My husband and I are taking a trip to Disney World in a few weeks where we are going to do all of the romantic things for two at a leisurely pace rather than at breakneck speed as we have done for the past two decades. When we get back home we are going to start taking yoga classes twice a week, and who knows...maybe a ballroom dancing class. We've heard they are great fun!
Don't get me wrong. It's not easy to leave your youngest child miles away in a dorm room, but it is inevitable and I choose to not let it get me down. With that said I have documented my baby's move for therapeutic as well as nostalgic purposes.
last snuggle with the
Fincher zoo.
can operate a motor vehicle and
now she is driving off to college.
Mary Lyndon Hall.
Yes it's Co-ed...
That's how they
roll these days.
(or your mother's) dorm room.
Today's dorm has WiFi for computers.
No land line - they all have SmartPhones.
Research for term papers right in the room
reclining in bed with an iPad.
Refrigerator is full of snacks...nuke 'em in the
microwave right in the room. AND cable TV!
No more typewriters (what's that?) or
midnights in the library researching or
record players (seriously, what is that?)
Those do still exist.
This is the "Mom,
are you still taking
pictures?" look.
The inevitable
pizza break.
And the inevitable
Walmart run.