eatthefrostingfirst

  Hey Senior High school Parents, Considering I was in your shoes last year at this time (and I’m in the same shoes this year), I now call myself an expert. I’ve actually always been an expert in worrying, over worrying, over analyzing and waiting for things to happen; that probably will not happen , but now I totally excel at this. So I’m here to help you out. The daily 9-15 brochures, letters and flyers your senior is getting in the mail each day most likely could wallpaper your bathroom. Ours go directly into recycle however one came the other day from a college I didn’t know that caught my eye.  It said “ Dear Student Name, blah blah blah, small class size, blah blah blah, beautiful campus, blah blah ..” it made me laugh. Because this is what all that mail looks like. It’s unlikely you’re going to find a school by the mail that you want to check out all of a sudden but the blah blah blah school totally gets my vote for creativity.  I’m guessing by now your senior has ...

Good Morning Freshmen and welcome to the first long weekend of college. Some of you have decided to go home for the long weekend. I get it. It’s weird to spend your first weekend on campus and have nothing to do. You barely have homework yet. You haven’t made a ton of connections. You’re missing your boyfriend/ girlfriend/parents/friends/ dog. Some of you have stayed on campus to attend the big football game. You are dressed head to toe in your college gear and are ready to tailgate, cheer, party and engulf yourself in all things college. You are confident and social and are ready to embrace your new 20,000 besties. Some of you are sitting in your dorm room. Shy and unsure what to do with yourself. You’ve met people, but no one really to connect with so you kinda are just winging it thru the weekend. You’re checking social media; feeling pretty confident everyone you know is having an amazing first week; except you. Some of you are in between. Doing a few things. Making some friends bu...