook idea as well. Thanks @marg928 for offering to facilitate!
^^^I’m in the 2018 FB survivors’ group and haven’t had the opportunity to make it to the shows. Hopefully the group will continue as the rest of my kids graduate!
Oooh a nine hour bus ride! That’s love! - @techmom99
Maybe I’ll figure something out…but for now daily texting is keeping me going. Got another lovely one telling me how very happy she is tonight. I am hoping that it stays that way after the initial euphoria and newness subside. We chose this program and paid more for it than many others she got into because we have never heard of anyone being unhappy with it and were told it is a very supportive program. Her best friend went to another prestigious program a year earlier and he has been really struggling in an unkind environment. I am sure different schools are different for different people. But knowing she is in a good place is definitely making this easier.
I on the other hand need company! I would love to join any group and love hearing stories of how your kids are doing.
Yesterday I was looking for something in my D online folder and came across all her pre-screens. I found myself listening to them because I missed the sound of her singing 
@waitingforlife I won’t lie – late at night, when everyone is in bed, I plug my headphones into my computer speakers and watch my D’s video clips from audition songs and recitals and other shows she’s done. Shhhh. don’t tell.
@singoutlouise I’m so glad to hear that your D is doing so well at her school. (Think it was of U. of Mich, if I remember correctly.) I understand your situation having her so far away that a weekend visit is impossible and flights so expensive that they need to be limited. (That was my D’s situation last year when she was a 10 hr drive away.) As you say, knowing that’s she’s really busy and happy there is a comfort. And texting really helps too!
I love that everyone is listening to their prescreens. I have been doing the same thing! Good to know I am not alone <3
I made the FB group. I called it CC Parents Theater Class of 2021. See you there!
@singoutlouise - Yeah, 9 hours, but it’s a bus just for the school so he’ll be with other students. It’s a 45 minute drive to where the bus is…
@momtojoss and @marg928 If you want to find the FB page, you have to look under “Groups”. CC Parents Theater Class of 2021.
@daughtersdreams I did! All that comes up is some Sylvania High School! LOL
@momtojoss The same thing happened to me. Once you see that Sylvania stuff, look up and you can click on Groups again. That’s how I found it.
I am so happy to know I am not alone!!! I miss my D so much and the singing in my house. We are the first in our town to send a kid into MT and so I have no one to share it with. We do have a college FB parents of BFA page but I have not met the parents yet. We have family weekend Nov 1 at that point I hope to bond with other families and share stories.
@lincoln56 Thanks to Marg928 we have a FB page for parents of the class of 2021. It’s called CC Parents Theater Class of 2021.Search for it under the Group Page tab on your Facebook if you are interested in joining us. Great place for moral support!
@lincoln56 You are definately not alone! Every day, I cannot believe I am not hearing the singing in my home! My older son is also a singer/songwriter so I would say someone was singing here every day for at least 15 years. Now it’s just me and my bird (who also misses the singing, lol)
My wife just said last night, “I wish I hadn’t told our daughter to stop singing at the top of her lungs so much.” It’s very quiet here now. 