We knew that the second week of college would inject a certain dose of reality into Suite 301. We were also aware that while Scout loved the vegan gift basket our friend Bill . . . → Read More: Making sure your college freshman eats well

I’m happy for her. Really. Don’t think that this picture is some sophomoric effort to mask my jealousy. It’s not. Really. I just thought you should see that Scout . . . → Read More: Scout has a radio show. I don’t.

I never had to worry about what to wear to grade school. Ever. Here I am with my classmates in 1967. Because even those girls who wanted to . . . → Read More: Middle school dress code.

Ben looks as horrified as I feel. Scout sent me a text a few minutes ago about this. She also informed me that she is cleaning her dorm room. . . . → Read More: I don’t want these women in my club.

Have you ever gotten home from the supermarket to find something in one of your bags that you did not buy? Well, maybe you bought it but you didn’t know it. Maybe someone . . . → Read More: Scout is still a vegan.

I know that many of you who visit this blog know that I have a blog to call my own. It does not have an imaginative name like this one.?Ǭ†Just plain old www.joangarry.com. Sometimes I actually feel compelled to write about or . . . → Read More: Max is the grownup.

These are Jewish people. My three children, Eileen and Eileen’s mom. Taken on the occasion of Eileen’s mom’s 75th birthday. The “shiksa” took the photo. That . . . → Read More: Shiksa makes Nana’s chicken soup.

Actually, Anna and I were arrested in the hall yesterday by plainclothes RA’s for being “too good looking.” This picture is our mug shot. Oddly enough, Anna didn’t really seem to mind.

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For those of you who worried while reading the paper yesterday, Scout was not involved in the arrest of the two college freshman in Boston. My heart . . . → Read More: Scout does not have a criminal record. For the record.

We weren’t kidding.

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You never know how things will evolve with college roommates. But Scout seems to have lucked out. Anna (pictured here on the left)?Ǭ†seems mighty nice. And . . . → Read More: Things could definitely be worse.

Andrew is a good fellow and has been the steady boyfriend for about a year. Ben and Kit are clear that he is their favorite of Scout’s boyfriends. I would argue that it’s not . . . → Read More: How the boyfriend is holding up.

Literally.

Remember my hypothesis that we would leave Scout waving pathetically on the sidewalk as we drove away blinded by our tears? Well there were definitely . . . → Read More: Saying goodbye to your college freshman can be alarming.

Q: What?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s the only thing worse than one sobbing type A mother dropping her daughter off at college? A: Two sobbing type A mothers dropping their daughter off at college.

. . . → Read More: Mommies Dearest

I’m leaving Boston in a few hours, leaving our Emerson College freshman daughter behind. When the time comes, words may fail me. As I sat here in my hotel, I tried to think of an . . . → Read More: I’ll be right here.

We had lunch with Scout in the college cafeteria yesterday. Ben and Kit walked through the cafeteria as if they had entered some kind of nirvana. Ben asked several times if he . . . → Read More: Cafeteria food is not what it used to be.

T minus 0. Or is it just T?

Scout is officially a member of the freshman class at Emerson College and I’d like to say that no one has a right . . . → Read More: Dropping your kid off at college

T minus 2.

You have to be careful what you call it. We avoided ‘going away’ party because we didn’t want Scout to be offended. And we didn’t want to appear overly thrilled . . . → Read More: We had a festive dinner party last night.

Leave it to a reader to scrutinize my photograph from 1975 – my freshman year of college. Thanks for your concern that I had may have had some . . . → Read More: Looking more closely at my 1975 picture.