DD flies back to her university today, and Winter quarter classes begin on Monday. She won't come home to Texas again until mid-June. Three weeks was not long enough for this mama--it seemed so short and I have so enjoyed having her home. I had back surgery on Dec 19, and she has been such a good sport helping me out. She had a great time spending time with several friend groups during the break--it was so nice to walk into the living room and see a group of kids playing Twister and laughing like crazy, or to hear about their college adventures. The last day was here before I knew it. Tonight, after tackling some packing until midnight, she and I and her dog laid on my bed for four hours just talking about her Winter quarter classes, her friends, what we might do when I come to Parents Weekend in February, researching what kind of housing to try for and what tier she might want to use for The Draw for housing (gah... Stanford upperclassmen housing draw is so complicated), and discussing articles I had seen in the Stanford Daily and how things had gone down from her perpective (including such random things as a new ice cream place in Palo Alto that makes its products from water buffalo milk lol). I can see how excited she is to return and tackle another semester and see her Stanford friends, but I am sure going to miss her!! As will her little dog. It feels like this time might be harder leaving her at the airport than it has been before and I don't want to cry in front of her. I made the mistake of watching the movie "A Dog's Purpose" a few days ago (my eyes leaked quite a bit during that movie--especially the part when Ethan moved away to college) and I keep thinking about how my DD's dog keeps looking for her in our house when she is away at school--he just does not understand--so that is not helping at all.
Ok...whew...thanks for letting me get it all out of my system here, so hopefully I can be in "I am so excited for you sweetheart" mode today and not cry. Enjoy your DDs and DSs!!!