Thursday, April 4, 2013

Another One Leaves the Nest

My daughter has been accepted into graduate school - in Chicago!

My husband, daughter and I visited the Windy City two weeks ago and it was windy!

Seriously, it was windy and cold and beautiful!

Recently, there has been a great deal of reported news about Chicago being the murder capital of the U.S.  I say, "So what!"  The District of Columbia and Baltimore have both had this honor bestowed upon them and I lived through these periods without incident.  None-the-less, our visit has made us more comfortable about our youngest going so far away from home for the next 5 years, and maybe she won't be coming back to live close to us once she graduates and starts her professional life.

If that's the case, then I think Chicago would be a delightful place to put down roots.  We once had neighborhood friends who moved to Chicago and reported they were having a fantastic life there.  My impression was one could have a really good time there!

As for the baby leaving the nest, well she did it before when she took off for under-graduate studies and we learned to live without her being around.  We also survived her post-graduation return too!  I see this as giving me a reason to go back to Chicago!  (I do wish it was a bit closer so we could drive instead of fly, but with the prices of parking in the city, perhaps not!)