Cat's Recruiting Trip

Were you wondering why Cat wasn't in any of our Halloween pictures?  It's because she was otherwise engaged that weekend... on the east coast.

Rob Dahl, the women's soccer coach at SVU, invited Cat to travel to Buena Vista, VA to get a close-up view of the soccer program there.  This was her first official campus visit as a prospective student, and her first time traveling completely independently.  She did great - especially considering it turned out to be a rough travel day!  We left the house at 4:15am for a 6am flight.  Shortly after we took the below picture and she boarded the plane, she was told there was a maintenance delay.  She sat on the plane for about an hour and a half before it finally took off, and she missed her connection flight in Charlotte.  She waited in the Charlotte airport for hours, finally leaving for Roanoke at 6pm.  Then her cousin Dayna and her husban Devon picked her up and drove the hour to Buena Vista.  I hated it for her, and we were so worried she'd be stuck in Charlotte overnight.  The bright side is that she had a little extra time to work on homework...

Cat had a great weekend!  Since had lots of time with cousins Cassy and Dayna, and spent the night at Dayna and Devon's apartment.  They watched movies, did nails, walked around Buena Vista, and did homework together.  It turned out that this was Senior Day for Dayna, who's on the dance team.  Cat was included in the group of family escorting Dayna onto the field during the football game when Dayna was recognized.

SVU is small, so the campus tour didn't take very long.  And I was proud of her for taking advantage of her cousin's student status and connections and attending a few classes.  She even met a biology professor who let her hold a cadaver brain.  Whoa.

Because of her messed-up travel day on Thursday, and the practice time on Friday changing, she didn't end up with very much time to practice with the team, but she spent time with the team and watched them play a tournament game, and she feels like she has a better understanding of the program now.

SVU has been on Cat's radar for a few years so I'm really thankful she could take this trip so that when the time comes it will help her make an informed decision about where to attend college.