Weekend off Blogging

     I didn't realize I didn't even get a Friday post in last week. Besides DH and I both fighting colds, we had a very busy week ended by a busy weekend. Tonight I hope to get caught up with reading  other posts and any comments I have not responded to. Our weekend was packed with family starting with most of my siblings  coming over for  Sloppy Joe's and a fire on Friday. Its been so rainy we really struggled with wood dry enough to burn until my fire loving brother in law used something to get it going and then wow did it go. Pup was loving life hanging with everyone, greeting each new arrival with his annoying bark, but then settled as soon as he deemed them acceptable. Even though we wanted to be on the road early, it was still nearly midnight before we went to bed. Though, part of that added time was giving pup a bath. He was filthy from being on the areas by the fire ring with just dirt, plus he smelled so heavy of the fire. 

     Saturday we made the four hour track northwest to see our youngest. She still is a procrastinator and even though we were a good 45 minute later than we originally planned, she was just getting out of the shower when we got to her dorm. We had an early lunch, then went to the  pre-game tailgating party. She and DH made up a team for the corn hole tournament, but lost in the first round. It was fun mingling with other families. We went to the game and  compromised by staying through third quarter, though DH would have liked to stay the whole time-he loves football. Her school was already up 48-0, which is how the game ended so it was a good time to leave. I had never seen the inside of the library, one of DD2's favorite buildings. She showed me all the extra nooks she likes and places she sometimes will use for studying, plus where the fiction books are. She said on her stressful days, she'll just wander through the  fiction section because it makes her happy. 

     We  connected with our friends from town's daughter, and she came with us for an early supper at a nice 50's style diner. The food was pretty good. She's a second year student and it was fun listening to the two girls talk. Her parents had sent us up a car registration and tabs for her, which she promptly put on her car when we dropped her back off at her dorm. After finally checking into our hotel, we all took about an hours rest before heading to the Student Variety Show Case, another family weekend event. It was a mix of music and comedy and was fun, but only last an hour. We ended the night seeing Aladdin at a discount theater by our hotel. 

     We all slept in a bit, had breakfast at the hotel but our daughter had an 11-3 shift in dining services. She  is only working  4-6 hours, enough for spending money and a little towards her future study abroad. It's enough for now as she figures our her new needed study habits. We ran some errands on her behalf and then watched the football game until she was done. She got a free meal on her break, so we just grabbed food during the game, but once she was done, we took her for a final outing for smoothies before we hit the road. We filled the tank before getting back on the highway and other than a brief rest stop, made it home by 8:45. Neither of us were up late after a good play with pup. 

     Our older daughter stayed at the house with him. She  had things to do herself, so left mid afternoon. She was so sweet though and offered to come over again for him when she learned we would be later than 8. He was just fine as he is home  most days himself. It was a fun weekend, but I'm looking forward to quiet next weekend as this work week will be full. 

     Overall, I think our daughter is doing well at school. She is mixed emotionally between being glad she went farther away to school and sad she isn't close enough like two off her friends just 35 minutes away, who can come home almost whenever they want. As we talked to other parents, their kids too are having the same transitional  stuff of feeling like they are not making good friends very well, just more acquaintances. We all agreed that it takes time and it has really only been four weeks. By Thanksgiving, their lives will have fallen into a better pattern. She has a weekend away with her Spanish program, and I think a couple new friends will be going on it as well. The weekend will be a good fit to know people better. She's home in October for a week and can see her friends, a few at least. My guess, is she will be ready to go back to school, her new college life, once the week is over.