Freshmen Orientation we Go!

Tomorrow first thing we head out, matter of fact as you read this we will be at college orientation. It is a three-hour trip and we have to be there at 8 AM oh my kind of day! Not!

As far as Dunk and I know, we will do everything tomorrow but write the big check, or make the loan agreement whatever you wish to believe. His schedule will be done, he will know his roommate we will see the dorm finally, we have seen other dorms but not that one. We will eat lunch him with the freshmen and me with the parents. He will get his college ID and I think his email, his food plan is already active as far as I can. I guess what I am saying is it is happening. My little toe headed boy is almost gone. Gosh I miss him already. I miss just talking to him for more than a minute. It has been such a long time since we were able to do that.

Soon he will quit working, he has a freshman camp he will go to and that will be it. Pack up and move off. The last couple of years he has been getting ready to go, I know this because we have fought more than ever before. Dunk was not the kid that ever crossed me verbally. He would sneak at ways to tick me off. I know from reading the books it is the stage he had to go through to say “I am a Man, hear me Roar.” I know it mentally but I still don’t like it. Having so many friends dying early I don’t ever want to think my last words to him were mean or unnatural. It is the thing I often think about, you want your kids to know regardless what happens you love them at the bottom of your being, people keep telling me he knows but I am still unsure.

I am sure Dunk will sleep on the way there and he will drive back home while I rest. I know we will enjoy it, the college is really a nice small quiet place. There is concern who the roommate is, but that will be okay I told Dunk so. When you are settled if you have a real problem, you request a switch. My college roommate and I started out thick as thieves before school, we knew each other well and thought it be great. Then she met the love of her life, she never lived with me much after that. I had a private room without paying for it. Knowing the person doesn’t always work either, so either way Dunk will deal with it.

I wonder what the parents will be like tomorrow. Being a parent is always a bit like being a kid, will the cool parents give me the time of day? I have decided to dress in pants, not jeans. Just a feeling I get, it would be nice not to be the blue jeans mom. Pretending for one day will be fun!

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