I have mentioned several times that my daughter graduated from college last week. She was a double major in History and Government and Politics, so we had the option to attend three commencement ceremonies. She chose to walk at the commencement for her majors and not attend the big one for everyone. She was also … More The Mixed Emotions of Graduation Day
It took me a few minutes to think of something to write about here. I don’t feel like I’ve dealt with a lot of what I would call challenges. Maybe I’m not defining it properly. I finally settled on the challenge of my first three semesters of college. My dad died in February of my … More Bloganuary 14: What is a Challenge You Faced and Overcame
Big 10 football is back The Big 10 has reversed course and has unpostponed the season. Football will start next month. They say they are able to do this because of improvement in testing. They will be able to test players every day with the quick tests and isolate the positives to slow the spread. … More In College, Football is All That Matters
There is a lot in the news about colleges and corona. Campuses that have had large outbreaks and have sent students home. Colleges that have suspended in person learning. Colleges that are doing OK so far(not that they make the news). Debate about sending students home once there is an outbreak. I agree with Dr … More College and Corona
I claimed I was going to back off from writing about my life so much, but this is another update to the posts School Limbo and School Update. In the last school posts, my daughter’s on-campus housing was canceled and we scrambled to find her a place to live near campus. Campus is within commuting distance, but … More Yet Another School Update
It seems these days I’m doing more of an online journal thing like I did on LiveJournal. I don’t plan to continue this, but since I have an update from yesterday’s post I guess I will do it. Yesterday I wrote about the School Limbo we were in where the university emailed about a hybrid … More School Update
Update – housing has officially been canceled. Everything sucks. Yesterday was the day we were supposed to hear from my daughter’s college about plans for the fall semester. The day went by and there was no email. Finally, right as I was about to go to bed she gets the email As expected, the plan … More School Limbo
My daughter was supposed to study abroad in Italy this fall. We are pretty sure that won’t happen, but the school still has not confirmed they are canceling study abroad and keep pushing back the dates for a decision. Due to the fact that she was going to study abroad, she did not apply for … More More School Stress
Occasionally, when there is nothing fun to write about in current times, I try to think back to any interesting stories from my life. I generally never find one because I’ve been generally boring my entire life. This morning I did remember a scary day from my college years. My junior year in college I … More A Scary Day in the Life of College Tater
Today is the day. For the first time since 1996 we will have no kids living at home. We are loading the car this morning and moving our daughter in to her dorm. I’m not sure I’m ready for that drive back in an empty car. I’m hoping I can hold off on the crying … More Empty Nest Day
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