Well, my husband and I have successfully taken two children to college and have them settled in their routines.
A is in his second year at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. He has one more year after this one and then time to find a job to support himself. He has a small room to himself but shares a bathroom with a young man. A has his own sink but the toilet and shower are between the two rooms. Last year it was so hot they opened the Student Center for the kids to sleep in that didn't have air conditioner. This year my son has a/c but it has been on the cooler side. I was very excited for him. It was a tough summer with no job, no money and nothing to do. He did make the best of it.
K and I didn't find another leaser for our horse. Two girls wanted to but our trainer said that they were brand new to riding that they needed weeks of lessons. I set up the same program as our past leaser. These two gals take lessons and come out another day to bond with Dinah. They pay for lessons and then pay me a small amount to be with my horse. I don't know how long they need to take lessons but that is up to our trained, Dee.
Now comes the hard part of the last week of summer. It was getting my youngest ready to move to college. It takes about eleven hours to drive there from our home. K and I had lunch with her grandma and also two friends that have horses also. We move K into her room. It is like an apartment. There are four girls, four bedrooms, a small living area and two bathrooms. We were there Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Monday we did a few more things then left for home. While K was doing things with her Pack, we went to Lake Michigan and drove around Grand Rapids some. We both have never been to this part of Michigan before. K was a little teary eyed. That made it hard on me. My husband was already emotional. On Tuesday, I was crying. I thought I was going to enjoy it but now it was hard. Since then it has been easier.
Updates coming on Family weekend at Southwest Minnesota State University.
Thank you for your comment on my post. Sharing the fact we both have children off to college, we both have something in common. And horses too! I wish our son's school had a family weekend but it does not and he is two states away from us so driving is a couple of days away. Not till Thanksgiving will we see him.....My best way to go through his being gone is the future has opened up for him and for my husband and I too. We hold our children for a short time and then they are off....but always in our hearts. I can't wait to have him give me a big hug with my feet dangling off the ground.
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