Good morning everyone! How about a little update?
My DD finished her first semester of college ... alive. Actually, better than alive. She grew up SO MUCH in those few months living on her own. She rode an emotional roller coaster successfully, made some good choices, made some poor choices but seems to be rising above the drama. She broke up with her longtime boyfriend (the one we took to WDW in August) about half way through the semester and it was ugly. One of the girls on her floor slept with him after the breakup and that caused a lot of drama on her floor, causing a group of mean girls to rally against my DD. It became very uncomfortable for my DD because her roommate was really good friends with those girls so my DD decided to move from the floor. Then, the roommate allowed the mean girls into their room while both girls were away studying during finals week and the girls rifled through my DD's things and posted "funny" photos on social media. DD ditched the idea of staying in that dorm because the mean girls will still have possible access to her room if the door is left unlocked and will move to a different dorm in a single. We moved her out in December and will move her back in about a week ... probably in the snow.
She's really loving the whole sorority scene. She will be living in the house next year and she says that she will be looking into a leadership position. I'm so happy that she had the sorority during all the dorm girl drama since her sisters were her rock. I'm sure that she would have been lost without them.
Great news, DD's academics were excellent. I was worried when she chose to go to the UW Madison to begin with. She's always been a good student, but not in the top of her class. The UW is a very competitive university and she barely made it in by the skin of her teeth. I was worried that she would be in direct competition with some of the smartest students in the state (and beyond) and that she needed very good grades to make it into PT school. I was also worried when she dropped Chemistry and changed her major from Kinesiology to Rehabilitation Psychology. BUT ... she did great! Once she shed the Chemistry, she was able to focus on the other classes and kicked butt. She had the grades to be on the Dean's List, but unfortunately had dropped below full time when she dropped Chem so she won't make it. I was especially proud that she got an AB in Calc! Of course, now that she's no longer in Kinesiology, she doesn't need the Calc any more *sigh*. Still, I think that the great grades and at least one challenging class will go a long way to erase any negatives of dropping the Chem.
My DH and I spent 12 days in Orlando. We were in WDW for NYE and my DD stayed home so she could hang with her friends for NYE. She joined us on 1/2/18 and we were together for a week. Unfortunately, I came down with a nasty virus on NYE and spent half of my 5 days at AK Concierge in bed
. I visited Centra Care twice (co-pay $192 each time -- ka-ching!) and was finally treated for bronchitis and a double ear infection. Fun. I did get into the parks for a few days and my DD was so happy there. She chatted with a lot of the young CMs there and says that she wants to do the College Program and I warned her that it would probably set her back a year because she'll have to take a semester off to do it. I'm actually fine with her doing that if that's what she wants to do. Learning is not a race.