I recently made my last tuition payment for my last kid in the last college that will ever cause me to question my decision to procreate. (I’m just kidding.. I could never understand people saying they decided not to have more babies because they were worried about sending them to college. They should know that travel soccer, […]
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My Room in the Attic Was Just Peachy
Every time I paint, which isn’t often I’ll admit, I think about the time my college roommate Doria and I painted our attic room peach. Except it wasn’t peach. It was more like a bright orange. And not the hip, Martha Stewart Paint Colors Bright Orange. When Doria and I did it, it wasn’t […]
Fighting Care-Package Guilt
The parental guilt train never stops. My 20-year-old son is in his second year of college and although he can do his own laundry without having pink underwear, tie his own tie, go to dinner at the dean’s house without getting expelled, and ace tests and papers with ease, he apparently is a helpless […]
College: Apply Generously
I don’t know how stupid or lazy people get their kids into a university these days. I’ve been doing college applications with my daughter and I haven’t felt this mentally exhausted since I had to bullshit-write my way through a geek-level psychology class in 1981. That semester could not end fast enough. It would […]
Hi Mom, I’m Home
It’s mid-May and for many of us it’s the time when our college kids come home for summer break. Check back with me in late May to see if I’m still alive or if I’ve been strangled by a dirty sock. My son arrives home from Phoenix tonight. (No, not University of Phoenix online […]
Are We Gators Yet?
We just got home from a visit to University of Florida. This was our first college visit for Jack, and our first college visit in Florida. Suffice it to say, we were impressed. Hell, I filled out an application before I left. (And my essay was decent. I think I may have a shot.) According […]