It’s pretty quiet in my house tonight with both Lex and Eve out in the great big world.

Lex started his adventure at Worcester Polytechnic Institute this morning. We drove down with two mostly full cars and helped him move in to his first ever dorm room. College is weird these days and kids (at least at WPI) have to find their own roommates ahead of time. The college gives lots of supports and ways to find roommates. The process reminded me of online dating, but it worked and Lex “met” a pretty cool person online and they decided to be roommates. Today we met him and his family when we moved Lex in to his new dorm.

Lex signed up for the Pep/Marching Band and therefore moved in a week early for band camp. His roomie is also in the band. Lex had an “audition” this afternoon to figure out where he’ll be in the drum line. I’m not 100% sure what that means, but it’s a thing and he did it. He said he did it well too, so that’s good.

Alan, R, and I drove to WPI with Lex, got him all moved in, then drove home. I might have cried a little bit.

I’m super proud of him. We had a great conversation last night about feelings. He said he was having some, but wasn’t sure what they were. I listed a few, such as eager, anxious, excited, nervous, ready, and he said “Yes, all of them.” I think he was mostly ready. He has been been planning for this and did all the things and was really feeling ready for the next step. Last night when I was putting away the extra pizza/z.sticks, we were talking about what he would have for dinner tonight and I wanted to send him the leftovers. He said the band plan was spaghetti for dinner and he asked if I thought it would be possible to get some without sauce and meatballs. I said yes, probably. He said he wanted to have spaghetti for dinner with the rest of the band kids. IYKYK, that’s a big deal for Lex! (I just texted him to ask how dinner went. I’ll keep ya posted! :) )

Anywoo, in summary, Lex is awesome, I am proud, and I am happy, and I’m sad, and I’m so super proud of him. I can’t wait to go to a WPI game and see him in the marching band!! 🥁🎵💗