Ok, so we are about 2 weeks out before having to move Kayla to her dorm room. We were supposed to move her in on Tuesday, August 31, but, because of my work schedule, we are moving her in the next day. I know it's a little disappointing to her because her roommate will be moving in on Tuesday. But, I am glad to have Kayla home for one more day.
So, it's funny when I think back to when I went to college in 1986. First off, I chose my college based on my need to be "in-state" yet to move as far away from home as possible. Luckily for me, I lived in the Upper Peninsula (the U.P.) of Michigan and I chose to go to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; an 11-hour drive from my home. I couldn't wait to move out. In fact, I didn't even have my parents move me to college. My high school boyfriend drove, and we brought a couple of friends along for the 11 hour trip in a pick-up truck with me and my friend Julie actually riding in the bed of the truck. I don't know if it was legal then, but, nobody questioned it, or cared. I don't think my parents even noticed that we weren't in an actual seat, and that we just hopped in the back of the pick-up truck and drove away. I have no memory of being sad.
I loved my parents, family, home, etc. It wasn't that I wanted to move out because of a terrible situation, it was more that I was anxious to begin my own life. I was so secure in myself and self-confident that I wasn't sad to leave, I was excited to leave.
Anyhow, now I've come full circle and then some. I am now the parent that wants to drive her daughter to college, wants to help her buy stuff, unpack, set-up the dorm, meet her roommate and BE THERE! But one thing remains, I am not sad. I am excited! I can't wait to hear about her new friends, new experiences, and new life. I am not sad....at least not today, 2 weeks out...
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