Text from DD2016 this morning
“I am already cold and I am already wearing a sweatshirt”
So I look up the temperature in Milwaukee…61. Girl did you not remember you picked a school in Wisconsin?
The positive, I am getting some fairly regular texts from her, all be them brief. That is a change from last year.
@mstomper, I agree with @GoodGrief16: your son is lucky to have supportive parents. Since you’re on the same team, I feel sure it will work out.
I love seeing our noble founder @arisamp post.
LOL, @labegg!
Waiting for evacuation orders and the track down to CofC to pick up DS16. Hate that he needs to evacuate, but glad I get to see him.
Take care, @carolinamom2boys. I truly hope this is not a yearly tradition for you. Glad there’s a silver lining in your storm.
This year is almost a whole month earlier and several more storms are brewing. I have to commend CofC though. They are really good at evacuations .
@labegg we are also excited to get more frequent texts from DS this year, too, along with at least 1 phone call a week. Of course, two of the calls were - “how do I do laundry” and “what kind of spaghetti sauce do I buy” since he’s now in an apartment, but still, it’s fun to actually talk to him rather than sit and wonder, like we did a year ago.
We are wondering if DS will need to come home from campus later next week depending on the storm track. His school is off of the Chesapeake Bay and tends to flood with severe thunderstorms. And, everyone on the coast needs to drive through his school’s town if they are evacuated, so I think it will get very crowded. We’d love to see him again soon, but not for this type of reason.
I hope everyone in TX and FL is safe and sound through all of these terrible storms!
It’s been almost a month since I’ve posted here. Hello everyone! Sorry for those of you who had to weather storms. @mstomper, thanks for checking in. Your S will find his way. My two older kids took rather winding paths to adulthood. There are many paths out there, to be sure.
D did run for student senate-unopposed, but she needed a certain % of students to vote for her to win, which she did. Sunday she was elected senate secretary. She’s working on a platform of decreasing food insecurity for students who stay on campus during breaks. She’s made some new friends with new interests, and finally found a church she likes. That was very important to her. She turns 18 next month, and that will open up a whole range of off-campus opportunities, such as tutoring at an after-school program and mentoring at-risk youth. She’s whining a bit about her core classes, she would rather be taking ALL education classes. But she does like her app design class, and her app of course involved education, as does her early research in her honors class project. She’s certainly sure of what she wants.
Just deposited DS16 back at CofC from his brief stint home thanks to IRMA
@carolinamom2boys how did CofC make it through? Were they flooded? On the news it looked like Charkeston was hit pretty bad.
No damage but a few downed branches that I could see.
Glad to hear he is safely back at school. Hopefully no more evacuations will be necessary!!
Midterms are going on this week at D’s school. She has two left, then next Friday has a 4-day weekend for fall break. She is going home with her roommate again. It’s state fair time in roommie’s hometown, and also homecoming at the high school she went to, which includes a parade through town. They had a blast last year. This year, it will be a much-needed break from a stressful first semester, although D’s not as stressed about those core classes now. Then, H decided that since D got some additional scholarships this year, we’d bring her home for her birthday at the end of October. Hard to believe she’s already halfway through the semester and will soon be 18. It sure goes by fast-I have one turning 28 and one turning 33 this year! Eep! 
Glad to hear she is doing well @sseamom !! I think I am going to my DS for his fall break this year. He would like to keep his scheduled on campus job shift during his fall break Thursday- Friday and I can easily take DD to visit for two days since her fall break is Monday-Tuesday of the next week. Both kids get their two days off school to sleep in and I get 2 days over the weekend with both my kids. :-bd
Heading to visit DS this weekend - we haven’t seen him since he left on Aug. 22nd. DD18 is so excited to visit, especially since she just applied to his university earlier this week. I hope everyone’s kids are doing well!
I’ve heard almost nothing from S, but that is his nature. I’ve been lucky to be distracted with older S, who was here for two months, until this Monday, when he left for grad school overseas. The house is back to eerily quiet.
It is parents weekend at DD’s school. We are not attending, we did not attend last year either. She will not be home fir fall break this year and our Thanksgiving plans are still in the air. I do not think we will see DD until winter break.
Lots of phone calls this weekend as DD is looking for off campus housing for next year…hard to believe they are thinking about junior year already.
@labegg glad to hear they are looking this early. I understood from our tour guide at Marquette that students must get out there early if they want their choice rather than whatever is left. DS preferred the campus where he could just live on campus for 3 full years. He In NOT one to plan ahead nearly as far as your DD.
Houston was pretty hard hit by Harvey and many of our friends were impacted. We still see debris waiting to be picked up around our area.
My sophomore daughter decided to rush this fall. Boy, was it an eye-opener for me! I went to a school where Greek life was not that big and had no interest in rushing- nor did I ever pay attention to the rush thing at my university. It is a very grueling process and my daughter had many friends who were disappointed. It worked out pretty well for my daughter though. I am happy for my daughter, but I can’t say that I am sold on the whole Greek thing. It was exhausting for me because she left for college, having only gotten together the bare essentials of outfits and I shopped and purchased for part of her outfits, all the shoes & jewelry, etc. And, she texted me and asked me for advice each day of rush. Not easy to give advice when you have no real experience in the matter.
Now I am just worried that she is doing too much because she is still doing dance team, chose to continue the research job from last year, and add another research job, plus sorority. She is pulling some all-nighters and sounds exhausted when I talk to her.