The weekend started on Friday for us! Robb made sure Meri's moped was in working order and I loaded up our car. Then Robb and I headed for Minnesota to get our daughter from school. We got there just before lunch and enjoyed it with Maddy & Matthew in the caf.
She was cramming for a 12:30 final while we ate, so she may have done poorly on the test... Eh. "D" means diploma, right??!? I'm pretty sure it's not a D.
While she took her final final, Robb and I started in on her dorm room. She and Leah had done a lot already but there was lots more to move out, clean up and scrub. Apparently the dorm people had turned off the heat during Christmas break and a gallon of Mabs laundry detergent froze and cracked. As it thawed, they enjoyed a huge pool of detergent in their closet and a dragon shaped design on their linoleum! They left that there for a while until one of them scraped it up sometime in January. But there was still a little bit of a mess in the closet yet.
She had a concert at 4, which we skipped and checked into our hotel instead. Then came back for a quick bite with her in the caf again. We discovered her secret place she likes to sit where she can see everyone but no one can see her. She prides herself on her anti-socialness.
She was cramming for a 12:30 final while we ate, so she may have done poorly on the test... Eh. "D" means diploma, right??!? I'm pretty sure it's not a D.
While she took her final final, Robb and I started in on her dorm room. She and Leah had done a lot already but there was lots more to move out, clean up and scrub. Apparently the dorm people had turned off the heat during Christmas break and a gallon of Mabs laundry detergent froze and cracked. As it thawed, they enjoyed a huge pool of detergent in their closet and a dragon shaped design on their linoleum! They left that there for a while until one of them scraped it up sometime in January. But there was still a little bit of a mess in the closet yet.
She had a concert at 4, which we skipped and checked into our hotel instead. Then came back for a quick bite with her in the caf again. We discovered her secret place she likes to sit where she can see everyone but no one can see her. She prides herself on her anti-socialness.
But it's not entirely true...
Robb and I went to the 7:30 concert and met Matthew's parents for the first time.
Had a great time picking on our kids. After the concert while the kids had their rooms checked out at the dorms, we parents swapped embarrassing stories about them both.
They sang Amazing Grace and you can't have Amazing Grace without bagpipes!
Then Robb, Mabs and I headed off to the hotel for the night.
Maddy slept on the window seat cushion in the window, whereupon she fell off of in the morning.
Maddy slept on the window seat cushion in the window, whereupon she fell off of in the morning.
GOOD MORNING!!
She had to be back on campus to warm up with her choir at 9 so while she did that, Robb and I relaxed in the commons area and then found a good spot on the bleachers to watch the graduation and Maddy.
She had to be back on campus to warm up with her choir at 9 so while she did that, Robb and I relaxed in the commons area and then found a good spot on the bleachers to watch the graduation and Maddy.
I teared up a little knowing that that would be Maddy in a couple years... WAHH!H!!!
Got some good shots of her with the choir across the way. I do love my camera!
After the graduation, Robb and I decided not to go with the flow of the people leaving the auditorium and instead left using the back door of the stage we were perched on. Going through those halls where only janitors go, felt like a remnant leaving the Poseidon... We walked across a barren employee parking lot and finally caught up with Maddy before she headed to a dorm to check some girls rooms out. She had to start her Resident Assistant duties now. She'll be an RA next fall in the freshman girls dorm.
So Robb took off for home and I found the secret spot in the caf and worked on the ASG sewing newsletter. I felt kind of weird with all these families surrounding me celebrating their child's graduation and me being the anti-social one on the laptop in the corner.
Don't talk to me... But take my extra chairs please!
There was a Call service at 2:30 to attend that Maddy was singing at again. A Call service is when a committee gets a list of parochial schools from all over the country that need teachers and match them up with the abilities of graduates who are willing to go wherever God sends them. Maddy wants to do this when she graduates, so I sobbed through most of it along with various parents and their kids. Some kids were sent to California or Washington, when their families were in the midwest... SOB!
So Robb took off for home and I found the secret spot in the caf and worked on the ASG sewing newsletter. I felt kind of weird with all these families surrounding me celebrating their child's graduation and me being the anti-social one on the laptop in the corner.
Don't talk to me... But take my extra chairs please!
There was a Call service at 2:30 to attend that Maddy was singing at again. A Call service is when a committee gets a list of parochial schools from all over the country that need teachers and match them up with the abilities of graduates who are willing to go wherever God sends them. Maddy wants to do this when she graduates, so I sobbed through most of it along with various parents and their kids. Some kids were sent to California or Washington, when their families were in the midwest... SOB!
I had been briefed by a friend whose son was sent to Nebraska several years ago and I brought a bunch of napkins from lunch to cry into. It was pretty emotional...
BUT I got to see Maddy across the way again and visit with a professor for a little bit before it began, so all is ok.
Maddy had to check out a few more rooms in the dorm before she and I finally headed for home. She drove the first half and I did the second.
Sunday, Robb and I headed into the rain storms to Sioux City to visit with my parents for a little bit, then we got home just before dinnertime.
BUT I got to see Maddy across the way again and visit with a professor for a little bit before it began, so all is ok.
Maddy had to check out a few more rooms in the dorm before she and I finally headed for home. She drove the first half and I did the second.
Sunday, Robb and I headed into the rain storms to Sioux City to visit with my parents for a little bit, then we got home just before dinnertime.
Maddy and Meri stayed behind that day so that Meri could participate in the choir and band for the high school graduation. Then they went around to a few grad parties.
After I did a little mowing, Maddy and I relaxed outside and did some weeding in the front patio together. We got a lot of visiting in! I'm going to miss her this summer.
After I did a little mowing, Maddy and I relaxed outside and did some weeding in the front patio together. We got a lot of visiting in! I'm going to miss her this summer.
She leaves in a week for her summer job and then won't be back until August...
I got a few minutes to iron the hems that I'd done so far on my niece's bridesmaids dresses last night and then scorched the back of the hem on one... I'll moan about that tomorrow... That kind of killed my sewing mode last night.
Anyway, that was my weekend... I am anticipating a slower weekend next week. But who knows what will crop up?!
I got a few minutes to iron the hems that I'd done so far on my niece's bridesmaids dresses last night and then scorched the back of the hem on one... I'll moan about that tomorrow... That kind of killed my sewing mode last night.
Anyway, that was my weekend... I am anticipating a slower weekend next week. But who knows what will crop up?!
4 comments:
what a busy weekend you had, great photos. Love the one of the storm coming in.
You and your full weekends! Maddie and her boyfriend are so cute. I know you embarrassed them. That's what good parents do. ;)
It is my duty, as a parent, to embarrass my children :) Glad you survived your weekend!
Whew! Once again your weekend made ME tired. LOL!
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