Laura, my wonderful daughter and I got to spend 36 hours together this past weekend! I can't remember the last time we spent this much time together alone. We only got in one shouting match, this happened when I was trying to give her some advice about work, and for some reason my advice to her, comes across as nagging.
This one and only argument came in the first 2 hours of our trip, the rest of the time was really great.
The reason for the trip was to check out the Art Dept at UMD in Duluth, MN.
I have to say I was a bit nervous about driving to Duluth as I have not navigated in a bigger city in some time by myself....(I have become quite dependent on Ron to get us to places safely. Duluth is really not even a big city, but I am a little challenged when it comes to directions and reading maps.) Thank Goodness for the Christmas present I gave Ron last year, the Tom Tom, GPS. Without our little guide, I don't know where Laura and I would have ended, once we were in Duluth.
Laura and I went down to Canal St, and sat by the water on Sunday night, and then went and had supper at Old Chicago, it was really nice to spend time together.
The next day we were able to go downtown Duluth and do some shopping at some really cool little shops before we needed to at campus for her tour.
We had a private tour, and Laura seemed impressed by the department. She did find out that it would be advantageous for her to do her art courses here at UND and have her portfolio ready to be reviewed by UMD art dept for acceptance next fall. So I believe she is going to enroll back here at UND, hopefully it is not too late to get her ducks in a row for the fall semester. I think she now knows the path that she wants to take and will be succesful doing so.
This one and only argument came in the first 2 hours of our trip, the rest of the time was really great.
The reason for the trip was to check out the Art Dept at UMD in Duluth, MN.
I have to say I was a bit nervous about driving to Duluth as I have not navigated in a bigger city in some time by myself....(I have become quite dependent on Ron to get us to places safely. Duluth is really not even a big city, but I am a little challenged when it comes to directions and reading maps.) Thank Goodness for the Christmas present I gave Ron last year, the Tom Tom, GPS. Without our little guide, I don't know where Laura and I would have ended, once we were in Duluth.
Laura and I went down to Canal St, and sat by the water on Sunday night, and then went and had supper at Old Chicago, it was really nice to spend time together.
The next day we were able to go downtown Duluth and do some shopping at some really cool little shops before we needed to at campus for her tour.
We had a private tour, and Laura seemed impressed by the department. She did find out that it would be advantageous for her to do her art courses here at UND and have her portfolio ready to be reviewed by UMD art dept for acceptance next fall. So I believe she is going to enroll back here at UND, hopefully it is not too late to get her ducks in a row for the fall semester. I think she now knows the path that she wants to take and will be succesful doing so.
