So how is everyone doing? We are doing better than I expected.
DH, DS and I went to Notre Dame on Friday and DS moved into his dorm. This weekend was not only move in but also freshmen orientation so there were many activities for parents and students. Saturday morning, after his first night in his dorm room he was pretty much panicked. Not so sure about his roommates and all of his high school friends had been calling him from the college they all attended together making him feel left out and home sick. The nice part is he was a delight to be around on Saturday. :whoopie: I enjoyed him thoroughly. I gave him all of my wisdom about making friends and about adjusting and he actually seemed to listen. He let me hug him several times all day long and told me he loved me. He has been kind of a PIA all summer so this was such a treat.
On Sunday he started to feel a little bit better and still pretty appreciative of us.
When we left we had a few tears on my part, he and DH were choked up but contained themselves. Truthfully I have done pretty darned well. I am just so thrilled that he is acting so nice to me! He e-mailed me yesterday a very short but very sweet e-mail and again I was very, very thankful. I talked to him on the phone last night and he said he was making friends and feeling better. Whenever I feel sad, which truthfully has not been too often, I think of the college president's words during his speech, "if your child has made it this far you have done a really good job and you need to trust them, and us,to carry on" I also take comfort in the fact that he has been sweeter in the last 3 days than in the last 8 years!! He started to have an attitude at 12! He has always been a really good kid, great student, stays out of trouble, teachers love him, but he and I have been like oil and water, too much alike I suppose.
I suppose I should thank him for having such an attitude this summer, it sure is making this adjustment easier for me! I actually feel closer to him now than I have all summer!
How is everyone else doing?
Sue
DH, DS and I went to Notre Dame on Friday and DS moved into his dorm. This weekend was not only move in but also freshmen orientation so there were many activities for parents and students. Saturday morning, after his first night in his dorm room he was pretty much panicked. Not so sure about his roommates and all of his high school friends had been calling him from the college they all attended together making him feel left out and home sick. The nice part is he was a delight to be around on Saturday. :whoopie: I enjoyed him thoroughly. I gave him all of my wisdom about making friends and about adjusting and he actually seemed to listen. He let me hug him several times all day long and told me he loved me. He has been kind of a PIA all summer so this was such a treat.
On Sunday he started to feel a little bit better and still pretty appreciative of us.

I suppose I should thank him for having such an attitude this summer, it sure is making this adjustment easier for me! I actually feel closer to him now than I have all summer!
How is everyone else doing?
Sue