<p>thanks for advice. My D will be in Dickinson A but she is expecting the worst and hoping for the best. I will def leave if she is settled in prior to the 4pm. I was under the impression that move ins continue through to 4pm so i would be leaving on the “early” side if I was out the door bu 4 at the latest. I am VERY interested in her becoming involved asap as she seems very hesitant to leave her life behind here at home. She knows she needs to do this and is not visibly upset but you all know how it is… you know your kid. </p>
<p>ugh… keeping on a brave face at home but dreading it! My first to go away!</p>
<p>I look at it this way - some kids will have moved in a few days early and some kids will be moved in well before noon. Lunch on Saturday is the first meal in the cafeterias so kids will be grouping up to explore and meet their fellow classmates.</p>
<p>My goal is to be gone by lunch so that my daughter can start to meet her neighbors and classmates. In my opinion, every hour we stay prevents her from getting to know her roommate and her fellow freshmen.</p>
<p>I guess it helps that she expressed frustration last night that today isn’t move-in day. She’s ready to go now!</p>
<p>Lefty, we’ll be over at Dickinson F Saturday morning. Trying to leave L.I. around 8 and be there around 11. On way back from a visit to Loyola a few months ago we stopped at UD, which was always her number one choice. As we walked down Main Street past the open restaurants and bar, she said “Oh yeah, this is for me”. As we get closer to Saturday that bravado has been cut back a bunch, which for me is a good thing. Saturday will be quite a day…</p>
<p>Good luck to all the freshman and their parents this weekend. We are bringing my D down tomorrow. She is volunteering to help with freshman move-in. Both my D and I cried a lot move-in day but we both survived. I know there will be a lot of tears tomorrow too.</p>
<p>We arrived tonight. My wife has never seen the campus. Drove her around. Stopped by my daughters dorm. An RA showed my d around. She is scheduled to move in tomorrow at 5:00 pm. They gave her her keys, and said she can move in anytime. So we unloaded her duffles from the car. Tomorrow we will shop,mand move her in a bit earlier. We got lucky.</p>
<p>socaldad: Happy for your DD! Did your wife absolutely love the campus? </p>
<p>We decided to start moving in a day early (Sat instead of Sun for upperclassman) since we have to pick up some things from DD’s roommate’s house in Wilmington. This way, I can hit the road earlier on Sunday and try to avoid beach traffic on the NJ Turnpike.</p>
<p>This also means DD’s stuff won’t sit in the car overnight in front of the hotel.</p>
<p>welcome back to the east coast socaldad! glad this trip is going better than the last one so far. My d’s room mate will be moving in today as well. She’s going to skype with my D so we can get a real accurate view of the room and possible a list of things her room mate realized they need to have so we can pick them up tomorrow. We’re almost there!</p>
<p>socaldad42, my son is moving in early today thru Hillel. You said they told you you could move in earlier than 5,
is that true if so how much earlier, we are coming from Long Island.</p>
<p>I was wondering how long the parents are staying with the Hillel move-in. We are moving my son in today at 5 and planning on staying until saturday. I know we should leave earlier, but he’s in a single and feel like we should stick around…My son is excited, but I feel so nervous</p>
<p>We are moving our son in today and when he has to leave to meet up with the Hillel people we will finish setting up his room as much as possible, go shopping for a few things and then going home!!</p>
<p>We were at the curb outside of Russell B at 07:30 and had ALL of my daughter’s belongings lined up against the building in short order. She was the first to register at 08:00 and get her keys and the move-in started in earnest after a quick Swiffer cleaning of the floor. The Arrival Survival kids were great and made quick work of the ‘pile’. The hard part was trying to find a place for everything up in the room.</p>
<p>I took one quick visit to Panera Bread to pick up breakfast then another walk to purchase some UD gear along Main Street. The departure was surprising - no tears from Mom or daughter and we were on the road by noon. Now we wait for a text or call to see how the rest of the day went.</p>
