So much for 30 posts in 30 days...

Brick walkway towards the Quad

I didn't get any posts written over the weekend because I was enjoying every moment of my weekend with family. (That's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it!)

We made three day trips to visit The Johnnie for Parents' Weekend. Bearded Brewer and I tag-teamed so that Reedy Girl had one of us nearby at home. Her recovery from the flu required multiple doctor visits last week, and antibiotics from the nasty "opportunistic infection." (24 hours on those and she was so much better. Today she was back at school.)

Friday morning, Bearded Brewer enjoyed Attic Greek and Euclidean Geometry. Saturday we made a fast day trip (leaving Reedy Girl to nap and heal) to experience a Johnnie "seminar" in the morning on "The Apology of Socrates" and in the afternoon, consider the topic where each freshman math class begins - "a point is that which has no part."

We also squeezed in lunch with another Johnnie family, and then spent most of Sunday watching a fencing tournament. Here's a few pictures that are representative of the weekend...

Bearded Brewer and The Johnnie

Reedy Girl and The Johnnie
(Yes - they are ALMOST the same height! That's how much Reedy Girl has grown!)

The Johnnie and Yours Truly
(For a change, I let the camera be pointed at me.)

The Great Hall - located in one of the classroom buildings.

When Johnnie fencers aren't fencing, they are reading!
(In this case, Plato!)

...or they are texting/reading/napping...
(just beyond this picture, someone is reading their textbook on a Kindle...)

And then - en garde!

She is now... A JOHNNIE!!

A Johnnie Chair!

It's official... Yesterday, The Harpist officially became The Johnnie!

We were up at a ridiculous hour to be at registration close to 9 a.m. Since St. John's is not too far away, we didn't see the point in paying for a wretched night's sleep at a motel. We skirted the D.C. Beltway traffic and took a circuitous route towards the east, arriving with the humidity close to 80% and the temperature already close to 90.

Her dorm is one of the oldest and is over the dining hall (naturally - freshmen always get the dregs...) It overlooks the front lawns where croquet matches are held, the river on the other side and the quad on the other. There's no elevator, so move-in and life on campus means lots of steps.

St. John's always begins with a Convocation - each entering student is called up to the stage and signs the official register. In the opening address, the president listed all of the "friends" he had made in his lifetime... mentioning books and authors! (And as he said, some of them are even still alive.) It was an engaging, happy day. The school is unique. The curriculum is amazing. Bearded Brewer and I are a bit envious! Of all the schools we visited and she considered, it is obvious she is in the right place.

Signing the Register - sorry it's a blurry pic from my camera phone...

So... she's going through orientation today, with her first seminar this evening. It's exciting and rewarding to see her take these big steps.

Here's.... our Johnnie!

Celebrating the ride...

Deb