Launching D.

We gave D. one last hug this evening and officially left him at college for his freshman year. I think he is going to have a great year. He is definitely ready for this next step. I'm excited for him, even if I will miss him horribly.

Many of us drove out to Ohio yesterday. In a heat wave. In our van whose air conditioning stopped working a couple of weeks ago. It was a fairly unpleasant drive. We eventually bought a bag of ice and people either ate it out of cups or put it in plastic bags to hold on their faces and necks. It was bad, but we made it.

This morning, we checked in and got everything moved up to D.'s room. He scored a corner room, so has two windows. It's pretty roomy.

There were various events for parents and students throughout the day, so we spent time walking around, going to events, or just sitting in the student union to cool off. This is also where J. went, so he enjoyed seeing the campus. It is a particularly gorgeous campus, even in a heat wave.

This evening was the freshman class induction ceremony. The whole drop-off, beginning of college-thing was well done and made into the big deal that it is. Far more than any other drop-off we've had or that I remember mine being. I was impressed. 

Tomorrow we've promised the hangers-on that they will get to swim, and then we'll load back up into the extremely hot van and head home.