Gib, Kelsie and I went to Stillwater on Saturday for her campus tour of Oklahoma State University. It was a slightly pointless trip, because Gib and I lived and went to school there for two years (until I transferred and received my undergrad degree from TU), so we knew most of the campus; and Kelsie had stayed in 2 of the 3 different types of dorms during cheer camps. It was nice though, we showed her Greek row (she wants to pledge a sorority (and Gib was in a fraternity there), and ate at Eskimo Joe's, plus we got to see all the new buildings they are building, which would have been ever BETTER if it hadn't been literally 30 degrees outside on a 2 hour walking tour.
Kelsie is really excited, and I'm excited for her. I found out I was pregnant with her my first semester of college so my "college experience" also included motherhood and marriage. I want my baby to have all the fun memories and experiences, and a great academic environment, minus any unnecessary stress. She has never wanted to go anywhere else (I think she was indoctrinated from birth, with her frat boy dad and living in Stillwater until she was 3), and she met the requirements and pretty much was told that she was in. I know she'll have a great time, but gosh, at 37 (or I could be 47 or 57 or 87), I'm not ready for my little chicklet to leave the nest. I try to imagine what it will be like, and I literally can't. Tell me, readers who have experienced this: what do I expect? I remember crying all night when she got upset she was stuck in a single room one year during cheer camp because she's never been alone. The tour was the first step, now I will have a slow mental transition to August. Maybe by then, I'll have figured it out.
I forgot to take any pics on campus- GENIUS!, but I do have some from Eskimo Joe's (LOVE that place, although I must say the cheese fries are going downhill :( )
Kelsie and her daddy:
Kels wearing her dad's fraternity sweatshirt (no one ever even noticed, haha, even when they were talking about Greek life):
(I do not know why it looks like her head is just kind of glued on to the shirt, bad angle I guess)
Here's me! (I found out our new point and shoot has a setting specifically for closeup self-portraits and a had to try it out)
Then we were joking around about how the 3 older dorms that were built in the 60's were called the "projects" and Kelsie kept saying she didn't want to live in the projects. Then we were brought our drinks in our Joe's cups. Gib and I were both given white cups, and Kelsie's was black. We jokingly told her it was a sign of things to come: that her dirty black cup compared to mine and her dad's were God's sign letting her know she was going to be living in the projects her freshman year. Hahaha.... an omen, if you will.
So, life goes on and all that.... but honestly in my heart I feel like I am the freshman ready to move away from home for new experiences. MY own flight from the nest feels like yesterdays. How can my baby's be just 9 months away?
Congrats to Kelsie -- I'm sure she'll love it! And she'll be relatively close, so she won't be completely gone from the nest. =)
Posted by: ashpags | December 29, 2009 at 09:04 AM