Thirteen years of hard work and perseverance for Merrick lead to his arrival in Lacrosse on Friday as an official UWL Eagle. We managed an almost full family dinner the night before making the drive (Ella was in Spain). We gathered around the indoor grill at the restaurant slathering steaks with garlic butter and spices....well not Sophia; she was battling a waitress for a burger that was cooked thoroughly and preferably with a bun. Then back home to sit around the table and talk about school, classes, and just laugh a bit before an early night. Merrick and I hit the road early and drove the meandering route across the state to his dorm. His roommate had moved in the day before so it was easy to build some dorm furniture and trick out his new pad. He is more of a minimalist than either of the older girls where, and he has a real comfortable space to call home for the next school year. We made run for groceries...all comfort food and nothing remotely healthy was dropped into the cart. He had some additional items on his 'mental list' but those were forgotten. We hit MKE burger to fill up on some smashburgers before sending him off on his own; and I made the lonely drive back home. Amy and I were able to call him and have a quick chat and everything seems to be going well for him and has a good size group of people to run around with until the wee hours each morning; and has only hit his head on the ceiling a few times as he adjusts to his lofted bed. His first class this Morning will be a Chem Lab...seems like a good intro to college course work.
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