Faith-manor Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 This is not my photo though. I still haven't downloaded mine. But I wanted you to see one of the views he has at campus. His adviser already did his degree audit, and everything is on track. His application to graduate has to be in by 5 pm. January 14 for spring commencement on April 30. Hotel rooms in the area were already beginning to fill for commencement so I booked ours. The ceremony ends at 1 pm, and we are leaving immediately for a trip west with all three of our adult sons. They want to take one more trip together before scattering to jobs and grad schools. My mom and our dd will drive his dorm stuff back here. I am feeling a lot of pride, some relief, and then that tension of a sadness that this is it. This is the last year of having him home at breaks and in the summers. He is my buddy; we are very close, so this is hard. I have decided to distract myself for the semester by signing up for an engineering class and paying the small penalty for registering so late. I figure that the distraction will be welcome. 53 and my BA's are piano performance and music education, so all of these physics and engineering classes tend to keep me buried in books and staring at equations wondering what in the world I got myself into. Calc 1 and 2 were more than 30 years ago and a struggle for me. Thank goodness Mark has his math degree, and never forgot a single thing! He is stuck tutoring me in the evenings! 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Wow, what a view!! Lucky Lucky. That is going to be pretty all year round. Wow, good for you staying busy. That sounds like a great idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Congrats to your son and a pat on the back for you. Great idea to keep busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 That's a beautiful view. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamonlyone Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) Our youngest is back on her campus for her senior year too. Your post—with all the excitement and poignancy—resonates with me! I'm so going to miss those long breaks with our dd too! Edit: And, yes! I love your son's view! Edited August 20, 2021 by iamonlyone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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