Growing Pains

We spent the week in Boulder moving Alex into his dorm at University of Colorado. He is already having a blast and has somehow become the social director of the hall. He was beyond ready even though I wanted to hold on to every last second. Today was the first day of classes and he actually called me to report that all was good and his classes are close by. He and his roommate both have 9AM classes so they got up together and ate breakfast. His first class of the day is a seminar class for Humanities about the Vietnam war. It might be a nice break from his engineering based classes. Now that we’re home the focus is solely on Kendall and getting her ready to start her new high school tomorrow. We attended back to school orientation today and she definitely got a taste of small town high school. The school spirit is really apparent and everyone was really nice. It was different touring an indoor school with hallways and stairs. She was grateful to be inside since it was 90 degrees today. The most interesting difference was the theme for the day was all the students signed a vinyl banner with their commitment to graduate from high school. The focus wasn’t on college but graduating on time and finding a path that you’re interested in. The school not only caters to college but also vocational skills and offers classes in fire fighting, dentistry, woodworking, metals, car repair, etc. I find that to be very refreshing. Kendall is taking a metals class so she’s excited to learn how to weld. She also discovered that schools here have 9th graders take Physics and Juniors take Chemistry. She’s kind of bummed that she’ll have to take a physics class with all freshman. I’d also like to say how proud I am of her for being so brave. We sent her to San Diego to spend time with friends this weekend and she came back feeling extra sad but ready to meet new people and make friends. Fingers crossed that she has a good first day tomorrow! Oh, and she decided to bleach half of her hair. She gets a lot of compliments on it. I just want her to be happy. 💕