<p>from the City by the Bay to the Big Apple...she'd have to cross the ocean to get further away!!!</p>
<p>Awesome! Are you coming out with her? Anyway, I hope the transcontinental movein is smooth.</p>
<p>Funny thing, I was pretty cranky the past few days and snipping at D (sophomore) about lots of little things. I was not sleeping well either. D gave me a big hug and suggested that I was just anxious about her leaving and I would be ok. We both had a good laugh and I had a good cry...........and tonite we take her to the airport. She won't be coming home for Thanksgiving; nor moving home next summer. :(</p>
<p>" had a good cry...........and tonite we take her to the airport. She won't be coming home for Thanksgiving; nor moving home next summer. "</p>
<p>Awww. No wonder you're, well, Blue! I would be too. Christmas must seem forever away.</p>
<p>my H and I are flying her out over labor day weekend....she is soooo pumped....I will cry, but the saddest person is my younger D who is just THRILLED to have all the parental attention focused on her</p>
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<p>Younger D needs to realize that once her older sibling is gone, there will be LOTS of parental attention, as well as far less competition for household resources (rides, use of TVs and computers, etc.) than there was before.</p>
<p>My younger child thoroughly enjoyed the three years during which her brother was at college and she was at home for just this reason.</p>
<p>We dropped son off almost a week ago. I sniffled when we said goodbye, but he wsa so happy and ready to go, it made it easier. I will say that with email, he does not seem so far away. I send off just a few lines about what we are doing and ask a few questions. I am happy to say, he has replied each day. I am sure when things get really busy for him, this will become less frequent. Have not yet taken the sheets off his bed yet though! It is kind of quiet around table with just husband and daughter!</p>
<p>CGM and others shipping boxes to colleges by UPS:</p>
<p>We've had a real eye-opener this week. Shipped two boxes of freshman daughter's stuff to her new college across the country. One box made it and the other didn't. </p>
<p>The surprising part is UPS's response. I thought (naively) that with their high-tech tracking system, they'd be aggressive about finding lost packages. They basically have thrown up their hands. Apparently it's cheaper for them to pay a claim, rather than trying to find something that's lost.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, daughter sits without many of her necessary possessions. The ironic thing is that we could have sent the stuff as checked luggage at the airport for free, but were afraid the bags would be lost by the airline!</p>
<p>Brown has let us down.</p>
<p>Boy, I've got to stop reading these threads. I was sniffling before post #3! We leave in the a.m. (Friday), and will spend the weekend near Astrogirl's turf...she moves her stuff in on Saturday, and we'll leave early Sunday afternoon so that little Astrogirl (junior) will be home to get some sleep before day 1 of high school. Today we went out to lunch (Astrodad, girl, and mom), and out of the blue, I welled up and had to excuse myself to go to the bathroom. I stood in there crying, trying to get my act together (and sure that they were eating my food that had probably arrived by then). When I came back, I put on my sunglasses and we tried to make light of the episode. I'm hoping I can keep myself together while on campus, but that 7 hr car ride home is going to be a loooooooong one.</p>
<p>Hugs to everyone sniffling or waiting to cry! We (daughter1 and D2) did the lunch and pedicure thing on Monday. Have tried to make things fesitve. D2 is excited as she will be the center of attention for the next two years.</p>
<p>D and I are just home from mani/pedi together and will sit down and watch High School Musical 2 for a good laugh. Then it's off to the airport..........I am avoiding thinking about that part.</p>
<p>Zoosermom, </p>
<p>I'm sending little brother a cyberdose of some of my triple strength Jewish pencillin--hope he is feeling better soon.</p>
<p>And S#3 is devastated that his middle brother is leaving 9/1 for Denver--he does not want to be the center of attention because he would much rather get away with things (nothing too serious so far, but that's due to his immature ineptitude in getting away with things....that, and the fact that H and I have seen it all from his two older brothers)</p>
<p>Boysx3, thank you for the Jewish penicillin! Never can have enough of that. My younger daughter doesn't want the spotlight of parental attention shining on her, either.</p>
<p>These were difficult moments: D leaving the house, saying good-bye at the campus, drive home, and walking by her room. Now it's a week later. I thought it was going to be a lot worse, but I am managing. I am also back to work where I am very busy. We talk to my D a few times a day (I know it's a lot, but it probably will taper off after a while). Today was her first day of class. She called me after her class and told me how much she liked it. She also went on a job interview and thought it went well. It makes me worry/miss her less knowing she is happy. Her younger sister and I are driving up to see her in 3 weeks because she thinks she'll need her sweaters earlier than expected. :)</p>
<p>Packing those last few items. She's happy, guess so am I. The entire family took part cooking a big dinner. We'll see how I feel TOMORROW night!</p>
<p>So we go home, didn't cry there but did not sleep well that first night without her in the house. It was better the second night.</p>
<p>That's where we're different NSM. A few days ago, one of S2s fish started swimming upside down and halleluia, passed to the great aqua puddle by evening. The next day, F2 took the same journey. One more goldfish to go...and I am fish free! </p>
<p>Sent Ss out with money for clothes after we agreed upon budgets and necessary items. S1 came home with two budget items, S2 came home with three expensive t-shirts. He already has ten t-shirts. T-shirts were not on the budget--as they are not going to be useful in subzero temps. </p>
<p>Guess he'll be wearing his old boarding jacket, haha.</p>
<p>No tears here until S1 moves to Timbuktu and doesn't come home for holidays.</p>
<p>my younger D will of course love the extra space, the not sharing the remote, the bathroom being "hers", the use of the clothes left behind, she jsut isn't thrilled with mom and dad asking about her day only, or mom standing in just her doorway, going "'sup"- she dealt with me being annoying last summer when sis was gone for 7 weeks</p>
<p>she will miss the father daughter dances with her big sis, that was half the fun of going, she will miss most of all her sister's friends < I will as well</p>
<p>the dogs, well, they are just getting used to losing THEIR big sister a month ago, not sure how they will react with this change</p>
<p>the suitcases in the livingroom make them nervous</p>
<p>double post, sooorrryyy</p>
<p>I was in a funk all day Sunday (Saturday we dropped both our sons off). It's not so much the going away (after all, their college is just about 3 hours away- we could see them just about anytime if we wanted to), but the whole idea of that phase of our lives being finished. </p>
<p>I did a lot of cleaning out and now I'm in a house sprucing fever. I have big plans- painting, get a new bed, redo the porch, clean out closets, cabinets, drawers. At least I can get the house back in some semblance of order.</p>