Azalea Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Fabulous! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Awesome! Congratulation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Congratulations! You know we all knew it would work out, right? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Many congratulations to you both Laura!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalypso Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Nicely done, to the whole family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Wonderful news! Although, I had no doubts. :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Laura, I am thrilled for your whole family. That was a lot of hard work on everyones part. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura's Haven Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Congratulations!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Laura, that's beyond exciting! Congrats to Calvin, and you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Such happy news. We were rooting for you and C and are so glad it all worked out. Many congrats and virtual hugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Congratulations!! Keep updating us on his next four years. I'd love to see what his Oxford education is like. :) Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :party: :party: :party: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Congratulations!! Keep updating us on his next four years. I'd love to see what his Oxford education is like. :) Lisa Thanks! I'm still out of likes... Just three years at Oxford - it's pretty intensive. He will graduate at age 20. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 :party: :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Wonderful news!!!!Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 :hurray: :grouphug: Wow! What an accomplishment! Congratulations to you, Calvin and your family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 That is fantastic news! I am so happy for Calvin and your entire family. What an achievement!! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 That's wonderful news! He will do wonderfully there. I'm looking forward to following his journey. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Congratulations to you both! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*LC Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Great news, Laura! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Oh Laura! Phew phew phew! I suppose eventually the numbness will wear off and you will all feel more than relief. I suspect, though, that the great change the news brings with it might make the numbness persist. Possibly until Christmas. I was eaten up by anxiety over whether mine could manage the academic work load at their college, which didn't exactly help me to feel exultant. So were my sons. At least Calvin is done and his going is for-sure. Here, all acceptances are provisional in that the student still needs to finish the school year and graduate successfully. Well done, both of you! I hope he steps into the Oxford atmousphere with a feeling of homecoming. That doesn't really describe the like-a-duck-to-water feeling I want to convey, but hopefully you understand. Best of luck to him! Nan PS - And in case it is any comfort (although you probably have already discovered this, with your boys in school), I don't think the homeschooling never really ends lol. I spent yesterday crawling around on the floor with my 27yo and his college-graduation-present sailmaker's sewingmachine, teaching him how to put a new isenglass window in the dodger of his little fishing boat. I've never used a machine like this and I have done almost NO canvas work (not having a machine heavy enough) and I'm not exactly great at sewing, anyway. And he wanted to do it himself so I could only lend a hand (or two and sometimes both feet to hold things in place) and direct. So - I am still teaching things I don't know how to do, which sometimes seems to me to be the definition of homeschooling lol. It was a lovely day. I hope you have many similar ones. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 Oh Laura! Phew phew phew! I suppose eventually the numbness will wear off and you will all feel more than relief. I suspect, though, that the great change the news brings with it might make the numbness persist. Possibly until Christmas. I was eaten up by anxiety over whether mine could manage the academic work load at their college, which didn't exactly help me to feel exultant. So were my sons. At least Calvin is done and his going is for-sure. Here, all acceptances are provisional in that the student still needs to finish the school year and graduate successfully. Well done, both of you! I hope he steps into the Oxford atmousphere with a feeling of homecoming. That doesn't really describe the like-a-duck-to-water feeling I want to convey, but hopefully you understand. Best of luck to him! Thanks, Nan. Calvin and I are watching a lot of West Wing together at the moment - it's a Mum and Son activity that we can do snuggled up together. I do think that the college should be a good fit. And I think he will enjoy the workload, so long as the volume doesn't make him freeze. I'll post the reading lists, for fun, when they come in. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 That sounds perfect! And yes, please do post the reading lists. What a fun idea! Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Yes!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 He did it. Phew. L Yay! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Oh yes, I want to see those reading lists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Congratulations! So thrilled for you both! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Congratulations! I was wondering and it is great to know that he made it :) Have a well deserved celebration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 No doubts here, but it's still such thrilling news. Well done, mama and Calvin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugs Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Congratulations! But really, was there any doubt?! :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 Congratulations! But really, was there any doubt?! :thumbup: He's just one of those people with a steel-trap memory who didn't have to work.... until he did. None of us (C included) had any idea if he had done enough work for the exams to overcome the (sometimes very poor) marks he had received in classroom-based assignments. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Wooohooo congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Oh! How wonderful! Huzzah and congratulations all around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 and now this makes me realize that next summer it's us. Laura has always been one year ahead of me, and I've followed her since we both started. ARGH! Now it's my turn to go berserk!!! This year is it!!!! Laura and Calvin did it, so can we... (ok, we're not even considering Oxford, but it's still nerve racking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 and now this makes me realize that next summer it's us. Laura has always been one year ahead of me, and I've followed her since we both started. ARGH! Now it's my turn to go berserk!!! This year is it!!!! Laura and Calvin did it, so can we... (ok, we're not even considering Oxford, but it's still nerve racking) I take my hat off to everyone who is teaching all the way through 'high school'. This was a hard year just as a parent, without the added stress of teaching. I'm sure it will turn out really well for you both, CQC. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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