Freshman College Mom Diaries

So last night Eden went to a concert at a nightclub in downtown San Diego. (PARQ Nightclub) First of all I had to check to see if that club was 21+. If so then it meant she has a fake id (!) haha. The concert she went to said 18+ so... phew! She took an Uber (on our family account) and even though I think it's better than the trolley, I still worry.  So of course I'm tracking her Uber on the app and her location on Life360. It was late and I checked her location and it's 11pm on a Wednesday night and she's at SDSU. Fast forward to 1am and she's back in an Uber to UCSD. Suffice it to say, I didn't sleep until she got back to her dorm. Anyone else checking their college kid's location all night? No? Just me? Ok. Lol 

Alan and I flew down to SD on a Friday morning for UCSD family weekend! Even though Eden was leaving that same day to go to Friendship Games, we got to see her that morning, walk her to class and have lunch with her in La Jolla! Always a treat to see our baby girl however short the time is.  The rest of the weekend we toured campus, went to some seminars and Open Houses, got free stuff and food! and went to a UCSD basketball game. We even got to do the mini zipline that they have on campus for free!

Bruno! This past weekend we all went to the Bruno Mars concert(s)! Eden and Emmy went on Saturday, and then Alan, Easton, Emmy, Jordan and I went on Sunday. Kitchie and Jerry got last minute tickets and snuck in with us in the 8th row on the floor! What a great concert! Knew most of the songs and he's a great performer! Hoodies for $125 tho? Crazy. I'll stick with my $15 tee shirt sold by (illegal?) vendors outside of Levi's.  😅 Eden's sick! She texted yesterday saying that it hurt her chest when she walking to class and that she had a sore throat. She asked me to doordash her pho and it made her feel better :) Today she had a fever of 101! I told her to take some Ibuprofen, to put a cold towel on her face, and to rest. I think she skipped classes. I bet she's so tired bc of all the late night Friendship Games practices and her quick 24 hour trip home. Hope she feels better! I feel so bad not being able to help her since she's so far away. 😔

New Normal It's been a while since I've blogged and I guess it's because I've been getting used to the new normal. Without Eden around. It's actually not too bad if I don't think about it. We still talk and text. She tells us about her new friends, clubs, classes and it's like she just away on retreat or something.  I've stopped checking her location every hour but still worry when I see her out at 10pm.  She's been getting free groceries at the Basic Needs center on campus, which is open to all students! Check out her haul this week: Disney concert Took Emmy and Mahalia and Kaya to the Disney Worlds Collide concert on Saturday at Chase Center! Their first concert, so of course Jen and David wanted to be there and changed their plans to come with us! I only knew songs from the Descendants series but Emmy was fangirling over Malachi Barton. I loved seeing her reliving her childhood and belting out the Descendants songs that we both know and love. Even...

Daily Walk Started a new thing today. Went for a 30 min walk around the neighborhood. The house was so quiet - I needed to get out! It actually felt good afterwards - getting the heart going and such. I thought about Eden and how she always works out by running or going to the gym. I'm going to learn from her and try to make this a daily thing. Wish me luck! Homesick Talked to Eden today and she sounded homesick. Worrying that she won't make friends. Told her she's just adjusting and to make sure she is eating well and sleeping enough. How can my lovable, happy daughter not make friends? I told her it's just going to take some time.   Save Us Started reading the 3rd book of the series that Maxton Hall is based off of. The goal- to finish the book before the 3rd and final season of Maxton Hall comes out on Dec 9. If you know me, you know I'm not a reader, so I think giving myself 2 months to read a book is pretty reasonable. 😃

She's gone to college... It has been two days since we left our oldest in a new city for college. It's such a strange feeling knowing she isn't living here anymore. Nothing else has changed - except that she's gone. And knowing that the next time she comes back, she'll somehow be different because of all the new experiences she is having.  But don't get me wrong. I love that she is having fun in college. That's where she is supposed to be.  A good fridge cry This morning I was cleaning out the fridge and saw her sourdough starter jars, greek yogurt dips, leftover Panera sandwich, and half-eaten banana and I just started crying! Good thing she just happened to call me a few minutes after I got a hold of myself.  Instagram triggers And bc of the algorithm, most of the random Instagram posts and reels that I see are about moms missing college kids. Which actually make me feel better knowing I'm not going through this alone. And that all moms of freshmen hav...