Had the weekend off, but it didn’t feel very weekend-y. The whole last several days were sort of geared towards Lindsey going away to college, and was thus rather packed full of doing family stuff: visiting Roland, celebrating my dad’s birthday, and other crap I can’t recall right now. Saturday wasn’t too busy, but was a little gloomy. Lindsey mostly packed, I mowed and sort of twiddled my thumbs during the day before going to Nate’s in the evening. But it’s like there was a dark cloud hanging overhead, casting a slightly depressing cant over the day’s proceedings. My mom was red-eyed and upset most of the day, a state which kind of washed over the rest of us — not that it was her fault, or that any blame is being assigned . . . it’s just how it was.

Sunday was better. We spent all day moving Lindsey into Ohio State. The day began at 6 AM and ended at about 6 PM. After getting her and her roommate’s stuff moved into their room (now that was an ordeal), we went out to get lunch, buy a few extra things at a Columbus Wal-Mart, and visited some family friends for a bit. That whole period was probably the best and least depressing part of the day. We returned to Lindsey’s dorm, helped set up her Internet and cable connections, and then said goodbye. The last part was a little rough, but everyone managed. Since then, Lindsey’s called home a couple of times. She’s having fun, hanging out with her smelly friends whom I don’t approve of, and getting into Zombie Jesus knows what kind of shenanigans. She’ll do alright, I think.

On a final note, I’d just like to say how Ohio State made the whole moving-in process very easy and organized. Consider they have several thousand freshmen move in at the same time, it was efficient and orderly and utterly painless. The school earns major points in my book for that alone — it certainly made my life a hell of a lot easier. And really, that’s what matters.

JAB