WVMomof3
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2005
Being close by doesn't always mean being too close. DS goes to college just 15 minutes away. He lives on campus and was able to have growing experiences - setting a schedule, washing clothes, picking roommates, choosing his major.... He lets us know when he wants to come home (usually to catch up on sleep) or needs something. I will say his freshman year, he came home a lot more than his junior year.
Oldest DD lived in a dorm her first year, an apartment 2nd year and is now home this semester. I actually think I may have seen her more when she lived in the dorm than I do now with her in the house. 18 credit hours, plus about 15 working hours/week, 4 volunteer hours/week and a boyfriend = no time at home. She is going to study abroad in the spring so wanted to save on rent for the this fall by living at home. We HOPE she will be studying abroad. Let me tell everyone this Visa process is not going so well. I know I mentioned it before and it is still a pain in the #@#!. She actually had to drive to DC this week to turn all her paperwork in and they would not take one of the forms. So she must go back next week, and pray that the new FBI clearance will actually be back in time this week and that the rest of the forms will be accepted. They "looked" over everything else and said it should be OK, but no way to tell until we go back, in person, to try again. I don't know what we would do if we lived farther away. It is a little over 3 hours for us, so doable but a pain!! Oh and must be done before noon!