One more week before Toby is going to college. I still can't get use to the concept that he is moving out yet. It seems like yesterday that he was just starting to take his first steps on Tianman Square in Beijing! I am not sure if I am a typical mother of sending her first child to college. I am all antsy up with too many details. Not matter how much my mind tells me that Toby is such a wonderful and independent young man, my heart still reminds me contantly that he is still a kid. It is really not fair to him. He has achieved everything a pround mom wants him to achieve. He was an excellent high school student and boyscout leader. He is smart and intellent. Most important of all, he is kind, gentle and sweat. Many adults he works with at school, boyscout or at work speak highly of him. But to his mother, he still is a kid - at least being treated as a kid. I know that frunstrates him. He translated my motherly worry into "Mom, you never think I am good enough!"...No, honey, no matter how good you are, I will be always worry about you.
I really enjoy shopping for college. I am getting excited about anything that is yellow and blue now. Joshua said, I am too much into U of Michigan theme now. To protest, Toby bought some green and orange folders yesterday! It was fun shopping with him too. He has so much sense of humor. When I told him that I would not buy him a bottle opener so he couldn't drink beer. He responded "Mom, I don't need a bottle opener. Don't you know the bear comes in tap now?" He is just so much fun to have around. I will miss him so much!
Of course, there are some fights too and I will miss these as well.
One more week...it will be a bitter sweet moment to send him away.
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