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Thank you so much to everyone who responded to my plea about information re. NYC! I lost a digest (eaten by my computer, I guess), so I hope no one asked me to respond to anything in particular.
We had a great trip and ended up staying in a little relatively inexpensive hotel on East 57th Street that is being refurbished. I suppose next time we go back the rates will have soared. As it was, we had a tiny corner room (two windosw!) overlooking Lexington Avenue and they upgraded us, for free, to having a bathroom! It was a great place to return to at night.
My older daughter, 19, will be moving to NYC for a year very shortly (in the next few weeks). She attended a Waldorf school through 7th grade, then unschooled the rest of her time at home, getting very involved in a homeschool theater group we started. She is adamant about not wanting to go to college, but she isn't certain at this point what it is she'd like to do. I think NYC will be quite an experience for her.
That means our youngest daughter, 17, will be an only child for awhile--a really sad thought. At least they both like to write, so I imagine letters and packages will be flying thick and fast between here and NY. I thought I was fine with the move--happy and excited for her--and then we watched some old family videos a few nights ago. I started getting this funny feeling in my chest and several times since then I've suddenly gotten very teary. All those wonderful years are gone....sob, sob. Ah, well. I just have to tell myself that there are other, different, wonderful years to come.
Susan
We had a great trip and ended up staying in a little relatively inexpensive hotel on East 57th Street that is being refurbished. I suppose next time we go back the rates will have soared. As it was, we had a tiny corner room (two windosw!) overlooking Lexington Avenue and they upgraded us, for free, to having a bathroom! It was a great place to return to at night.
My older daughter, 19, will be moving to NYC for a year very shortly (in the next few weeks). She attended a Waldorf school through 7th grade, then unschooled the rest of her time at home, getting very involved in a homeschool theater group we started. She is adamant about not wanting to go to college, but she isn't certain at this point what it is she'd like to do. I think NYC will be quite an experience for her.
That means our youngest daughter, 17, will be an only child for awhile--a really sad thought. At least they both like to write, so I imagine letters and packages will be flying thick and fast between here and NY. I thought I was fine with the move--happy and excited for her--and then we watched some old family videos a few nights ago. I started getting this funny feeling in my chest and several times since then I've suddenly gotten very teary. All those wonderful years are gone....sob, sob. Ah, well. I just have to tell myself that there are other, different, wonderful years to come.
Susan
Beth Burnham
Susan,
I should have read this post before I asked you what your daughter was
doing! I don't know what I will do in 10 years when my oldest wants to fly
the coop! It sounds like she knows what she wants out of life and that you
have given her a terrific sense of self and also lots of love. I am sure it
will be a very hard adjustment for you my heart goes out to you!
Beth
I was born in NYC but haven't lived there and still think it is very
exciting and also overstimulating. I am always ready to go home to country
life after a few sleepless nights there!
I should have read this post before I asked you what your daughter was
doing! I don't know what I will do in 10 years when my oldest wants to fly
the coop! It sounds like she knows what she wants out of life and that you
have given her a terrific sense of self and also lots of love. I am sure it
will be a very hard adjustment for you my heart goes out to you!
Beth
I was born in NYC but haven't lived there and still think it is very
exciting and also overstimulating. I am always ready to go home to country
life after a few sleepless nights there!