We drop our eldest off at college in three days. This is a mess of thoughts currently running through my head.
1. How long would it take the university to find her a new roommate after her current one complains?
2. How exactly is the clothing issue going to work? Right now she throws everything on her floor and rummages through the pile when she gets dressed.
3. How did this happen?!
4. Does she really understand that she'll have to drive to the store to purchase fresh items for the fridge?
5. I hope she uses the meal plan.
6. I hope she gets a job right away.
7. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!
8. She better go to class.
9. Was she serious about needing two huge bottles of popcorn kernels?
10. What if she has a nightmare, and I'm not there? This kid always has nightmares, even when she was little.
11. Why can't I just focus on how much she's going to bother me when she comes home for Christmas vacation instead?
12. Where is she going to fit all this stuff she got in a tiny room that she's sharing with someone else?
13. Where is she going to fit the stuff she gets from the millions of care packages she's asking everyone to send?
14. Will it feel like this with the next one?
15. What if this is one of those "last" things? Like the last time she lives here full-time?
16. When did she start calling me mom instead of mommy?
17. I wonder if she's as scared as I am.
18. What if I didn't do a good job raising her, and the world breaks her?
19. Will she ever understand what this feels like?
20. how did this happen?
Ohmygosh. Pass the tissues. This one goes straight to my heart.
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