<p>My first real gripe about AU: D arrived late tonight to discover that the beds in Nebraska are full size and her sheets and brand new blanket are twins. Sure enough, it says they’re full size on the AU website, but who would even have thought to check, since all the rest of the dorm beds are twins? Everyone who moves into Nebraska owns twin bedding from their prior dorm rooms, so this is really dopey and unnecessarily expensive. And since there are only two drawers in the room, it also seems like a poor allocation of space (my guess: designed by a man). So D will be hustling off to buy new bedding and some storage solutions as soon as Irene passes. I thought she had the dorm thing pretty much under control after two years, but no such luck.</p>
<p>Wow, that is a surprise. You don’t usually associate college dorms with full size beds.</p>
<p>I happened to know they were full size beds, as that was a positive feature to staying in university housing as we already look ahead to my D’s junior year. I didn’t know about only two drawers though!!
I have mixed thoughts about moving into an apt. The ones close seem expensive for what you get, especially with the costs of furnishing and a year round lease. But my D does not seem keen on staying in traditional dorms for her last two years, so I have encouraged her to check out her options throughout the year (including Nebraska). We’ll see…</p>
<p>When my D was touring colleges 2 yrs ago, we noticed a trend toward double beds in the newer suite-style dorms. Nice, but annoying to have to buy new sheets and mattress pads!</p>
<p>Let me correct myself–D now says there are more drawers “under the bed”. But she wishes the bed were a twin because it takes up too much space in small single room. She managed to pick up new sheets at the Gallery Place Bed Bath and Beyond today, and thinks the new blanket, which is in the box of belongings she shipped a few days ago, will actually fit a full size bed. But the very cute twin comforter that was chosen two years ago after much agonizing will look silly on the bed, and I can’t see investing in a new one for one year, or maybe less, since she’s considering spending second semester abroad. (And in case you were wondering, I do NOT plan to point out to her the potential advantages of a roomy bed in a single room…) Ah well, all this will seem trivial if we lose power for a week, which I expect to happen in the next few hours.</p>