my son got an offer from his first choice college yesterday. . . he is going to accept. While I am excited for him I wish he would choose his second choice as it is an hour closer to home He did not choose any local schools, the closest is 3 hours from home (the one I want him to attend) What a crazy but exciting moment, hard to believe and boy do we have some work to do in him living on his own. . .he would live on pizza and change his sheets monthly. *sigh*
What a momentous time for your son! It will be filled with all sorts of emotions - and, in a blink of an eye, he will be out of school! Treasure these moments!!! (And kudos to him for being accepted to his first choice!!)
Well, that is super exciting for him that he was accepted to his first choice school. That doesn't always happen, so you should be super proud of him. I totally laughed at you saying he'll live on pizza and never change his sheets. I always say that going away to college is almost more about learning to live outside of the nest than it is about the learning the book stuff. Just think, when I went away to college we had to pay for long distance calls, so it was communication only by written letters. In the middle of college I got my first email account too and my Dad was tech savvy enough that he had email at home too. Be thankful that you have things like Skype, Facebook and emails so you can at least have a chance to see him without him having to drive home all the time.
Congrats to him and to you for getting him this far! I don't look forward to those days, but I bet he will do wonderfully!
that is really quite exciting! It's great to be able to celebrate successes with our kids! I know (from watching how my husband and his roommates made their way through college) that he may very well live on pizza and change his sheets once a month, but those are the little things you don't sweat! He'll find his way and figure it out as he goes. And the day will come when he's not hungry for pizza, and he decides to eat something else instead. It is all a maturing process, and part of the path to being a self-sufficient adult. He'll be great, I'm sure!
If it makes you feel any better, it took my parents three days to drive me to my college. Hours? You can do this! Congrats to him! What a huge accomplishment!
thank you all so much. It is bittersweet, I am so incredibly proud of him and all he has achieved. He will also still be 17...late birthday. This is a boy who doesn't think he is 'good enough' (breaks my heart) and who has done all this despite having a father who doesn't give a rat's behind about him (a text at Christmas is all). He is presently volunteering on his spare once a week in a grade 9 basic math class here at the school and has just been pulled in by the VP about applying for a leadership opportunity in Ottawa. Sorry to gush so much, he is my one and only
I am hoping my son will end up going somewhere close to home too, I'm not ready for any of that. He is still 15, but I am all too aware of the speed with which time leaves us. Congratulations to you and your son.
1hr difference is not much, specially if it is his first choice! Not everyone gets acceptance letters from their 1st choice school. He must be in cloud 9!
oh no he won't be 1 hr. away, he'll be 4 1/2 hours away. I wanted the one that was 3 hr.s away, lol. Yes he is very excited. We did a tour back on August but we will attend the Open House in the spring as well, will have to get his name in for residence soon. I have already started checking out prices of toaster ovens (for that pizza) and those little burner type things. I have a spare kettle and a set of dishes. . . oh my.
I know how you must feel, but I'm sure he will be missing you so muych, you'll probably have him back for weekends quiet often I have mixed feelings about Sarita going to Uni..... she is taken a very (very) long gap year....she isn't sure if she wants to do Uni,in one hand I think it would do her a world of gooid to be away from here...she is very VERY spoiled....and on the other hand I don't want her to be far away.... Those electrical stoves (the two ring burners) are great! He will be fine, am sure, and as I said, probably want to be with you often as much as study allows Huge hugggzzz