<p>Our day went similar in the morning… we left our home at 5:30 and didn’t hit a bit of traffic on the turnpike. wow! Arrived about 7:40 to Dickinson A and they were not quite ready for us. we did get info on where to go and unload and luckily only one other car was there so we were able to get our stuff out of our car and had D watch stuff while DH and I parked our cars. there was little help to carry stuff up at 8:00am there but I believe two of her boxes where brought up by some helpers. D was on the first floor so it was no problem to bring it up ourselves. I did the number of helpers really increase at the day went on. </p>
<p>We swiffered, lined drawers etc… then walked to bookstore, picked up books and grabbed some egg sandwiches on main street. At this time DH went home, there was no room for him in the room and it was easier for D and I to work. </p>
<p>I was out and on the road by 2pm. D was going to take a shower, she felt gross and her floor was going to meet at 4 for dinner. Once we were done putting room together I got out. No tears there but I cried all the way home and into dinner time. My eyes are burning now. She was not thrilled to be there but putting up a brave front and trying. Hopefully she was not too exhausted from only getting 3 hours of sleep last night and has some fun tonight. She usually likes to go to bed at 11. College will be an adjustment to her!</p>
<p>Fauster, we arrived shortly after you, around 8 at Russell A. The arrival/survival team was great, while my son was getting keys, and DH was parking, everything was picked up and moved to second floor. We only had the fragile items to move, laptop and light bulbs!
I forgot the swiffer, but my s likes to go around in socks, so he cleaned the floor just by walking. I did remember to wipe clean all drawers and surfaces. I was surprised by how much room was available between dress and wardrobe, we obviously underpacked since there was still plenty of drawer space. However, there wasn’t any more room in my Camry!</p>
<p>The only problem was the TV, we get it hooked up and S says something is wrong. My DH had closed the car trunk hinge on the edge of the bubble wrapped TV and cracked the screen. Dumb, but at least he admitted it. So now to shop for a new one.</p>
<p>We walked to the bookstore, had one UD packet to pick up, ate lunch at the dining hall and were ready to leave (with the broken TV) by one. My S was better than DH and I, but we barely held it together. It’s hard to leave an only. I drove home since DH was having a harder time of it. </p>
<p>I texted him when we got home, did a few texts back and forth, he called at 9:30 PM to say goodnite, he was going to Perkins. Texted a few times this morning. He seems to adjusting better than we are. Please tell me it gets easier.</p>
<p>jbsmom - It most definitely gets easier. When I dropped my oldest DD off at school a few years back, I held on to her for dear life when it was time to leave. Literally, I was hysterically crying, wracking sobs. Cried all the way home and on and off for the next few weeks. I felt horrible doing that to her but I couldnt help myself! She adjusted very well immediately and so did I! Time will heal this wound…</p>
<p>It does get easier, but not overnight. DON’T and I mean DON’T go in his room. I had been warned by a friend with her 3rd kid going away experience, (my first 4 years ago) didn’t listen and she was right, it just puts you back to square one.</p>
<p>I remember meeting moms I knew from D grade in 7-11, around this time of year and we would all be besides ourselves. Nobody knows what it feels like till you go thru it.</p>
<p>After initial drop off, I did another drop off after winter break, and the feeling was the same, crying all the way home. I vowed dropping off would not be my job anymore, I let my husband do it. Too hard for me, pick ups I would go gladly.</p>
<p>Hang in there, alot of adjustments for all of you. </p>
<p>This is my third time doing this and for me it never got easier. I worry about everything. Is he eating , is he making friends, does he like his roommate , is he happy with professors and classes. The list goes on and on. I can’t stand talking to people that are so happy their kid went away and they don’t worry about them. I think they are either heartless or full of sh-t!! All kidding aside, as the days and weeks go by you will hear in your childs voice that they are happy and adjusting and you will feel better. Good luck to all of our kids and all of us!!</p>
but she is expecting the worst and hoping for the best. I will def leave if she is settled in prior to the 4pm. I was under the impression that move ins continue through to 4pm so i would be leaving on the “early” side if I was out the door bu 4 at the latest. I am VERY interested in her becoming involved asap as she seems very hesitant to leave her life behind here at home. She knows she needs to do this and is not visibly upset but you all know how it is… you know your kid. </p>