She wanted to get off campus so we took her to the mall so she could spend Christmas money on a new dress and matching sweater. Then we had lunch. Dorm food is good but she enjoyed the change. What she really wanted was my food. Next time I will have to make that happen. They do have a dorm kitchen I could use. That would be a lot of fun to do together.
After lunch, we cheated and I drove us to a parking space in a central location, another way to spoil her as she is used to walking 5 miles a day now. We walked to the student center and I treated us to BIG Starbucks drinks, more spoiling, ha. We hung out and chatted until it was time to walk over to the school's amazing art museum.
She was so excited to give us a tour before the actual tour by a docent that happens each Saturday. Grace has spent hours at the museum sketching. It has an impressive collection on two floors, 10,000 objects! The building itself is art. It was built in the 1930s and has been restored, just a delight!
The guided tour was very interesting. I always learn a lot on museum tours. This one focused on the funerary art of all things! Side note: does it concern anyone else that we have taken these objects from their original location, from their original purpose, to mark the grave of a person. I mean, what if a thousand years from now people from Italy come here and take our grave markers back to their museums? Oh well.
After the tour, we headed back to her dorm to visit with her sweet roommate, play Uno, and relax until it was time for yet more food. Again I drove us to the dining hall of choice. Another little note here, Grace's dorm is the farthest away from the center of campus and it does not have a dining hall. They are building a dining hall nearby but it is not open yet. She has to walk quite far to eat.
Her roommate joined us. We enjoyed a little more conversation and food and then it was time to drop them off at the dorm and head home. I do not love driving that far in the dark but it could not be helped. Only three weeks until her spring break!!!
That sounds like a very fun day with your girl, being a part of her world. And nice that Spring Break is just around the corner. It sounds like a very big campus; bummer it's far to go to eat. A great Mom's Day! ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteSo good you have done that!
ReplyDeleteSo nice that you could have this time together, and also visit the art museum she loves so much.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great thing you could spoil her a bit, but it's also a great thing that she needs to walk so far each day--it keeps her healthy and fit.