<p>D's school has Parents' Weekend and Homecoming (plus reunion classes) the same weekend. So there's a lot going on. We ordered the tickets for things we might want to see (good thing; many are sold out), but will play it by ear. I don't mind missing something we signed up for if d doesn't want to go.</p>
<p>I also saw her just 2 weeks ago and did the shopping runs!</p>
<p>W and I actually went to a lecture at D's recent Parent's weekend, without D, who had a practice. You had a choice of 4 lectures in the early afternoon on Friday and another choice of 4 later in the afternoon that same day.</p>
<p>The Professor that gave the lecture and his subject material was amazing! One of the best hours I have ever spent during a Parent's weekend.</p>
<p>We also went to the school art museum and just hung out in the sculpture garden. Again, sans D.</p>
<p>We've found that we have more fun by improvising or schedule rather than sticking to the pre-programmed formal schedule. E.g., we'll take a walk along the pond rather than listen to such-and-such a speech.</p>
<p>Our Family Weekend is next week...and it's our last. :(</p>
<p>My H has everyone's beat. Not only should we get a free breakfast, but that should be in a good quality (i.e. Marriott) $50 Priceline hotel. LOL. (We actually succeed at that pretty often!)</p>
<p>Next weekend is family weekend at S's school. Since H didn't want to come, am bringing my best friend, and two of S's aunts. Basically, it's womens weekend in Colorado. We will see S (he is pretty amenable and looking forward to spending time with us), but will have some time together. S is sitting with us at the football game. One of his aunts in coming in earlier than the rest of us and will probally take him out to dinner. I am looking forward to seeing my sister and hopefully taking all of the women up into the mountains while S is otherwised engaged.</p>
<p>weenie, your H does have us beat! We usually spend 89/night near son's rural school (including the breakfast), but we need to stay 20-30 minutes away on parent weekend bc the price goes up to 250/night, if you can even get a room close to the school!</p>
<p>Greetings!</p>
<p>We just got back from Family Weekend at Drew. D had said in an email that she really missed the dog and the ocean (we live on the MA coast). So we booked a funky hotel that takes dogs rather than the fancy hotel with the special rate nearby. Both D and dog were thrilled to see each other! We did several campus activities, but ditched Sunday event to go "down the shore". It was a very nice visit, but tough to say goodbye again!</p>
<p>I LOVE seeing the dogs at parent weekends - and there are quite a few of them! Maybe we'll try that some time.</p>
<p>The few events left me a little cold, meet and greet, without much of a format. Lectures would have been great! My D was busy, tennis and so on, and going to the practice was quite enjoyable, a blast from the past, as that's how I spend these fall days when she was in HS. But I saw some of the town, and she saw more than might have without me. The best was having the license to hang out in her dorm with her roommates and friends, seeing who dropped in, admiring the decor. I was curled up on her bed and some lovely young man stuck his head in and when introduced, said I didn't look old enough to be a parent! As I've met grandparents my age, will treasure that remark for a long while. Maybe his eyesight was faulty! </p>
<p>I also appreciated the freedom to roam the campus, read in the library, etc, which at a small school I wouldn't normally feel comfortable doing.</p>
<p>D just wants dinner and a movie in Manhattan as if school did not exist. First year we saw LITTLE MANHATTAN, how appropriate -- upper west side. And we found our favorite restaurant in her neighborhood. Now it's a ritiual; Lincoln Center Loews and Henry's. It will be a bit sad without DS this year.</p>