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Throwback to August 13, 2012

1. You know that cell phone that I pay for? Don’t bother using it to call home.

2. Of course I’ll put more money in your bank account if you spend it quickly on frivolous things.

3. Go ahead and get arrested for underage drinking, because spending a night in the Richmond City Jail could be interesting.

4. Yes, we will be using your mutual find to pay tuition…for your brother.

5. Sleep is over-rated.

6. Since Richmond is the third-most tattooed city in the US, we expect you to live up to local expectations and get lots of skin art.

7. Going to class? Optional!

8. When you do laundry, just go ahead and wash your dark towels with your whites.

9. The Cathedral is only half a block from your dorm, but don’t bother going to church every Sunday–I think you can earn graces just be being in the neighborhood.

10. Your dorm room is only on the fourth floor, so make sure and pack everything you own so those boxes and suitcases are extra heavy.

11. Don’t bother using up that meal plan and those Dining Dollars your father and I bought you. Being a starving artist may suit you.

12. These semi-monthly shopping trips to Richmond that I’m planning? Don’t expect me to stop by campus and take you to lunch.