{"id":29240,"date":"2019-05-23T14:09:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T21:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momservations.com\/?p=29240"},"modified":"2019-05-23T14:09:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T21:09:48","slug":"the-prodigal-college-son-returns-and-its-a-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/23\/the-prodigal-college-son-returns-and-its-a-mess\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prodigal College Son Returns – And It’s a Mess"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation: <\/strong>Dreaming of the day your child comes home from college comes with a lot of baggage. Literally.<\/p>\n

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\"\"He is home.<\/p>\n

The first year of college that I thought would crush me has come and gone. One day we were leaving him in a cozily appointed dorm room in Boise, Idaho\u2014my heart trying to figure out how to beat without him\u2014and then in the second week of May he was home in a huge pile of unwashed clothes.<\/p>\n

I am not exaggerating: Nothing. Was. Clean. Not even his rented dorm fridge that I got a $25 Dirty Return Fee for.<\/p>\n

Garbage bags of random items that weren\u2019t left in a Boise storage locker littered the garage.<\/p>\n

Empty food and beverage containers started appearing again all over the house.<\/p>\n

Wet bath and pool towels once again were strewn from bedroom to rec room.\"\"<\/p>\n

Size 12 flip flops, work boots, and Vans began damming up the entry like 9 months before.<\/p>\n

Yes, we are back to playing our favorite game: Where Has Logan Been?<\/a> But this time it\u2019s the College Edition: #Logan\u2019sHome.<\/p>\n

With accompanying EDM music blaring from a backpack speaker that he likes to shove in his sister\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

And a life-size poster of Logan mysteriously showing up in his sister\u2019s room before finding its way over his parent\u2019s bed.<\/p>\n

Followed by returning high school friends parading through in the wee hours of the night because these college kids have turned into vampires with nighttime partying and daytime sleeping habits.<\/p>\n

And what college homecoming would be complete without a permanent Dye Table set up in the backyard?\"\"So how is having your son finally home from college, you ask? Messy. Loud. Expensive. Exasperating. Different.<\/p>\n

Wonderful.<\/p>\n

My heart beats in rhythm again.<\/p>\n