<p>I guess at my school you can loft and/or bunk the beds. My roommate was hoping to bunk, but I'm not sure we will be able to since, if I remember correctly, the outlets for computers are next to the windows so that our desks have to go under the beds. I already mentioned it to her in an email that I would like to wait and see where the outlets are. Does anyone have experience with bunking? I would prefer to loft so that my desk and dresser are underneath my bed. My roommate kept saying loft not bunk so I'm not sure if she knows we can do both, or if she thinks lofting is bunking. I could tell she meant bunking because she asked if I would want top or bottom. Any preferences to which is better? Please correct me if I'm wrong with my terminology. To my understanding lofting means raising the bed up. Also when it comes to moving furniture around in the dorm does anyone suggest waiting until their roommate is there to have it set up? My mom is pretty much set on my dad doing all the moving of furniture, but my roommate suggest we wait until we are together and then her boyfriend and friend would come help us. I'm not super strong so I probably can't move most of it. She is bringing 4 family members with her, and I may bring 3 or 4 it will depend on my sister's work schedule. It's a pretty tiny dorm so I don't want us all to be in there at once. Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Yes, you’re right; lofting means lifting the bed up, and bunking means putting the beds on top of each other. I think you two should wait till you’re both there, because you don’t know where the outlets are.</p>
<p>Thank you. Like I said I told her I wanted to wait until move in day. I think she will understand because she has been pretty flexible so far in regards to big items. Thanks again for the clarification.</p>
<p>Definitely wait until you’re both there. The other option is that you could do what my roommate and I have been doing: draw out a plan of the room of how you want it to look in the case that one gets there before the other, scan it into your computer, email the drawings back and forth until you two agree on one room plan. We have our room arrangement picked out already! :)</p>
<p>I sadly don’t have a scanner that works. I’m not sure why it doesn’t my mom just said it doesn’t. They don’t say online where the outlets are, but I might email residential living to see. That way I could draw something out. Otherwise I was reading some move in tips from the parent forum, and a suggestion there was have the parents leave for about an hour that way my roommate and I could figure out what we want. I think that might be a good idea for my dad to suggest to my mom. She is my biggest road blocker. I agree with her that my dad would be helpful, but she is very set in her way of doing stuff. That is a great suggestion though. I will have to ask my roommate if she has a scanner.</p>
<p>If you don’t have a scanner, you can take a digital picture of what you draw and load that into your computer and email as an attachment…do you have a camera that works?</p>
<p>I will try the camera. I think that will work just fine. I do have one more question. My roommate keeps saying lofting, but I honestly think she means bunking. For example today she said if I loft I can keep stuff under her bed. I know I can keep my desk, or dresser underneath my bed if I loft. If I don’t have both of those big items underneath I could also get my fridge or other items. So how would I go about politely asking her to clarify what she means by loft? I don’t want to seem like a mean roommate, but the vibe I’ve gotten since the first email is that to her loft = bunk. As I mentioned before she first asked that if we loft can she have the bottom. I’ve put in emails both loft and bunk. I said if we bunk than I would not be by the internet outlet. (Update: we do have wireless, but I’m sure I will still need the outlet to get the best connection) I also said that is why I would prefer to loft. She responded that we can decide day of moving in. I’m moving in first so I will know right away about the outlets, and I know how I want my side of the room to look. I’m just trying not to get off on the wrong foot with her by making her seem dumb when she isn’t. I honestly think she is just confused, and she is making me confused. lol I think this will end being an awkward email. Any advice is much appreciated. To those of you who may suggest just texting her or waiting for her the day of moving in I think that would be super mean because she might already be set on bunking by then.</p>
<p>Maybe you can say,
“Hey [roomie]! I’m a bit confused. By lofting, do you mean bunking one of the beds on top of the other, or raising a bed up to put stuff under? The only reason I’m asking this is I’m used to lofted meaning a bed raised up so a person can put stuff under it. I would rather raise my bed up, because it would make it easier for me to reach the internet port.”</p>
<p>Thank you! I’ve been running different sentences in my head and I just didn’t want to say something that could be taken as mean. I was also starting to combine my sentences so it was becoming confusing. Thank you again!</p>
<p>You’re welcome, fumafoo!</p>
<p>You can always get extension cords and long ethernet cables…</p>
<p>I could, but that just seems like a hassle. I mean if something happens to the cord or where I need to get access to the extension cord I would have to move her bed. I don’t know I guess I see how it works out when I get there. I will still ask her in advance by what she means so at least we can be on the same page for future discussions. :] Thanks for all the advice everyone.</p>