Thanks, I really appreciate those thoughts. Your 2nd paragraph sums it up perfectly.*
 Previous Message You spent 18 years with this person and poured your hopes and dreams into them, and did everything you could to love and support them. Feeling like a piece of you has been ripped out is normal and absolutely sucks. Feeling sad, proud, unsure of how the future plays out without that kid at home, yet feeling happy that they're getting to spread their wings and that it's the right time for them to do so...all of that is normal and just a weird combo of things to feel. It just means that you did the parenting thing right. Previous Message Like, really awful. With a side of pride in my daughter. But still, terrible. Previous Message
A masterclass in packing the car, if I do say so myself
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 Taking my kid back down to UI today - biclops August 19, 2025, 8:06:41
- CU jack... Industrial Donut closing. Boooooo!* - Phytynlini August 20, 2025, 10:17:43
- Mine was a flight. Not great, Bob, but all things considered, pretty smooth* - Herman Blume August 20, 2025, 9:17:25
- My eldest (13) told me she wants to go to Illinois. Woot. My second is thinking Stanford or MIT. - gvibes August 19, 2025, 20:13:02
- Dropped my freshman off at UK today. Nobody tells you how shitty that feels. - voiceofreason August 19, 2025, 17:45:02
- Kansas or Kentucky?* - TarheelIllini August 20, 2025, 8:17:33
- That means you did it right. - JFG August 20, 2025, 7:40:01
- Thanks, I really appreciate those thoughts. Your 2nd paragraph sums it up perfectly.* - voiceofreason August 20, 2025, 11:32:54
- my nephew is a HS Sr. this year and wants to go to UofI - IlliniSax05 August 19, 2025, 14:10:02
- We took JFG #2 on Sunday. - JFG August 19, 2025, 13:09:27
- We’re 8 years away from ours going - TarheelIllini August 19, 2025, 12:37:24
- Might need your expertise - LWillhite August 19, 2025, 9:52:09
- Moved mine in Sunday afternoon. She came home that night since we were having pizza and... - Tuscy August 19, 2025, 9:47:04
- Nice. mini’s been working on college applications for the last couple weeks. - ATL August 19, 2025, 8:51:34
- My daughter is in the same boat. She'll apply as a crap shoot, but no way U of I will give enough $. - Desert August 19, 2025, 12:14:47
- UI pissed me off when DocJr#2 and I did a tour, and I so wanted both of us to like it. - ibdoc August 19, 2025, 9:23:58
- We had a very similar experience at Gies. - Chicago1995 August 19, 2025, 10:29:33
- It's not just UofI. All of the elite schools in CS/CE are doing this. Ga Tech, CMU also do it. - ATL August 19, 2025, 9:54:59
- Yeah—CS is a terrible thing to major in - DT August 19, 2025, 10:01:37
- I don't buy the argument that AI is taking away that many CS jobs - jfinsocal August 19, 2025, 12:29:37
- And say you do, you get to work at some toxic culture, no quality of life, bullshit startup... - haighter August 19, 2025, 10:22:56
- I told DocJr #2 to steer into cyber-security, which I think he is doing now. - ibdoc August 19, 2025, 10:03:43
- Note: you can no longer transfer into CS proper once on campus, only CS+ majors - ntb August 19, 2025, 9:30:16
- A kid posted on Reddit about how small his dorm room was. Bitched about no A/C and the cost - ibdoc August 19, 2025, 8:46:08
- Jealous.* - Warrin'_Illini August 19, 2025, 8:37:23
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