Dorm Life...........

This is what I have been doing this week. We moved Lindsey into

her first college dorm on Sunday. It is so exciting & unbelievable

at the same time. She is going to IU & living in the Kelley Living

Learning Center in McNutt. She is in the IU Kelley School of Business

and wants to major in finance......Oh my goodness....let's just say she fell

far from her momma's apple cart....which is a really good thing!!!!

Here is a picture of the room mates. This is Nisha and

she is from Chattanooga TN. I think they are going to get

along beautifully. Nisha got a little homesick & we dealt with

a few tears. We have been adopted as her parents away from

home. I guess that is part of the beauty of going to college in your

home town. That has been a true blessing....but I still feel this huge

empty nest. It is much more lonely having her gone. Lincoln & I seem

to just rattle around the house together.

Lindsey's bed isn't AS GOOD as her home bed.....but we got a mattress

topper & she is thrilled with it. So....that is great. It is very cozy and

cute & helps makes her space her own.

Nisha's big sister graduated in the spring from Georgia Tech....so she knew

exactly how to create a beautiful desk space. I didn't jump in and help

create or anything....but let me tell you when glue & scissors come out....

it is really hard for me not to dive in. She made Lindsey & Nisha matching

desk bulletin boards. I was very impressed and Lindsey was thrilled.

I bought the desk organizers from Office Depot....Lindsey had seen them

on Facebook in another friends room.

ummmm......the closet is spacious.....NOT. I really don't know how Lindsey

is going to survive this one part of dorm living....but so far so good. I think she

will be just fine. We are so excited to see how she just blossoms at IU. I know

she will take the campus by storm. She is so excited to go through rush and

work on the big fundraiser for IU Dance Marathon. I know one thing for sure....

I miss her a bunch.....but know this is just the next chapter in raising a

beautiful daughter....I love how it is going.