Seeking God Knows What

Sigh. My parents left early this morning to take my baby sister to college. I can’t quite believe that she’s 18 or even ready for college, especially considering how “flaky” she’s been about getting prepared to go. Example: she did NOT read her health card well enough to realize that she needed a TB test in the last 6 months until the girl (a friend from high school) who is her roommate asked yesterday if she got one . AM announces this to my parents at 6 PM last night. Fortunately, the dr’s office was open until 8 and they said she could walk-in and get it done, then have it read down in Indiana where she is going to school. Apparently the entire process has been like this with lost papers, forms not completed or left out. Completely the opposite of me and I was only moving into a dorm in the same town I lived in. I double-checked everything as I so did not want to be the student they said couldn’t register (in front of everyone else in line) because I didn’t have everything done.

I’m sure she’ll be fine but it does make me feel rather old! I can remember when she was born and M and I said when AM is 18, I’ll be 29 and M will be 32. It seemed so far away. But here it is happening.

Who knows what my parents are going to do with just themselves at home. I’m not even sure I want to think about that, what with my mother’s “history” and their rather volatile relationship.

Anyway, I’m praying for safe travels for them and a good freshman year for her. We may not see her until Thanksgiving, unless T and I make a trip down to see M and her family in TN (it can be on the way if you take a certain route) before then.