<p>Well, I haven't stopped licking the licking log, yet...turns out it's pretty darn tasty -- move over, you goats! :::disgruntled goat noises:::: So, Jmmom, this one's for you, Kid! :) When do you get some transfer news?</p>
<p>Jasmom - You'd really rather lick a dog?</p>
<p>Hey slugg - I'm holding back on the transfer news until we have a clearer picture, (you know, to see whether we should be eating hats or popping champagne) but he does have a few safeties in hand. And the ultimate safety of staying at Tulane with a changed major. He is loving it there, enough to think of changing majors instead of schools, which puts a whole new cast on things. </p>
<p>And to think.... I could have spent S-O-O-O-O much more time in Sinners Alley; less time licking transfer envelopes (not as tasty as logs), tracking transcripts and recs etc. etc. ad infinitum. The wait for total transfer news is ever so long (as in, see you around Memorial Day).</p>
<p>The only thing which takes longer, as far as I can tell, is trying to buy real estate down here south of the border. "Manana" would be warp speed compared to how long it takes to get the "other side" to respond, so far.</p>
<p>It's a landmark moment when the SIR is submitted. All other schools drop from The List. It is the moment when the past year is transformed from months of solid preparation into certainty. </p>
<p>The near future begins to rez. Accompanying offers of merit and financial aid may also evaporate. Chimerical notions of what may have been --a view of the ocean, a campus in the forest, a kickin' SoCal town, the buzz of a great city, a brand new campus-- suddenly dematerialize. And, one college, THE college remains. </p>
<p>The all-important button is once again pushed, and this time, there is no indecision, no waiting. This kid is going to college. ;)</p>
<p>Yeah!!!! I wonder if the bed & thread "thread" can ever overcome its new neighbor? It will be a hang out venue soon enough.</p>
<p>As posted by cheers,</p>
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<p>Slugg, you are running a side business in SA, and you're not putting us down on your profits (after all we have been through) :(</p>
<p>Cheers, if you are getting a finders fee for finding clients for slugg, I hope that you dont foret my cut :D</p>
<p>I'm joining it at the suggestion of another member. She basically told me to stop worrying about my son and let him forge his own path.</p>
<p>So, now I'll contribute a funny anecdote.</p>
<p>My daughter is away at school. She's sweet, but can be somewhat disorganized and messy. She goes to an out-of-town school, so transportation back and forth can be pricey. So I tend to nag her to keep her eyes open for good transportation deals during her school breaks.</p>
<p>I also tend to nag her to get a summer job. Whenever I see an ad for a summer job that may be appropriate for her, I email her a job description and urge her to respond.</p>
<p>My nagging tends to go in one ear and out the other. The other day I said to her "Daugther, you are almost 20 years old. When are you going to start being more responsible?"</p>
<p>Her reponse. "Mom, 30 is the new 20." !</p>
<p>(Shudder the thought)</p>
<p>LooseCannon,</p>
<p>Welcome to SA, belly on up to the bar and have on on me.</p>
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<p>We used to have those same problems as D used to wait until the last minute to book transportation home. Now in stead of taking the bus, she likes to fly from boston to NYC (faster than the bus).</p>
<p>What I have found is that Jet blue has flight for $35. What I now do is deposit just enough in her account to cover the jet blue flight + taxes, and the cost of Dartmouth coach from Hanover to Logan. If she does not book 7 days in advance, she is responsible to paying the difference. Recently, she misbooked her flight (said she thought she had 2 finals on saturday when she actually had one on Saturday and the other one monday morning). She called with her woe, is me story, about how it was going go cost her a cancellation and rebooking fee and if I could send her extra money. I said nope, she had to pay the difference out of her own pocket and now I take solace in the fact that we will not have that problem again.</p>
<p>If she doesn't want to get a summer job, stand firm that you will not be making up the student contribution, nor will you be giving her startup money to go back to campus. It will be on her to take out a loan or come up with the money.</p>
<p>I held D responsible for her student contribution, ever since freshman year. She works on campus, I do not pay for books (guess, what she now checks them out from library or she does exchanges with friends). </p>
<p>She wanted to join a sorority, dues, formals and stuff are now on her. I got sucked in once purchasing a dress in a moment of weakness, but she no longer utter the words.</p>
<p>30 could be the new 20 but 30 still means having a way to support yourself.</p>
<p>hey another drink we can't let this get in the way of our buzz.</p>
<p>Now I actually took a few minutes to read the last few pages of the posts.
