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Aug. 31st, 2008 04:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katernaterWe got up early today to take my little brother to college. It's strange not to have him around the house. Not that we saw one another a lot anyway, but as far as brothers and sisters go, we could like one another a lot less than we do. It's sort of a running joke in my family: my brother and I are as removed from one another, personality-wise, than other brother-sister duos that I've met in my life. Kel is very analytical. I give the example that, even at a very early age (we're talking two or three here), he'd take all of his Matchbox cars from this giant bin we stored them in and spend hours -- literally, hours -- arranging them on the floor according to make, model and colour. He's always been a very organized kid. Predisposed to maths and sciences, excellent at making black-and-white comparisons for logic's sake. He's a planner. I, on the other hand, eschew iCal and usually resort to using the calculator on my Mac to do even the simplest kinds of mathematical calculations.
I could tell that he was a little apprehensive when we dropped him off. Like most incoming freshmen, he's never really been on his own for a long period of time. He's never tasted that kind of independence. But, knowing him, he's going to settle into the rhythm fairly quickly. Plus, he's only about forty minutes from home, which will make the transition a whole lot easier if he wants to come back on the weekends. He's going to do fine. I couldn't be prouder to be his older sister.
Todd went along, too, to help us move him in. We were walking around the campus and both of us were already comparing it to Valparaiso; we're definitely ready to go back to school. We'll go apartment hunting in a couple of weeks. We're thinking one or two bedrooms (two if we can get it, because we'd like a library slash office) but we're ready to compromise, keeping in mind that this is only a "starter apartment", and that we can pretty much settle anywhere as long as we're together.
I have tomorrow off for the holiday. I should attempt some level of productivity but, uh, you know how that usually turns out.
I could tell that he was a little apprehensive when we dropped him off. Like most incoming freshmen, he's never really been on his own for a long period of time. He's never tasted that kind of independence. But, knowing him, he's going to settle into the rhythm fairly quickly. Plus, he's only about forty minutes from home, which will make the transition a whole lot easier if he wants to come back on the weekends. He's going to do fine. I couldn't be prouder to be his older sister.
Todd went along, too, to help us move him in. We were walking around the campus and both of us were already comparing it to Valparaiso; we're definitely ready to go back to school. We'll go apartment hunting in a couple of weeks. We're thinking one or two bedrooms (two if we can get it, because we'd like a library slash office) but we're ready to compromise, keeping in mind that this is only a "starter apartment", and that we can pretty much settle anywhere as long as we're together.
I have tomorrow off for the holiday. I should attempt some level of productivity but, uh, you know how that usually turns out.
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Date: 2008-08-31 08:27 pm (UTC)Also, I'm 99% certain that long weekends were created so that one could do nothing remotely productive.
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And I hope your brother settles into college life well. It's a hard transition at first for anyone, but he'll get past it for the first time and then it's all behind him. I have faith. :)