<p>EmmyBet’s posting brought back a memory as well… Thirty years ago we were moving our garage band stuff into a new basement apartment… The obligatory old lady above us said “Good morning, young men. What are all these things you are moving in?” (amps, drum pieces, etc). “our furniture”, we replied :-). </p>
<p>For larger dollies, the limiting factor may be the elevator. In DD1’s dorm (1950’s) the sole elevator could barely hold a large shopping cart and two people.</p>
<p>Nice job sfmom3.</p>
<p>who else is watching Hurricane Irene and dreading a rainy move-in day? Anyone have any special tips on how to deal w rain other than make sure everything is in plastic bags or containers?</p>
<p>sfmom, your kids are so goodlooking.</p>
<p>tell us more about your blog. Will this be ongoing?</p>
<p>Loved your video, sfmom3!</p>
<p>haha
Youtube isn’t responding here…though in the last few minutes the viedo SFmom3 posted hs had 10 more views…</p>
<p>There was a post about the weather this week that seems now to have disappeared.</p>
<p>Anyway, that’s an interesting question … D threw 5 garbage bags full of clothes in the living room last night, and I wondered if we should re-pack them in something more elegant. Maybe if it’s raining the garbage bags will be something we’re grateful for. Mostly we’re just hoping we have LOTS of move-in elves so we can work very quickly!</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone going to the southeast. My thoughts will be with you.</p>
<p>Beautiful video!</p>
<p>re moving in rain:
ponchos! The cheap huge camping type (buy all over size) Yes they look dorky, but you can carry stuff under it and not worry about umbrellas etc. (don’t get the really thin clear ones, but in camping area at Walmart etc. )
bring extra towels (old beach towels etc.) that you plan on taking back home. to use as spare outside dorm door mat etc and to wipe down stuff to limit mold issue later.
Enjoy the fact that rain will make it cooler! enjoy getting you wet (and plan clothes etc that way!) (no slippery shoes!)
Bring extra easy to change into clothes for parents!
Giant leaf type plastic bags to cover things that might need it (duffel bags, bed linen containers or whatever. (but makes holding onto slippery, why the poncho helps )</p>
<p>@Thatsmyboy - Thank you for your kind words. The video was made from a mother who raised her son and feels complete he is going off to college or his dream school. I’m sure I speak for all the moms out there–we loved and raised them to the best of our ability. Now they must fly. I wish you and your son the best in PA when he moves in this week. You will do fine, you done good, Mama. :)</p>
<p>Rain jackets with hoods and ponchos were put in car 11 days ago when we left Fl for MA. Smart mom thinking.</p>
<p>I passed right over the rain gear stuff seeing how nice it’s been, but it does not look good for tomorrow’s move. We’ll make it work and I will make an early morning run to Lowes to get the rain gear.</p>
<p>Just got back home from moving my daughter into her dorm on the other side of the country. Thank you to everyone here for all the great tips which made moving relatively easy even with just mom and daughter doing the move. I was expecting to cry but didn’t. I do miss her. I’m already planning to go to the post office tomorrow to send her a care package.</p>
<p>With regard to condoms, my daughter thought it was funny that the university’s health center gave it out today as part of a goody bag that also included a frisbee!</p>
<p>Just a heads up for others. One thing my D wasn’t prepared for was having to deal with her roommate so soon. Roommate let a boy (who is really a stranger to both girls) from another floor sleep in the empty bed in the tripled room on the second night and, because the roommate stayed out so late every night, she also let another girl sleep the day away on the following day. So my D learned early that those roommate agreements are really very useful things.</p>
<p>I know you will all enjoy this one: my D’s move in date (and everyone else moving into the dorms at NYU) has been postponed a day (from Sunday to Monday) due to Hurricane Irene. Apparently other schools are doing this, too. Makes sense - I was really looking forward to unloading a car in the midst of a raging storm. And, the inconvenience to us is really minor compared to some other families; we only have a 3.5 - 4.5 hour drive, but think of all the families who had plane tickets to fly back on Sunday, and hotel reservations only through Sunday. </p>
<p>As a practical matter, there probably won’t be flights on Sunday anyway, and the airlines will presumably give these people a break as a result. And the hotels that would ordinarily be checking in a lot of business travelers on Sunday night are probably getting a lot of cancellations. Still a headache though - I admit I was like a deer in the headlights when my daughter first told me about this as I walked in the door at 5:45 this evening.</p>
<p>I have to say I am very glad that we will be driving home Monday instead of Sunday!</p>
<p>Hooray! Finished all our final shopping for the move in Monday yesterday, so now all we have to do is hole up in the condo in Boston until the storm passes. One Idea I had that has paid off - instead of renting a hotel room we rented a condo through Vrbo dot com. Same price as a hotel room, but we have lots more space for all the stuff from BBB target etc. Plus we can launder all the new bedding before she moves in! Highly recommend…</p>
<p>What a smart idea to stay in a condo! My daughter (hopefully, if the flight is not cancelled) flies in Moday afternoon. She will travel by herself with just what she needs for the weekend. My husband will fly up Friday to help her deal with all the stuff we had shipped to her. They plan to head out to Bed, Bath and Beyond on Saturday to pick up the last of her stuff. The only thing that won’t be there by Friday is the dorm trunk. But it is on wheels, so shouldn’t be too bad for her to deal with when it arrives the following week. And fortunately for her, the mailroom is in her building.</p>
<p>Many thanks to you all for move-in advice. Door stop, scissors, shipping stuff in advance (then it is already in room waiting for student), raincoat and ponchos were key requirements for us. Once we saw the room we had to purchase floor lamp, over toilet shelving, hooks for bathroom (no way towels will get folded and dry on towel bars) and a basket for paper goods on top of micro/frig. Since the weather was lousy, I selected a bunch of items on amazon and put on wish list for son to approve/change. Much easier than shopping in pre-Irene storm.</p>
<p>Take any BB receipts from home etc with you…
keep them and your pack/ship BBB list/receipts for returns.</p>
<p>On way home/to airport we stopped and returned $150 in items, drape panels, rods, (dorm has something) hangers (no closet- small waredrobe), over door hanger (older door -thicker than modern made), bed risers (bed on adjustable frame)…
You just never know.</p>
<p>Most helpful
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Measuring tape
Duct tape (to tape down exntension cords etc)
Door stop
Drinks/snacks
Sharpie</p>
<p>all helpful.</p>
<p>Also–before leaving for move-in–I researched the local BBB/walmart/target/lowes etc and we had put the addresses of the BBB and Walmart etc into the smartphones as “starred” places…only had to select them from our current location to get directions with the maps/GPS function. Worked brilliantly.</p>
<p>S’s school had 2 companies that would loft the bed for them starting at $110. All we needed was to lift it a bit for the storage bins so I went to a store and found risers for $5 that did the trick.</p>