14 July 2008

College preparation

August 23rd is so close!
I'm getting excited - yes, I really am. I know I'll miss
Matthew, but this is the direction of the Lord for his life
so I'm very excited to see what God will do with Matthew
both academically and spiritually over the next four years.
Abigail and I went to Walmart today to buy a few things for
Matthew. We bought a twin XL sheet set with comforter -
army tan in color - nothing "girly"! An extra sheet set in
dark teal - looks so nice with the brown. We got a set of
towels in chocolate brown - 2 bath, 2 hand, and 2 washcloths.
And we found this really neat laundry bag - heavy duty with a
strap for carrying and a pocket to tuck detergent and softener
into.
Abigail was joking around that it didn't matter to get him
two laundry bags to separate lights from darks. She's
convinced that he'll come home with all his clothes the same
color. I told her that he knows perfectly well how to do
his own laundry and that I expect his clothes will be just fine.
What I'm more thinking is how often will he wash his clothes,
towels, sheets, etc.... That's part of why I got two sets of
sheets - to remind him that they should be washed! haha!
Abigail is also pricing little things to finish decorating
Matthew's room once she moves in. She's going with a chocolate
brown and sage green color scheme. Katherine will keep the sage
green and deep purple color scheme in the room the girls share
now.
There's still a good size list of other things needed. But we'll
wait until closer to the time - maybe even until the day we move
him. There's a Super Walmart right down the road for anything it
looks like he'll need once we get there.

2 comments:

Sheila Atchley said...

This is still so hard to believe...Matt-a-bean, going to COLLEGE! (and on scholarship, no less...I keep having to repeat that. I want the WORLD to know. ACK!)

So he may or may not wash his sheets or clothes. He'll be becoming even more BRILLIANT. *smile* (Remember...einstien never combed his hair...)

Unknown said...

Thanks for stopping by, Sheila!
I will take courage that Einstein never combed his hair... I'm also thinking that in some ways a "new" Matthew will emerge once he's away from home. I can't wait to see.