Thursday, June 6, 2013

And So It Begins

I'm in beautiful downtown College Station, home of the Fightin' Texas Aggies. I'm here with my son and one of his buddies, both of whom will be freshmen here next fall. We're in town for a new student conference, which is intended to introduce them to college life, help smooth the transition, and get their classes scheduled.

The boys, however, seem to believe that this visit's purpose is to begin their college social life early. Five minutes after we checked in they left me to explore the campus and meet some friends who are here also. The plan is for us to meet up for breakfast.

It doesn't bother me too much. After all, when I was 18 I couldn't wait to get away, and I'm sure my old man felt the same.

Next year, however, my daughter goes off to college. I'm sure I'll have an entirely different set of emotions then...

4 comments:

Old NFO said...

Oh yeah, THAT is going to go over well... :-)

JT said...

Don't worry, none of the A&M dorms have beds that will loft three high - the best they could do is a double stack.

And did you take them to Northgate?

Toejam said...

My daughters headed off to college in September.

I already put my order in with the village blacksmith for the chastity belt.

It'll be forged for the final fitting in August.

Steel, Iron Brass........NO way.

I ordered the Titanium model.

CenTexTim said...

NFO - There is such a difference between sons and daughters. God help me...

Harper - Yeah, we went to Northgate. Like i said, there's a big difference between boys and girls...

TJ - no comment!