Well, today is the day we head off to college with Jamie. What a very emotional week it has been, for both her and I!
Right now I am sitting in her dorm room while she is at Walmart with her friend Shelby. She finally seems to be getting excited about things. She has moved her stuff in and is setting up house.
We kept going back and forth on whether I was going to stay the first night with her or not, guess I am.
Actually, I am kind of jealous, wish I could turn back the clock and go back to college. Although I knew it would be very difficult for me to send her off to college I knew it was the right choice for her. She didn't want to leave home, she wanted to live at home and go to the UofA. That is such a bad idea on so many levels. I don't think that she fully grasps the concept of having to study yet, and living at our house would definatly not be the ideal study enviroment! Also, she needs to get out on her own and live, have fun and experience the college life. I loved college, it was one of the highlights of my life and I don't want her to miss out just because she is afraid. This whole experience with her being so emotional and not wanting to leave reminds me of when I first signed the girls up to play soccor. They did not want to play! As I am standing there signing them up in the Rec. office they are crying and begging me not to make them. Well, once they started to play they loved it. I know this will be the same for her. David and I told her she needed to atleast stick it out for a year, although, really, if she wants to go to college and not have to pay for it herself she needs to stay because she has a full 4 year ride here.
Tomarrow Jordan and Hannah start their first day at High School. Hannah definately needs to go back to school. I know she is bored stiff because she spends all her time on the computer and if she is not doing that she is driving us all crazy!
Last Friday Jordan went and took her drivers test and got her permit. We were hoping that she could get a hardship to drive to school, but since she had only taken her written exam a month ago that was out of the question. You need to have taken your written exam atleast 6 months prior to getting your licience. So now I will be driving them back and forth for the next four months until Jordan turns 16, yeah me!:)
Then at the beginning of September the boys will start preschool. This is a first for them and a first for me. I never sent the girls to preschool. They went to mothers day out, but only for one day a week. I thought long and hard about this and I think it is the best decision for the boys, expecially Joshua. I am hoping that he will gain better social skills and language skills and I need a break. It's not as easy to drag the boys around to grocery shop, etc. They are so much more active than the girls were. It's like torture for them and me. It's amazing how much more you can tolerate when you are younger. I think it's just because I had so much more energy. Also, I think that I am getting anemic again. I am starting to crave ice, sure sign! I need to go and see what is the underlying cause, but everytime I bring my blood count up, quit taking large doses of iron, my blood level eventually goes back down and I have to start all over.
Right now I am sitting in her dorm room while she is at Walmart with her friend Shelby. She finally seems to be getting excited about things. She has moved her stuff in and is setting up house.
We kept going back and forth on whether I was going to stay the first night with her or not, guess I am.
Actually, I am kind of jealous, wish I could turn back the clock and go back to college. Although I knew it would be very difficult for me to send her off to college I knew it was the right choice for her. She didn't want to leave home, she wanted to live at home and go to the UofA. That is such a bad idea on so many levels. I don't think that she fully grasps the concept of having to study yet, and living at our house would definatly not be the ideal study enviroment! Also, she needs to get out on her own and live, have fun and experience the college life. I loved college, it was one of the highlights of my life and I don't want her to miss out just because she is afraid. This whole experience with her being so emotional and not wanting to leave reminds me of when I first signed the girls up to play soccor. They did not want to play! As I am standing there signing them up in the Rec. office they are crying and begging me not to make them. Well, once they started to play they loved it. I know this will be the same for her. David and I told her she needed to atleast stick it out for a year, although, really, if she wants to go to college and not have to pay for it herself she needs to stay because she has a full 4 year ride here.
Tomarrow Jordan and Hannah start their first day at High School. Hannah definately needs to go back to school. I know she is bored stiff because she spends all her time on the computer and if she is not doing that she is driving us all crazy!
Last Friday Jordan went and took her drivers test and got her permit. We were hoping that she could get a hardship to drive to school, but since she had only taken her written exam a month ago that was out of the question. You need to have taken your written exam atleast 6 months prior to getting your licience. So now I will be driving them back and forth for the next four months until Jordan turns 16, yeah me!:)
Then at the beginning of September the boys will start preschool. This is a first for them and a first for me. I never sent the girls to preschool. They went to mothers day out, but only for one day a week. I thought long and hard about this and I think it is the best decision for the boys, expecially Joshua. I am hoping that he will gain better social skills and language skills and I need a break. It's not as easy to drag the boys around to grocery shop, etc. They are so much more active than the girls were. It's like torture for them and me. It's amazing how much more you can tolerate when you are younger. I think it's just because I had so much more energy. Also, I think that I am getting anemic again. I am starting to crave ice, sure sign! I need to go and see what is the underlying cause, but everytime I bring my blood count up, quit taking large doses of iron, my blood level eventually goes back down and I have to start all over.
Well, atleast I get to pretend I am a college student for one night, then I have to drive home and go back to real time, which is not bad either!
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