Yes, I am bereft... Today I took my eldest son to university for the first time, and now I feel that I've had a limb cut off...!
Why do I feel gloomy? This is what I wanted for him, this is what he wanted... a paradox! It rained hard all day which didn't help matters. We got so wet dragging luggage from car to room, many journeys.
His room exceeded my expectations completely which lifted my spirits a little. It was a beautiful little mews style house with fabulous gardens directly outside his two windows, but still on college premises. It was in better condition than his bedroom at home! The gardens throughout the college were fantastic, even in the pouring rain, as my iPhone pictures show here.
I console myself that he will be home in eight weeks, that he will still spend more time at home than at university. But it's not the same... it's the end of an era, and I miss his surly presence and unbearably loud dance music...