The Peavy Family Blog: Family Weekend

Saturday, October 22, 2022

Family Weekend

We are fortunate to have a beautiful weekend for family weekend in Oxford. We weren’t sure if we should of brought T-man for the weekend or not. However, when the boys saw each other, I knew it was the right decision.

We flew in to Indy late on Thursday and stayed at an airport hotel. After the hotel breakfast, we headed to Oxford around 10:30. We took the backroads and arrived around 12:30 and lucked out on a parking spot right by D-man’s dorm. We met D-man at the student center and ordered food for lunch from D-man’s phone. It was so so good to see him.

We all ordered food off of D-man’s phone from places in the student union - Chinese, sushi and gyros. D-man surprised us and got T-man a milkshake and toasted bread (a Miami tradition) from Pulley Diner. It was great seeing D-man in charge of his domain and being willing to guide us.

We then walked over to see D-man’s dorm and drop off the things we brought from Colorado (shoes, pants and a coat). D-man then took us on a little hike near his dorm between classes (he found out about it from his hairdresser). When he headed to class, we walked around the campus a bit and ended up at the library. T-man ended up falling in love with the Maker’s Space at the library. We then walked to meet D-man at Farmer School of Business and show T-man around.

We then walked around an arboretum by the business school and stopped by the physics building to check out the Foucault Pendulum. T-man snagged his sweatshirt at the book store and then we headed back to D-man’s dorm so he could pack.

We avoided the crowds of Oxford for dinner and had dinner in Richmond at Galo’s Italian Grill. It was a nicer place and I knew D-man liked Italian food - success! We just chilled out back at the hotel room and watched the Phillies win (D-man has a dorm mate who grew up in Philly). Marshall helped D-man with some coding and we talked about his course schedule for next semester. Mostly, we just enjoyed our time together and catching up. I’m glad we are here.