<p>I agree that all this visiting wasn’t done in the past and is sort of crazy, but I encourage as much of it as possible for this reason: It gave me an excuse to spend a lot of time together with my boy. We took a road trip for 4-5 days and looked at a variety of schools. That was fine, but the great part was driving together, eating together, horsing around and talking in between the school stops. It is my daughter’s turn this year and I can’t wait. I don’t care if she gets out of the car or not; I’m looking forward to driving around with her. If I could think of another good way to trap my 17 year olds in the car with me for 4-5 days on a common mission, I would do that, but I can’t and so selfishly, I won’t be denied visiting these schools. It’s got to be done!</p>