Mood: a-ok
Topic: Chelsea
chelsea and I visited Ohio State. It is the last of the colleges that she is visiting for the time being. The campus is big of course. The first test is finding the admissions office. They guide you thru the middle of campus and you have to follow all the arrows and twists and turns. I guess this is how they weed out the weak ones. I did get a kick out of seeing signs for Woody Hayes drive. On the way out we had a copy of the campus map and were able to navigate back out with just two turns!
The campus is impressive - huge recreational area, multi-level with rows of exercise equipment. 6 swimming pools. Tons of student activities. We ate at the Eddie George bar and grill for lunch. She still prefers Wright State, liked the atmosphere there better and during the visit they actually took her into several of the labs and so she got to see their equipment. They did not do that at Ohio State.
During the ending stages of our visit they talked over majors with Chelsea and this other boy who was interested in the same college. He was interested in being like a park ranger. The brochure showed that major with a starting salary that averaged $25k. With tuition + board averaging about $15k per year, it would take a long time to pay off those student loans. Chelsea said that she couldn't see going into such a low paying field like he was doing.
Joe is going up and down academically. He shows two low grades in progress book. After having a good grading period last time we rewarded him with a little more time on the computer. So we will have to back off on the computer time and also ground him until he gets things straightened out. Track practiced has started, he is moaning and groaning about being achy from the workouts.
Vanessa is still enjoying her work at the hospital. Chad is still doing OK at work. Lots of overtime. The midwife is coming out to their house for the first time this week.