Congrats, Emmett!
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Fred Pete - Jun 13, 2014 10:45:24 am PDT #29810 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2014 10:48:56 am PDT #29811 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Darth Tigger is graduating? That's...unpossible! And yet EXCELLENT. Go Emmett!
lisah - Jun 13, 2014 10:49:13 am PDT #29812 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Holy cow! Congrats to Emmett and them that raised him!!
Laura - Jun 13, 2014 10:50:11 am PDT #29813 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
No question that going through high school sucks more as a parent than as the student. I would go through it multiple times myself rather than try and drag the boys through it again.
Is he excited about college? What kind of a program is he entering? (forgive me if I should know this, mind like sieve you know)
Calli - Jun 13, 2014 10:50:16 am PDT #29814 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Congratulations to Emmet and his family!
Jessica - Jun 13, 2014 11:04:42 am PDT #29815 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Wow, I am really not ready for Emmett to be a college student!
sumi - Jun 13, 2014 11:11:05 am PDT #29816 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Wow.
I cannot believe it!
But Woo hoo and congratulations to Emmett!
JZ - Jun 13, 2014 11:13:56 am PDT #29817 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Weren't you a college student yourself when we started all this, Jess, or just barely done?
Emmett is an awesome kid, big and brawny and goofy and broad-shouldered and willing to carry Matilda to bed each night and help her pick out the right dress to wear to his graduation ceremony (it's covered with hot air balloons). I am so ridiculously lucky and blessed to be a part of his life.
Amy - Jun 13, 2014 11:14:58 am PDT #29818 of 30000
Because books.
That's awesome. Congratulations to Emmett, and to his family.
Good news on the interview, ita.
DavidS - Jun 13, 2014 11:21:24 am PDT #29819 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is he excited about college? What kind of a program is he entering? (forgive me if I should know this, mind like sieve you know)
He's cautiously excited about college. Not as gung ho to go as I was. He loves his friends in High School. He told me I couldn't look at his Yearbook because of things people wrote about him but I took peek anyway. He's well loved by his friends in return.
He's interested in kinesiology, and Sonoma State has a good program for it. Most importantly for him, Sonoma State was voted as having the best college dorm rooms in the country. Woot! One of their townhouse suites shared by 6 students.
It's a pretty campus, and while he won't play on the college baseball team (which is Div 2), they have a club team that he wants to play for.
It's only an hour away, so far enough away to avoid drop-ins, but close enough for Matilda to visit and vice versa.