Originally Posted By Dave >>>none were available but DD wanted to see Young Frankenstein, and it sounded good to me too. <<< You choose Young Frankenstein over Lion King!!!.... lordy
Originally Posted By LuLu Ummm... Lion King was not available! >>My first choices were: Lion King, Chorus Line (which had actually just closed!), Wicked... none were available<<
Originally Posted By rtjl72 lulu- you are a very positive and helpful person to us here on lp. thank you. my young people did not go that far away to school, but i have sent both of mine off to higher education. and they do come back!!! take hope in that. sometimes,they come back more than at other times, but they always come back. phone calls can be so irregular, but with cell phones and all, it is so much easier to stay in touch. i am not very computer savy, but my gf had a daughter go to japan out of college to do some teaching. they set up a videocam back and forth and had weekly get togthers that way. that may be an option for you. you may want to consider meeting half way. she could get away from school and you wouldn't have to travel quite as far. research where both you and her might be able to get cheap airline tickets to and then that may be just the place. maybe kansas city or denver or maybe indianapolis. just a thought. true, you would have to have a motel rather than bunking in her dorm room, but you may even be able to find some economy or bargain rates on rooms somewhere. you just never know, do you? warm fuzzies and [hugs] to you!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros As a college student whose recently done the opposite transition (lived on the east coast and now go to a certain anonymous SoCal school that won its football game 52-7), I can say that it will definately be an interesting time for both of you. (Not that being close to DL had anything to do with it, but it did) This is my third year out here, and it still tough getting used to certain things. The big one is figuring out a time when I can call my parents, since they're 3 hours ahead. I would assume this would be a lot easier going the other way (unless she wakes up really early every day...), but there are a lot of little things like that that you don't even really think about. Having spent previous summers without my parents (working at a summer camp about 40 min from home), I didn't get too homesick, but I knew a lot of people who were. Everybody sort of banded together and got through it. There was a lot of growing up in that first month or so alone, and I still find new things each day. I think my parents had a harder time with it than I did, but they managed to work it out as well. I'm the younger of two, so they were sort of new to the whole empty-nest thing. They also decided to move to the midwest in the summer before I left, so it seemed really sudden. New house, and no kids. (Side note: it made it pretty tough on me too, since I basically haven't seen anybody from high school since graduation the day after classes ended) My mom got really into her work, adding on extra time, and she's been put in charge of some center thing that I don't really know much about. I'm not really sure what my dad's done, but he's gotten in touch with old friends in the area and really reconnected with them. They've both really gotten into Indy car racing, which keeps them pretty occupied. They come to visit a couple times each fall (conveniently on home football game weekends) and a certain bowl game twice, and I've gone home for Christmas and spring break. As for being a bit of an introvert, I definately have the same issue. It wasn't until this year that I really did much talking to the people I lived with (freshman year my roommate spoke very little English in an unusually quiet dorm, sophomore year we were all just quiet people, this year I'm with people who've all know eachother longer and are a lot more outgoing), and it's kind of tough adjusting to it. I have my own room, so I can still get my alone time, but I'm also finding myself forcing myself to spend time interacting with them. In a perfect world, I would probably spend all of my time in my room; not that I don't like them, I just feel more comfortable being alone. Getting involved with things has definately helped, and I feel like I've gotten to know them all really well, even though I've only been living here for 2 weeks. So I'm not really sure what my point is anymore since I've sort of been rambling, but hopefully this is helpful. If you have any other questions about the students' perspective, by all means, let me know...
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Lulu - you have done a grand job raising a young lady to be proud of. Now is time for you to stretch out and enjoy. I remember when I went to Uni, my parents could not afford to visit me. they did not have the internet. And I had to share one phone with 80 people (pre afordable cell phone days). It was tough for all of us. But with the web and phones today, I am sure you will still have each other when needed. In my parents case, the started again. My youngest brother was born 3 months before I received my bachelors.
Originally Posted By beamerdog Sounds like you're both set to handle this move well Lulu - my friend has been on an extended vacation but will be back when the public schools start. I'll email you with her name and location.
