tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265409226701008817.post7455905840570159479..comments2023-03-19T06:10:40.916-05:00Comments on Emptying Our Nest: College is Making Me CrazyBetsy Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472173896612864821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265409226701008817.post-21342404241298789632008-05-12T23:17:00.000-05:002008-05-12T23:17:00.000-05:00Oh holy heck. I thought I was ready to fast-forwar...Oh holy heck. I thought I was ready to fast-forward to Empty Nesthood (well, today I was), but whoa!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the superkind shout-out, BTW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265409226701008817.post-7391958922448244562008-03-13T07:41:00.000-05:002008-03-13T07:41:00.000-05:00With any luck, by the time your oldest is ready to...With any luck, by the time your oldest is ready to look at colleges, the whole thing will have calmed down some. It's COMPLETELY out of control right now, though. My son knows a girl who's at the very top of her class and frantic about staying there. She was sick and had a test coming up, so she drank six of those little Starbucks shots-in-a-can so she'd have the "energy" to study. She ended up in the ER with heart palpitations. But she was there the next day to take the test!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265409226701008817.post-77006675881252409272008-03-12T21:22:00.000-05:002008-03-12T21:22:00.000-05:00I started out all flattered and then I kept readin...I started out all flattered and then I kept reading.<BR/><BR/>I should have stopped while I was ahead.<BR/><BR/>I mean, CRAP. My oldest turns 10 next month and we haven't even started thinking about majors or anything! We don't even really technically belong to ONE SINGLE COUNTRY right now!!<BR/><BR/>Where can I get that SAT book, again? I think it's time we got a FINER grasp of English.Mr Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998773078408832376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265409226701008817.post-72349914261682232602008-03-10T10:26:00.000-05:002008-03-10T10:26:00.000-05:00I'm not ready for all of that. Please, God, don't ...I'm not ready for all of that. Please, God, don't let my son skip any grades...<BR/><BR/>When the time comes, I hope your book (that you're going to write for the rest of us, who aren't so organized) will be at my local bookstore.<BR/><BR/>No TMZ? That's crazy talk.Jennifer Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239563357592230711noreply@blogger.com