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Graduation 2018
By: Jack Date: May 7, 2018, 4:51 pm
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College is pretty quiet this year. As far as I can remember -
have received invitations/announcements, KC is my only college
graduate. His parents are getting him a new car, to help him
get off on his new life on the right foot, so I got him the
watch that's traditional for my boys now, and I also got him a
very nice, Dragon Chess Set, because it's KC.
High school is where it's fun this year.
Ethan and Jeremy are both graduating. So is Bruce. So is Joe
Mintz, Tyler Malone, Tristan Black, Mike Reasoner, Ash Loomis,
and Drake Russo. That's not even all of them, but each of those
boys has been a regular visitor, and I've spanked them more than
once. It's hard not to consider them family at that point.
It's sometimes hard, because I have to get parental permission
for what I want to give them, and sometimes the parents feel I'm
spending too much (or upstaging them?), so I have to go with
alternatives. At least I know Ethan, Bruce, and Joe are all
getting new laptops, Jeremy is getting a Samsung Galaxy Note,
Tyler is getting a new phone (pre-paid for a year). Tristan is
harder to buy for, since his mom is a lawyer, and the other
three boys, I'm not quite as close to, and so am not allowed to
spend quite as much. Still, shopping is fun for me, and there's
nothing like the thrill of finding that perfect gift.
Fortunately, BCA and BHS have their graduations on different
dates, so it won't be a problem to make it to both. It's
getting to Arkansas that's going to be a challenge.
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Re: Graduation 2018
By: Journey Date: May 8, 2018, 9:01 am
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This sounds fun! I think you'll have a much more eventful time
with the College boys starting next year. Aren't Noah, Barry,
and Mickey all graduating? Then, the rest of the gang follow in
the years afterwards.
Have Ethan and Jeremy decided where they're going to go for
college?
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Re: Graduation 2018
By: kalico Date: May 8, 2018, 9:37 am
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Omg I can’t believe they are graduating already...
congratulations to them them all and I wish them all well on
their new journey.....
The gifts sound very nice.......
Hugs kal
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Re: Graduation 2018
By: Jack Date: May 8, 2018, 11:11 am
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[quote author=kalico link=topic=555.msg5583#msg5583
date=1525790223]
Omg I can’t believe they are graduating already...
congratulations to them them all and I wish them all well on
their new journey.....
[/quote]
I know - I've known Tyler and Trist for nearly 10 years now
(next fall), and I still think of them as little kids, not the
handsome young men they are.
[quote author=Journey link=topic=555.msg5582#msg5582
date=1525788075]
This sounds fun! I think you'll have a much more eventful time
with the College boys starting next year. Aren't Noah, Barry,
and Mickey all graduating? Then, the rest of the gang follow in
the years afterwards.
Have Ethan and Jeremy decided where they're going to go for
college?
[/quote]
Second question first: Yes. Jeremy is going to live here with
his dad and little brothers for a couple of years. His grades
weren't horrible, but he wants to learn to do better. Also, he
hasn't decided what he wants to do, so he's going to spend a
couple of years sampling, while living at home and going to
school fairly cheap.
I haven't said where Ethan's attending, because it's a small,
fairly exclusive, private college. Unlike UT, the student body
is too small for me to fill comfortable disclosing it. On the
other hand, considering that he's majoring in robotics, it
wouldn't surprise me if Kat and Adric either one (or both) could
figure it out.
First question - Noah is graduating next spring. There is some
question about Barry, because he ended up majoring in
engineering, but there are a LOT of engineering fields, and he's
still not dead set on which one he wants. It's not a huge
problem, since most of the classes - especially in the first two
years - are the same, but he might end up having to stay longer
to take some classes. It just depends. As for Mickey, he's
basically triple majoring, and he and I are going to make a
decision if he's going to graduate next year with a double, then
go to work on a Masters, or if he's going to take another year
to graduate with the triple.
[hr]
There are always a lot of articles about best gifts for grads.
I was browsing a few of those this morning, and I solved the
problem of what to get Tristan.
The little boy in the beat up old jeans and slightly outgrown
t-shirt has been gone for a few years now, and in his place I've
found a handsome peacock with a predilection for old school
prep. While he doesn't need me to buy him any clothes (and he
has more shoes than Noah or my ex-wife), I decided to get him a
monogrammed dresser top valet, that doubles as a charging
station, along with a new wallet, a personalized key chain, and
I'm probably going to add either a money clip or a couple of
bits of tie jewelry.
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Re: Graduation 2018
By: Adric Date: May 8, 2018, 11:47 am
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[quote author=Jack link=topic=555.msg5585#msg5585
date=1525795876]
I decided to get him a monogrammed dresser top valet, that
doubles as a charging station, along with a new wallet, a
personalized key chain, and I'm probably going to add either a
money clip or a couple of bits of tie jewelry.
[/quote]
Good choices. A neighbor gave me a dresser top valet when I
graduated from HS. It is the only HS graduation present I can
think of that I still have and still use regularly. I never
would have guessed at the time that it would be such an enduring
gift (even though it doesn't double as a charging station :D).
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Re: Graduation 2018
By: David M. Katz Date: May 9, 2018, 12:43 am
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Congrats to all of your graduates.
I am sure you will find a way to Arkansas.
I always find Pomp and Circumstance (Land of Hope and Glory for
our UK friends) to be very moving. Maybe you'll get tired of
hearing it but I never have.
The gift ideas sound great. What is nice is the thought and
time put in to each one.
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