Our Lowdown: New School Year+ Morehead

Start of school year 2022- 2023

Dad took a new job at a new school ..... so we helped him move out of his classroom at a school he was at their whole life.

Said good-bye to B as she left for college.

Soccer team helped carry all her stuff upstairs of Nunn Hall.

After moving in, we went to get her schedule, talk to an advisor, and check with financial aid. She had planned to attend one semester w/ a full ride, then leave for a mission. We were told some details that we didn't know. So there was a choice to be made because if she followed her plan, they were not sure if she would have the same scholarships because she wouldn't be a "freshman".

1 - stay at Morehead, for at least 2 years doing the vet tech program, then go on a mission.

2 - not start this fall and wait to start vet tech program till after doing a mission first.

1 - we know she has a full ride to pay for it

2 - we think the scholarships/financial aid will be the same, but can't guarantee

(the 3rd option, we weren't sure what option to choose, but we felt we should NOT do - which was what we planned on that morning when we loaded up 2 cars and drove here and unloaded/unpacked in her room.)

We told the people we needed to think about it. In the stairwell, we told her she was adult and she could choose. It was a lot to think about. From mom's perspective: In that stairwell, she said "ok, I guess I'll stay." Her voice cracked and looked like she was going to cry, she didn't look happy. Perhaps she thought for money she had to? or that because we had just driven here and moved her into her dorm? She also said, "I don't know what to do. But I do know I want to serve a mission."

We went outside to sit down. We said a prayer. We talked. We told her it was still her decision and we would support whatever she choose to do. She said her own prayer. We did too.

She said, "I want to serve a mission first. So I guess I will move out and come back in 2 years." She looked calm, she didn't look like she was going to cry. She looked peaceful. When asked how she felt, B said she felt good with that decision. (Mom noticed the difference compared to the conversation in the stairwell. So mom felt good with her choice based on that . . . wow, what a 'welcome to adulting' experience!)

So .... within 4 hours, we went and told the advisor and financial aid person, packed her bags, and moved her stuff out of her dorm room and turned in the key. And drove 2 cars back home. (We did loose our housing deposit, but life has it's costs.)

B didn't want us to call her siblings - she wanted just to show up and surprise them! It worked!

So with an open semester, while filling out mission paperwork, she got a job! At the public library!

Z being in "The Academy" at EC3 = an early college program with the 3 local high schools were they take classes as a junior at EC3 and then as a senior they take class on the community college campus = is going to ECTC daily now and rarely goes to his high school.