Elijah's 2nd semester of college

 Yesterday Elijah and I rode down to his school.  It was a nice day.  The day was a bit long but there was no obligation to do anything else except take care of getting him to school and setting up his new room.  

We had a nice talk at the start of our drive.  We talked about the enneagram for most of the drive, especially for the first part of the drive.  We stopped in Socorro for lunch at McDonalds.  We arrived at his place around 2:30.  The house was bigger than I thought it would be.  His room was small but plenty of space.  I'm sure he is going to have a good time with his roomates.  I'm a bit concerned about him riding his bike to campus since it is a pretty long ride.  

We then emptied out his room.  It was a weird feeling to move him out of the dorm into a house.  It's one thing to move him into a dorm room, it a whole other thing to move him into his own place.  

We then went to Savers and got a sweet deal on a desk and chair.  As we drove around we watched the end of the Rams game together which was kinda fun.  

We returned to the dorm around 6 and did the final unload.  I helped him set up his room a bit and then it wast time for me to go.  I was missing him as I realized I would be leaving him there.  His roommates weren't there so it felt like I was leaving him in a lonely place.  He was busy with setting up his room but didn't have anyone there to be with him.  Maybe I should have took off Monday and stayed with him that night.  I really think I should have.  

The drive back was nice because I had a really good talk with Dana about our trip and mentioned that Susie and I will have counseling next Monday.  Then on the last part of the drive I listened to one of the most exciting games; it was between Oakland and the Chargers.  

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