Gabe is now an official student at Mesa State College in Grand Junction Colorado (insert darling picture of his college ID card here). Wahoo! Go Mavs! I am blogging from the hotel lobby so I can't upload all the pictures of his Handsomeness.
Enrolling your first child in college is stressful, scary, and emotional. But the second child is easy and fun. I just sat on a soft chair in the lobby and let him take care of all the details and decisions, running back and forth between academic advising, the registrar and the housing office. He was stressed, I was happy.
Tonight I had the surreal experience of shopping with Gabe in Zumiez. We were surrounded by uber hip college students. The store was playing Duran Duran (Relax, Don't Do It - who knew that song was so nasty? not me!), Boy George, and Wang Chung. I knew those kids didn't even notice me, the tired mom, until I whipped out my debit card (Whip It! Whip It Good). But that was my college music! I was their age when it came out! I danced to their "vintage pop" when it was fresh! That music was part of the soundtrack from Roland and my courtship! How could they know, looking at me in my brown capris, flip flops (thongs!), and reading glasses, that I was cool before their parent's even thought of them! It will just have to be my little secret.
Gabe said his roommates have posters of girls with beer bottles in their cleavage. Sigh.
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Ugh on the cleavage pic, but guess that's a hazard of having a roommate.
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Two down, two to go. You are well on your way to having well educated children. Fabulous. You are smart.
Robin you are totally my mother hero. I hope I turn out like you. Did you happen to go to Abercrombie and fitch? You will DIE how loud they play the music and threaten to complain to OSHA, and the little shits who work there won't care.
you wore a thong to zumiez?
damn, girl.
Paige makes me laugh.
Go Gabe. We are hoping that you love your experience! We love you all.
Andrea makes me laugh too.... :)
YAY GABE!
I hope pictures are coming soon. Of Gabe and the campus, not of the beer bottles.
Paige makes me laugh also. Does she leave the best comments or what.
This was a nice post. It just got increasingly more difficult with me when each of you kids started college. You are far better adjusted than I was.
I'll be there soon enough. My kids laugh when I sing along to "their" songs-little do they know they were "mine" first!!!
Wow. I love reading your blog because I just cannot ever ever ever imagine that my children will grow up. College sounds a whole lot scarier than kindergarten orientation.
Congrats! You must be doing somethin' right.
The first time I realized Relax, Don't Do It was nasty was when I was singing it to Porter as I changed his diaper. I stopped mid-lyric and went, "WHAT!"
The first time I realized Relax, Don't Do It was nasty was when I was singing it to Porter as I changed his diaper. I stopped mid-lyric and went, "WHAT!"
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