Life's Biggest Pleasures (not necessarily real estate)

May 2, 2007

I am the proudest Dad! I have twins graduating from college this month. My son, Chris, is a Finance major at Radford University in Southwest Virginia and my daughter, Karen, is an art major at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. They both did it in four (yes 4) years! Ahem!

What's really cool is that at 22 years of age they really are young adults and rethinking LAC (life after college). One of my biggest thrills is that Chris sent me a draft resume and actually asked for my advice. Of course I gave it to him and, I have to say so myself, he will have a killer resume. Heck, I'd hire the dude.

It's fun to watch these people mature. They actually like each other again after several years before college thinking the other was not very cool. Evidence? Karen has a final art presentation to do Friday, the day we will be motoring to Radford. Her brother's graduation was so important to her, she arranged to fly to the nearest airport from Pittsburgh so that she could attend the ceremonies. And, Chris has arranged to be in Pittsburgh for hers in a couple of weeks.

Twins are said to have special bonds. We observed it through about age 11. Lost it for several years and now it's back. I suspect they will be friends for life, always looking out for each other. AHHHHH...young adults....refreshing. By the way, another good thing about all this? We get a big raise! No more college fees...I think. Will there be? I hope not. It's time to get jobs, apartments, be responsible. From another perspective, we have two more future real estate clients. OK. It's payback time.

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