Twitter Digest: My Tweets for 2008-07-28
- My 18yo just called: She’s moving out today to live with girlfriend in GA and will go to school there. Throwing away $35K in scholarships. #
- To say that I’m stunned is the very, very least of it. I’m so sad she didn’t feel she could tell me this. And angry at the sneakiness. #
- I told her I love and hope she’s happy, and good luck — did she need anything? I also said it’s a mistake, but it’s her mistake to make. #
- @thespacebase Thanks — the least of my worries. #
- @marjorie5 Oh yeah, door’s open. I told her I loved her, I wished she wasn’t making this choice, but I’d help her anyway I could. So SAD tho #
- @bgsand I’m worried about things like whose health insurance is gonna cover her? Will depend if she’s in school, right? TeenIDIOT. So sad — #
- Hi, Tonilyn! I look forward to more good things from craftynation.com. Enjoyed the beta preview. :o) #
- @thespacebase That’s okay — thanks. I appreciate your thinking of us. #
- @beautifulmess04 I know — it’s just such a waste. She was going to get a premium education at a very fine school, due to scholarships. :o( #
- @skeletonkey Thanks — I didn’t know that. We’ll check today. #
- @bgsand lol — both stages of life are full of shit, though — right? #
- @Tastelikecrazy Yeah, that’s what I’m doing. I hope she doesn’t fall on her face, or at least too hard. I am so worried. #
- @Karoli Thanks. My mind is still reeling. I just hope “the real world” is kind to her naive self. #
- I’m gonna sign off twitter right now since my brain is whirling with our family’s news. Thanks to all — very much — for your kind words. #
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So sorry to find out that Ginny is moving. It does not matter how old they are - it hurts when they move. I have always said - I could have a commune and be happy. Also, pretty much pisses you off when you TELL them they are screwing up and they don’t listen. Prime example is David - he is 30 and still won’t listen and has totally messed up. Will keep you and Ginny in my thoughts and prayers. Love you!
Oh dear..total stranger here….how is she going to go to school without the scholarships? Does she expect you to still pay?
Growing pains suck…
Hey, crunchy carpets (love your user name!)!
I’m so goofy with grief and anger and sadness that I can hardly type — or at least hardly type anything that makes sense. She plans to go to school there in Georgia. She believes she’ll get scholarships there. (For all I know, she already has loan applications in or scholarships lined up, since she’s told me that this has been secretly planned for months. I have no idea.) She won’t be able to get in-state tuition there anyway for another *year.* Such a freakin’ waste of time and money.
She doesn’t expect me to pay. I couldn’t and wouldn’t anyway — not when she’s leaving this much money on the table. We just found out today she got awarded MORE scholarship money, too — would have actually *made* money by attending college. I can’t believe the person who holds her heart right now is selfish enough to keep her away from this.
I’m kinda tearing my hair out at the waste. Know it’s her life, but still. Terrible decision.
I’m continuing to pay for her health care because it would kill me if she got sick/injured and she suffered because she didn’t have coverage. I’ll be here if she needs a life vest, depending on the emergency. But she’s essentially on her own now, supported by someone so young that it scares me how they’re going to make it.
“Living on a prayer” is great in a song, but it really is “teh suck” in real life, you know?
Thanks for your sympathetic comment. I wish I could get through to her.
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