I want to join in the discussion and congratulate all those who got happy news.</p>
<p>All of your kids sound great. I hope that they are all having fun preparing for the best years of their lives.</p>
<p>Lol, Sybbie! :D You know me so well. I was wondering where that $40 I found this morning on my night stand came from... ;) </p>
<p>I don't remember giving anyone FBIL (Future B-word In-Law) advice yesterday, but hey, Finder's Keepers at my house. Whatever I find stuffed in the furniture, glommed onto the inside of the washing machine, or laying on the floor is m-i-n-e. I found a dead leaf embedded in the grain of the wooden floor, too. Perhaps, I should sweep, one of these days. :rolleyes: </p>
<p>Off with the chicken bucket hat, my friend. I'm donating the whole thing to the Sinner's Alley college fund!</p>
<p>Loosie, feel free to chime in whenever we're dis---cussing our dd's and ds's. We love the little nippers, probably more than we love to talk about 'em. :) </p>
<p>The clock in SA spins backwards, so "20 is the new 30" makes perfect sense in here! Time and Age are governed by the principles of String Theory in Sinner's Alley. We, basically, make up our own rules and frequently resort to justifying our own behavior relative to the following two conditions:</p>
<p>1) There are an infinite number of Hells (my personal favorite);</p>
<p>2) Our children live in multi-dimensional parallel universes.<br>
This explains THEIR behavior much of the time, and why they won't ever listen to us. It also explains why SluggJr says he'll be in one place and is actually in a galaxy far, far away. :p</p>
<p>Whoops! I mean, "30 is the new 20." :D Wishful thinking, I guess.</p>
<p>I'll settle for "50 is the new 40."</p>
<p>And can't 140 be the new 118 while we're at it?</p>
<p>Thanks for the giggle, SB. I'm off to the office now....</p>
<p>SB, that is hilarious.<br>
Truth be told, I'd settle for the 140 right now.</p>
<p>Can I join the fun. I thought that my S had made his decision. We drove 1200 miles and checked out schools, he loved one and hated the other and I thought that was it. But then those pesky other schools started sending out little drops of "come here, come here".</p>
<p>My feeling is that you love the school you visit last. So do you just keep visiting and pick the last school you looked at. I don't know.</p>
<p>He liked the school that is 11 hours away and no good way to get there. Seriously. But they turned him down for the Scholars program that he applied to. But the big school accepted him into his first choice Scholars program. Then today, another school, which had dropped off the radar, invited him into their Honors program. He had forgot all about this. </p>
<p>Does this mean he hasn't made a decision? Does it mean that he is going to visit another school?</p>
<p>Who knows, I know that I need a drink and can't wait for May 1.</p>
<p>Deb922, I'll buy you a drink. Just one though because it sounds like you'll be driving! I thought my D had it figured out too. She loves her EA school and the other admits she's met online and I love the financial aid and they've been loving her since mid-Dec. Now her other schools are showing some love and maybe she loves them too???!!!!!
Ach! I'll have a Margarita, no salt. What are you drinking?</p>
<p>I thought that 50 was the new 40
40 was the new 30
30 was the new 20</p>
<p>Can we just cut out all of the middle men and have 50 be the new 20? </p>
<p>if we keep drinking we'll be well preserve enough to atleast pass for mid 20's (yes, I took off my glasses).</p>
<p>I am sure we can get a discount on some Dorian Gray pictures. someplace</p>
<p>Yeah Sybbie-- let me pass on some advice I have learned the HARD way. Do NOT I repeat DO NOT inspect self in mirror with glasses on! </p>
<p>I was under the illusion that I had not aged because my myopia was erasing those wrinkles as fast as I got em.</p>
<p>Big mistake to put glasses on in bathroom! :eek:</p>
<p>While we're busy turning bigger numbers into smaller numbers, jmmom is buying Dos Equis all around - amber or lager, your choice. You see, today jmmom broke 100 on the golf course for the first time. I know jmmom as a golfer may destroy the persona you had imagined ;); but, hey, everybody's got a dark side.</p>
<p>jmmom is celebrating shooting a 96; and for any golf aficionados out there, she shot a 44 on the front nine. This is the equivalent Miracle level of getting a full merit scholarship to Harvard. What's that you say? Harvard doesn't GIVE merit scholarships? My point exactly. FORE!</p>