When my son first started college three hours away in Williamsburg, at William & Mary, people told me to make him find out about bus service.\u00a0 But I have to say how much I treasure my trips down there to pick him up and take him back.\u00a0 What a treat!\u00a0 I’m so glad I didn’t listen to them.<\/p>\n
Traffic is usually bad for the Thanksgiving trip, but yesterday it only took a half-hour longer than usual to get there, and it was a glorious day, chilly but sunny and still with colorful trees shining in the sunshine by the roadside.<\/p>\n
Once he gets his stuff from his dorm, we walk through the lovely campus to old Williamsburg.\u00a0 We bought a sandwich at the Cheese Shop and I got some of that incredibly spicy ginger ale that I like so much.\u00a0 There’s a ginger theme, because then I get Gin-Gin candy at Wythe’s Candy Shop.<\/p>\n
And then we drove home.\u00a0 Yesterday, we talked so much, I didn’t notice whether there was bad traffic or not!\u00a0 It seemed like before I knew it, we were almost home!\u00a0 (I even took a wrong turn when nearing home, because I was paying more attention to our conversation than to where I was going.)<\/p>\n
It was so lovely to talk with him!<\/p>\n
And now my boy is home!\u00a0 I worked today, but have the whole rest of the weekend off.\u00a0 I’ll take him back to school Sunday — and then three weeks later, he’ll completely finish his college career, and I’ll have one last trip down to pick him up.<\/p>\n
It’s been a good three and a half years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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