Holy cow! Congrats to Emmett and them that raised him!!
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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.
lisah - Jun 13, 2014 10:49:13 am PDT #29812 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
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.
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2014 11:24:03 am PDT #29820 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
One of their townhouse suites shared by 6 students.
That's a dorm? Daaaaaang.
DavidS - Jun 13, 2014 11:29:10 am PDT #29821 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's a dorm? Daaaaaang.
Since it's in wine country and gets a lot of monetary support from the wine industry, all the residential villages are named after wines and territories.
There's a good chance he'll wind up in Zinfandel village.