College Road Trip...

The search continues to discover which school my daughter will spend the next 4 years of her life. Presuming, of course, that she stays at her first location. To be honest, her first choice of schools was SUNY Geneseo. Now wouldn't you know it...she gets accepted to 6 other schools, but NOT the one that is her first choice. Bummer. Yeah, we know, it "wasn't meant to be" and "God always has a plan", but in that moment of opening the letter that she had been anticipating for months only to find a denial, was crushing. Not just for her, but for her parents who hate to see their daughter disappointed. There were tears, and a few days of complete frustration, but she's coming around. Praise God, she has options. Many options. Like I said, she's been accepted to 6 other universities. Now comes the challenge of deciding which will suit her best & where she feels she'll be comfortable enough to tackle the arduous task of living on her own for the first time while accomplishing success in her chosen major of psychology. No small task. So, one day a few weeks ago we all took the trek to University of Pittsburgh to check out the campus. Had the tour, etc. She likes it, but it just might be a tiny bit too far from home (4 hours) for my 17 year old. Time will tell & God knows...so here are some shots from the day....

Norm getting serious about the college road trip with his 2 girls!











Did I mention the flat tire we got on our way down?? Contrary to the above picture, I was driving at the time. So at roughly 70 mph & we get a flat on some highway, somewhere in the middle of PA. Took a whole hour off our schedule!











Yeah, we had to call AAA & this dude changed it for us. He thought we were nuts for taking his picture...but I just couldn't resist. All part of the experience of the day!

What you see as you drive onto campus. Pitt actually sits right in the middle of the city of Oakland. So why is it University of Pittsburgh??

This is an old cathedral that sits in the middle of campus and has been converted to classrooms. The next couple shots are of the inside. Beautiful...






























An upstairs view of the student union.











The Heinz Memorial Chapel. Gorgeous...these are some of the inside...

A campus ballroom. Everything has so much history to it (just a fancy way of saying its an old campus! But beautiful...)

Main road leading through campus.

So, bottom line, I think our girl liked what she saw. Its a busy campus, in a very urban setting (very unlike Geneseo), but so much happening there. Again, time will tell...

This is just one choice....we'll see where the next college road trip leads....

(Oh....and not only did our day begin with a flat tire...it ended with a parking ticket. If I was someone who believed in "signs"...these may not bode well.)