Freshmen coming home for winter break!

<p>So nice having him home. We stayed up until 2 am watching a DVD I had bought him, even tho both of us had to be up by 7 am.
I didn't have any friends interested in sci fi, and luckily, S picked up this hobby. Its now his favorite EC at college.</p>

<p>Really enjoying all your "homecoming" plans/stories...sounds like all DS's and DD's are doing well, which is the best part...we are in the throes of college apps - I'm hoping DH and I will have a homecoming story of our own next year around this time...(getting a little misty thinking about it, I'm afraid...)</p>

<p>ckr...and so the cycle goes...next year, you can be telling your homecoming story, and someone with a hs senior will be saying....hmmm, that will be me next year! Best of luck to you and your son or daughter.</p>

<p>Sac,
Our family vacation will be a trip to London. I have been to France and Belgium many times but this is my first visit to GB and I am very excited about it. The fates are with us as we were even bumped up to business class on our flights. Sweet!</p>

<p>My daughter has been consulting with the pre-med advisor about internship possibilities for next summer and is in the process of applying for a particular program that she may or may not be accepted into. She also is talking to one or two professors about working for them. Last summer she set up her own program with a surgeon who is/was doing research. I would think that all of the advisors have a list of possibilities and would discuss what is appropriate to apply for. The hard part historically has been coming up with something relevant that pays....even a little bit of $$. Housing is available at both Columbia and NYU (some students prefer a change of neighborhood for the summer and end up at NYU) but it is not inexpensive.</p>

<p>Cheers.</p>

<p>My D wrote last night that she now is going to be able to get home a day sooner than planned due to her ride. Gives me one more day with her as she is not going to be home that long until she has to leave again.</p>

<p>Our son came home last night. He was here long enough to eat and then he was off to be with some friends. He is with a friend right now as well. I suspect I will not see as much of him as I would like. I noticed he was taller and more willing to chat about his life with me. It sure is good to have him home, even though he is being a gadabout right now. He just has too many friends, that's all there is to it. I am sure our home will be home base for many during the holidays. I just stocked up on man-food as bait.:D</p>

<p>I called my S and asked him to fly home instead of drive the 7-8 hr drive. We are going to CA over xmas anyways and could all help him drive his car back. He was not interested, stating it is a hassle to fly, and he wants his car home, has a lot of stuff to bring back, so I will be so so happy when he is home safely.</p>

<p>"I just stocked up on man-food as bait."</p>

<p>Cruella, that is a riot!! Good luck with the trap!</p>

<p>Well, I just can't let that one go: What, pray tell, is "man-food?"</p>

<p>Man-food: bacon-wrapped, brown sugar coated, Lil Smokies would definitely be on the list, wouldn't they? Quiche--no. . .</p>

<p>I don't know, am dying to hear if I have been mis-feeding my boy all these years (husband eats like the healthy physician he is, so no clues there I think :) )!</p>

<p>Ellen,</p>

<p>Is your daughter a freshman or a sophmore? Has she considered applying to the Humanities and Medicine program at Mount Sinai/</p>

<p><a href="http://www.mssm.edu/theschool/eap.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mssm.edu/theschool/eap.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Syb,</p>

<p>My daughter is a sophmore and has not mentioned the program. Perhaps she knows of it but did not want to commit to a particular school at this time. Unfortunately she has already missed the application deadline. It actually would fit into her plans very well as she is going to take a year off and teach before med school and the program allows for that. Many thanks for the link. I will pass it on. Who knows?...they take a few juniors.</p>

<p>Son has been home a week, our last to go, now on the other coast, the apple of his mother's eye. A much-anticipated return, much joy to see him, still the same ... yet an undercurrent of melancholy, nostalgia. Miss him more having him home than when he was away...a growing realization that a happy phase of life really has ended adds meaning, poignancy to everything we do together...combined with usual seasonal triste...ah, well, onward and upward...</p>

<p>Mine gets home Wednesday. We go right from the airport to a concert by her old choir, in which she is expected to sing. We have various musical events planned. The two of us leave for India the evening of December 28th, and for three weeks she will learn about South Indian botanical medicine. Back the 19th, and she leaves for school again on the 21st.</p>

<p>well, our "eagle" has landed at home, and all I want know is "what did they do with my son?" The nocturnal creature "they" returned to me only looks like my son! LOL</p>

<p>CD, he wasn't nocturnal before?</p>

<p>Hey Repeat - thanks for your post of 12/13! So very true.</p>

<p>I am loving this visit - have not seen my child so relaxed and fancy-free in ages, nothing is hanging over her head more than a part-time job (what a contrast to last year at this time), so that, despite the draw of friends, when we are together, the times are really fun. I suspect that each successive return home will bring greater and greater independence, which is simultaneously wonderful and sad to observe. Just going to enjoy what is left of this visit to the max.</p>

<p>TheDad, no he wasn't. He would be in bed by 10:00 pm almost every night. Then again, football and football practice probably had a lot to do with that.</p>

<p>:DMan-food...Fritos chips, frozen pizza rolls, Pop Tarts, Pringles, Mt. Dew, Coke, Little Debbie snack cakes, orange juice, Doritos and home made chocolate chip cookies. </p>

<p>Hey, I never said it was healthy. ;) It's all just snack stuff. It could be worse I suppose.</p>