I took a vacation day on Friday!!! Robb and I headed out early and got to the campus just before 11am. Robb is better than a GPS because he guessed 10:39 EXACTLY and we were finding a parking spot at EXACTLY 10:39am...
A few hours and a lunch later, we were mostly done.
I got paged and struggled to get logged into my computer from Robb's laptop. Maddy took us to a coffee shop and I had my nose buried in the laptop almost the entire time. I got a couple photos of the very unique place just before we left.
Maddy headed off to the first end of the year concert and Robb and I checked into the hotel and then found some seats in the auditorium and chilled.
Matthew found us and we enjoyed the show.
I took videos during the 4pm showing and then stills of the 7pm show where we sat with Matthew and his parents.
As I'm sure I've said on numerous occasions... I wish I could go back to college!
Particularly this one.
Photo recreation.
Here is one of her choirs songs.
A few hours and a lunch later, we were mostly done.
I got paged and struggled to get logged into my computer from Robb's laptop. Maddy took us to a coffee shop and I had my nose buried in the laptop almost the entire time. I got a couple photos of the very unique place just before we left.
Maddy headed off to the first end of the year concert and Robb and I checked into the hotel and then found some seats in the auditorium and chilled.
Matthew found us and we enjoyed the show.
I took videos during the 4pm showing and then stills of the 7pm show where we sat with Matthew and his parents.
As I'm sure I've said on numerous occasions... I wish I could go back to college!
Particularly this one.
Photo recreation.
Here is one of her choirs songs.
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Afterwards, Maddy and Matthew came back to the hotel with us where apparently the hotel thought we were suckers... The room was the hole of the county. Smoky with smoke colored cobwebs on the ceiling and dirty walls. Oh well, you pick your battles and it was cheap.
Because it was graduation weekend, all the other rooms were booked.
We ordered some apps from Applebees and by midnight were enjoying some Wan Tan Tacos. YUM.
Saturday, we took Maddy some breakfast and she did her R.A. checking out duties until the graduation ceremony where her choir was singing.
Matthew got to walk a lit candle in, then he came to sit with us.
Then we did some more R.A. duties while Robb took off for home in the loaded down van. The kids and I got a final lunch at the caf, more R.A. dorm cleaning duties, then the afternoon Call Service.
About 40-50 kids received calls to their first teaching jobs all over the U.S., a few overseas, but the overseas ones weren't announced during this service. Those types of calls require a huge heads up.
So these graduates found out just where they would be moving to in the fall for a 1, 2 or potentially permanent position somewhere in the U.S.. A lot of gasps and surprised behavior from a few that got a call from California or Washington. I wasn't as emotional during this one as I was from last year's. Next year will be emotional as Maddy will be putting in her name for a call...
Maybe her stints in Colorado have seasoned me.
Maybe not.
After that service, we said our goodbyes to Matthew and headed back to the dorm to do the final run down with the rest of the R.A.s after changing our clothes to some grunge-wear.
Maddy and I had the duty of sweeping out the bathrooms and then the laundry room.
She'll kill me for posting this... but... I thought it was funny.
When we got down to the laundry room, there were several baskets of clean clothes on the counters. Maddy was shocked. We knew several girls were going on the band tour and they probably belonged to them, but Maddy said, "WHO would leave their clothes down here??" She went over to one of the baskets and pulled out a shirt. "I mean who is missing these clothes??!"
Suddenly she stopped because the clothes she was pulling out of this basket were hers. She had thought they'd been stolen out of the laundry room back in January... But they'd been sitting in here the whole time! Whew! I'm glad we got the laundry room sweeping job!!
Around 4:30, Maddy asked if we could take off and off we went. Exhausted but relieved that it was finally SUMMER for her!
Got home at a decent hour but every one went to bed shortly after anyway.
And while we were gone, another car bit the dust. Or rocks in this case. But that's a story for when we have lots of alcoholic drinks and are living in a nursing home in order to chuckle about it.
What did YOU do this weekend?
Because it was graduation weekend, all the other rooms were booked.
We ordered some apps from Applebees and by midnight were enjoying some Wan Tan Tacos. YUM.
Saturday, we took Maddy some breakfast and she did her R.A. checking out duties until the graduation ceremony where her choir was singing.
Matthew got to walk a lit candle in, then he came to sit with us.
Then we did some more R.A. duties while Robb took off for home in the loaded down van. The kids and I got a final lunch at the caf, more R.A. dorm cleaning duties, then the afternoon Call Service.
About 40-50 kids received calls to their first teaching jobs all over the U.S., a few overseas, but the overseas ones weren't announced during this service. Those types of calls require a huge heads up.
So these graduates found out just where they would be moving to in the fall for a 1, 2 or potentially permanent position somewhere in the U.S.. A lot of gasps and surprised behavior from a few that got a call from California or Washington. I wasn't as emotional during this one as I was from last year's. Next year will be emotional as Maddy will be putting in her name for a call...
Maybe her stints in Colorado have seasoned me.
Maybe not.
After that service, we said our goodbyes to Matthew and headed back to the dorm to do the final run down with the rest of the R.A.s after changing our clothes to some grunge-wear.
Maddy and I had the duty of sweeping out the bathrooms and then the laundry room.
She'll kill me for posting this... but... I thought it was funny.
When we got down to the laundry room, there were several baskets of clean clothes on the counters. Maddy was shocked. We knew several girls were going on the band tour and they probably belonged to them, but Maddy said, "WHO would leave their clothes down here??" She went over to one of the baskets and pulled out a shirt. "I mean who is missing these clothes??!"
Suddenly she stopped because the clothes she was pulling out of this basket were hers. She had thought they'd been stolen out of the laundry room back in January... But they'd been sitting in here the whole time! Whew! I'm glad we got the laundry room sweeping job!!
Around 4:30, Maddy asked if we could take off and off we went. Exhausted but relieved that it was finally SUMMER for her!
Got home at a decent hour but every one went to bed shortly after anyway.
And while we were gone, another car bit the dust. Or rocks in this case. But that's a story for when we have lots of alcoholic drinks and are living in a nursing home in order to chuckle about it.
What did YOU do this weekend?
4 comments:
You lead a crazy busy and beautiful life. I just don't know how you keep it all straight!!!
Hilarious about the clothes in the laundry room! Such a great way to spend the weekend!
We spent almost 8 hours straight at the fine arts center in our town for Nora and Ava's ballet recital. They put on a full length ballet every year. This year it was La Fille Mal Gardée. You've seen the raindrop and chicken at my place. ;) Still trying to recover from that!
I had a very boring weekend compared to yours! Though I'm glad my truck didn't meet up with any rocks!? Basically I tried to keep WARM!!!
I am fascinated with Maddy's school. DD#2 is now thinking maybe about teaching-we'll need to keep our minds open to a small school.
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