We spent the day on campus for Open House.  It was hot and muggy later in the afternoon, during the walking tour around campus, but, other than that, we had a great day!!  It was a very informative day, and I feel much better about letting her go off  to college.  Many questions were answered, many fears calmed,  for both of us, mainly my fears, of course.  We had a great lunch on the international lawn, complete with watermelon and a live band playing in the background.  This is where Pistol Pete was hanging out for photo ops!  Isn't he the BEST college mascot EVER?!?!  Who couldn't love him? 

We were both very impressed by the newly renovated Colvin Center.  I am quite envious.   I now want to return to college,  just so I may go to the Colvin Center every day to work out, swim, and climb the awesome rock wall!!!  I had told Morgan about the WONDERFUL library on campus for years.  It is the best library I have ever been in.  However, it is also much improved,  if that's even possible.  It's amazing how much better everything is throughout the campus, since I was there many, many moons ago.  The students now have so many more supportive services and opportunities.  It's an amazing school and a wonderful opportunity  for Morgan to attend and earn her degree/s.  I am so proud of her!!

This is my baby girl. She just graduated from high school, and is about to embark upon a new adventure...COLLEGE!!!  An exciting time for her; a very, very scary time for mom!!  I just can't believe it's time to start "letting go".  I'm just not ready.  I'm sure she'll do fine and go on to accomplish great things, but, she's still my baby girl, and I want to keep her here with me forever and protect her.  I'm excited for her, I really am.  It's just so hard to let go of someone you've nurtured, protected, and loved for almost eighteen years.  Gulp.  We can do this.

I must say, once again, I am thoroughly enjoying my summer break! I'll even take it one step further, and venture to say that this has to be THE absolute BEST summer EVER!!!! Change is in the air, for sure. Good changes, scary changes, exciting changes! I've never been one to balk at change. It's always been a huge part of my life, as it is for everyone else, I'm sure. Many, many new and different things have been and will be happening in the VERY near future. I can't wait to tell you all about them as they unfold this summer!!!

I can't believe it is already June!! I only have two and a half more months with my baby girl. She will go off to college before I know it. She is already starting to assert her independence and is enjoying it much more than I'd like, driving all over creation to visit old friends, relatives, summer concerts, and such. Ahhh...to be footloose and fancy free!!

There is much to do this summer to get her ready for her new life as a college freshman. She STILL needs to get this "taking medicine" thing down!!! I have spoiled her and ALWAYS made sure she takes it on time. I should have made her be more responsible for this chore WAY before now. I know, I'll admit it, I am remiss in my duty of instilling responsibility. The independence thing, she's got down to a "T". My number one fear for her being at college is that she will forget to take her medicine and wind up in the hospital or even worse. She doesn't understand that all of her meds. are what keep her alive, even though I've mentioned it to her more than a few times. Most of her meds. are for heart failure. She just doesn't get it. She takes a whole handful in the morning at 7:00 or 7:30, at the latest, more at the same time in the evening, then, yet, a few more right before bedtime. There are probably eight or nine pills in the morning, four in the evening, then, five before bed.

Case in point: it is now 8:01 a.m., and she STILL has not taken her medicine, and then, come to tell me that she has taken it. We are not making much progress are we?