Waiting in line to get the keys to her new home.
This is "Home" for the next 9 months.
Ready to unpack and make her new home hers.
I know this happened back in August, but I have been so slow about getting my blog updated, but I didn't want to over look such an important milestone in our lives.
Lindsay was really looking forward to being on her own, and we were excited for her, but I was also dreading it, I won't lie I shed a lot of tears, but with Lindsay so happy I tried not to let her see how sad I was. My firt born was moving out... I knew she was ready and it made it a little easier that she is still pretty close.
Her and I had a lot of fun shopping for days trying to make sure that we had everything that she would need, not that we couldn't get it later, but we wanted her to be able to get totally settled and be able to do her own thing.
It was nothing how I thought it would be. We pulled up and some students unloaded our car and told us that all of her things would be in her room within the hour... how cool is that. So we went and parked and had to walk through all of the areas where she gets her student id, her room keys, her mailbox key and finds out how things work. By the time we got to her room, her stuff was there. Her roomate Shelby was already there and totally settled in, so we talked to her for a little bit, while I made Lindsays bed (can't quite quit being mom). Lindsay was ready for us to leave so that she can get settled and to check out the place, so it was time to say goodbye. You would have thought that we were leaving her in Alaska as opposed to Tempe, by the tears that I shed. It was just sad leaving her, on her own, knowing that she is an adult and is out of the house, and shes going to do her own thing, I'm going to constantly worry - but I know she is ready.
Of course I made it known to her that she still has a room at our house and that she can come home anytime she wants. It had taken a while, but she is finally taking us up on that:)
