Hello from Connecticut

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:41 pm

I am here to drop my 18 year old off at Wesleyan universty
the drive was not to bad
I suprised her with a car
I will fly back Wednsday.
I will miss her so much.

Kelley · Post by **Kelley** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:45 am

Hard to do but have to let them try their wings Scott.
Kelley

dick195252 · Post by **dick195252** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:04 am

Scott, you are just popping up all over the country lately

Congratulations and best of luck to your Daughter on the start of her lifes journey as an adult.

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:55 am

Road trip, saxman! lol hope it was fun, yup setting the chicks out makes us realize they are growing up and easing away.

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:38 am

I wondered how many members we drove by on the way up here.

crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:46 am

dang you had one long drive also... have a safe trip back now;)

goodluck to her at college also.. i think when you passed through here I was out trimming stands lol

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:44 am

good luck to her sax have a safe trip

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:33 am

A bittersweet time, I'm sure, Sax!

I hope she does well, and that the distance makes you even closer.

Be careful on the road, man! People are, well, you know! Drive safe!

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:13 am

Seems like only yesterday we were dropping off our daughter at Southern Illinois University. I remember how hard is was for me. A quarter of the way back home I turned to the Swede and said "Should we just turn around and go back and get her?"

Of course she did great and it was time for her to take flight.

Things changed a little after that day.

One thing didn't change and never will.

She is and always will be "daddy's little girl."

Daddy's little girl turns forty next year.

saxman wrote:
I will miss her so much.

And you always will.

mikew · Post by **mikew** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:03 pm

saxman wrote:I wondered how many members we drove by on the way up here.

At least one. (~1hr from I-95 @ Havre de Grace, MD)

-Mike

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:18 pm

She is all moved into her dorm room and spending the night there and I will fly back tomorrow evening.
I go from Hartford to Washington DC then home.
Becca and her roommate looked so cute together setting up their room.
The campus buildings and grounds are beautiful.
I had forgotten how different the architecture is up here.
There are some OLD buildings on campus.
I'll post pic's when I get home.

It is time to let her do her thing and I believe she is ready,she has worked SO HARD to get a full scholarship to such a fine school.She has earned it.

I can be a force to be rekoned with if pushed to it and it's so funny how a daughter can melt me in a second and have me sobbing like a baby,and I have been,it breaks my heart to leave her here.

Cossack · Post by **Cossack** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:28 am

Just saw an interesting news article abut NOT letting go. Folks calling or texting their kids multiple times a day. Spending hours communicating with their offspring. One parent actually got the syllabus and texts and was monitoring study and homework completion. Result: Kids becoming more dependent on parents and not leaving home AFTER college.
Yes it's difficult but they have to fly eventually.

Chuck Gravel · Post by **Chuck Gravel** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:49 pm

did you go through NJ?

Esox · Post by **Esox** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:03 pm

When you fly over New Jersey on your way back, look down and when you see a fat, bald headed guy shooting an Excal... It'll be me!!!... Don't forget to wave!!...

maple · Post by **maple** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:10 pm

Geez Scott, you were half way to God's Country!!

Next time, keep on driving.

Maple