They Say it Goes Too Fast

We had to take an unexpected adventure this afternoon. Mommy was able to get permission from the Dean to transfer online classes from the hot mess of a section she's in to a heavy work-load but more fairly graded section with Professor Lindley.

After a morning's worth of phone calls obtaining the permissions she needed, Mommy had to travel to campus to complete the transfer with the Registrar's office. It was a really rainy day, but we had to get there, rain, umbrella stroller, soggy Alex and all.

After we got off the 40 bus, it really opened up. We got soaked on the short walk to the Administration building. We had to travel to the Tech building and then back to Administration to get everything done. What a mess we were.

While on the way there, I had joked to Alex that he was going to college now. He repeated it and told everyone at the bus stop that he was going to college. I didn't think he got what that meant, though. Then in the classroom buildings, I realized he DID get it. With his backpack on over his varsity baseball jacket and wearing a travel thermos, Alex strutted around the halls as if he belonged there. He dashed into a group of college students walking down the hallway to be among them, walking to class. What a sight he was!

He told everyone who would listen that he as in college and going to class. At the bookstore, he ran away from me to look at the adult sized collegiate T-shirts, choosing his preferred one and to go get HIS textbook for his class. At the cafeteria, he told everyone about his WALL-E book, as if it were a textbook.
After all, everyone around him was walking around with textbooks in their arms. He needed his books too!

Well, they say it goes really fast, don't they?

September 27, 2010