Will we get everything done before she leaves? No.  Are there stores and Amazon Prime?  Yes.  Is she capable of figuring it all out for herself?  Yes.  Stay in your own lane.  You're not the one who's going off-you did that already.  Stop flipping out.  I am so going to miss her-and the reality is she's never going to live here again.  She will come back for a few summers, and her breaks-but that will be it.  And when she's asking about maybe coming home at Thanksgiving-and you had to say no: cost/time-I know it's not to see us, it's to see her friends.  That's a crazy realization.  But I know it's completely normal.  It would not be good if she couldn't leave us.  She's an adult now with her own friends. (And to be honest, having one fewer person in the house to be responsible for is actually really appealing.)  I'm trying to focus on that rather than being sad that this part of my life is over: it's like when we took down the crib.  Yes-we will never have all 4 kids home other than a vacation or a school break.  Things are definitely going to be different.  But I don't want to be pining for it.  I loved it.  (Most of it.)  It's not like I have any serious regrets.  I remember when she was a baby and I had playgroup friends who couldn't wait for their child to be onto the next stage: walking or talking or potty trained. I NEVER felt that way.  I never was wishing the time away-I was fully in that moment.  I need to acknowledge that-I fully wanted the big family and the chaos and the mess.  I am so fortunate that I was able to have what I wanted more than anything else.  Now we're moving on.  And that's good too.  I am so excited for her to go to her dream school in her dream city and see what amazing things she does.