<p>5boys- you reminded me of something I was going to tell you. D’s roomie also attended one of those Semester Schools! When the mom started telling us about it at our mtg this weekend, I think I was holding my breath right before she said which one it was & I wondering if i was about to hear it was the same one as your son! (no, NC) </p>
<p>Right now, we know my D and her roomie are both pretty laid back, independent, and easygoing. Neither is high maintenance or a drama queen. The roomie is vegetarian & my kid leans that way about 70% of the time. Roomie is a fall athlete but the girls do have a few other interests in common. They’ve already planned to do morning runs together which my kid aspires to often (not enough follow-through!) but will now have some partner motivation.</p>
<p>I’m hoping they manage to make it thru the entire year with little drama. She hasn’t met her yet but roomie told her mom she thinks my D is “cool.” We’ll see how long that lasts!</p>
<p>Tonight we are hanging out watching the Olympic soccer game and D looks up and goes. “Two weeks from now by this time, I will have said good bye to you.”</p>
<p>Renee, hugs to you about the rough session with the ex. At least it finally happened and it’s over now.</p>
<p>jmnva06, gosh, painful thought in the midst of the game.</p>
<p>My D hasn’t gone in for nest fouling - we’ve had a pleasant summer - but had a big meltdown tonight that initially exasperated both parents because she was being very inconsiderate towards us. But underneath, as was eventually discussed, it was really all about not wanting to leave her couple of close friends, especially the bf, and being afraid of never finding any friends so close again, and being afraid of change. Probably most of the other 5,000 freshman moving to her campus the day after tomorrow are having similar feelings at this point, sigh.</p>
<p>The Olympics seem to be holding up college preparations- So excited tonight to see one of my D’s track coaches win the gold medal in Men’s 400m hurdles. I’ve also caught site of her former water polo coach who is an assistant to the men’s WP team. I guess we’ll just have to cram the shopping in next week.</p>
<p>Weatherga, my girl has been struggling with some of the same feelings as it gets closer. She was nothing but excited before, now I see some of those cracks starting to show. Just know that yes, most are going through it. And we got through it. And it will be fine. (I keep saying this to myself.)</p>
<p>Thanks for the green house housing enthusiasm. D is pumped.</p>
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<p>Yes, D is majoring in Environmental Studies, though doesn’t know focus yet – is thinking maybe political, as in becoming a policy wonk, but who knows. She was admitted via School of Arts and Sciences, but thinks she may transfer into Rubenstein.</p>
<p>Good Morning! - Back from vacation and reading frantically to try to catch up. I’m with Mizz Bee - y’all move on me when I turn my back? . . . really!? We are still in laundry mode and haven’t gotten back into college launch mode yet - one more day. D did get her room and roommate while we were gone. She managed to pick up a FB message during a limited wifi moment. Roomie seems nice from what she can tell and she got the dorm that she was hoping for. Will check in more later. Love the kosher story!</p>
<p>I can relate. Each day we are in the count down mode. Yesterday it was “a week from today we’ll be leaving.” Today “a week from today we’ll be arriving in Miami.” A week from tomorrow - he’ll be moving in his dorm, etc etc.</p>
<p>Megan - My son is in the same mode as yours. He has always been a procrastinator but this makes me worry about if it could be due to ambivalence, as another poster is having with her son. Let’s hope that our boys will “get r done” before crucial deadlines pass. I know mine has a online drug and alcohol course that must be completed by the 10th. Do I remind him and risk his irritation at me or let him find out on his own, one way or another?</p>
<p>Seiclan - maybe a cheerful, encouraging request to get required college tasks done now so it’s all out of the way. Otherwise that’s just one more thing still hanging over him to get done. Then he can spend his free time however he wants between now and move-in time. I don’t know his personality but I’d probably tell my D that there’s bound to be some funny gems buried in the gloom and doom of a mandatory drug/alcohol education course. Her curiosity about that would get to her. So would my remark about knocking it out as quickly as possible so she’s past it.</p>
<p>We went to Orientation this weekend and it was all good (if a bit exhausting). For a while, students and parents were separated and sent off to different presentations. At the “public safety” talk, parents were told that an escort service is available 24/7 for anyone—females especially!—who needs a ride back to the dorm from any location on or off campus where he/she feels unsafe. Awesome, right? Something to ease a parent’s mind, right? When the group reassembled, I mentioned it to my daughter, who said, “Yeah, the students who go here say you should never call the escort service because they just yell at you for the entire ride back.” </p>
<p>some schools have a great way of dealing with procrastinators-</p>
<p>my niece did not bother doing her on line drug and alcohol unit that was required to be completed before move in</p>
<p>after standing in line to get her room key…gets to the front of the line…person at desk says, “hey…our records show you didn’t do the drug and alcohol education unit…please go over to the side room where we have some terminals set up and do it now so I can give you your keys when you finish it…”</p>
<p>She was not the only student in there.</p>
<p>But a lesson learned…</p>
<p>and my SIL kept her mouth shut…she and BIL just went for a walk on campus until niece was done. It took about 75 minutes.</p>
<p>^ Ha. That’s genius, if a bit sucky for the kids. I have a girl who also needs to finish the drug and alcohol thing. I should tell her that story! </p>
<p>Yes, I think the proscrastination at this point is ambivalence and anxiety. Our normally even-keeled daughter is skittish like a cat.</p>
<p>we are entering into the home stretch - two weeks till move in. I was hoping to get a last mini vacation in the weekend before but that was becoming so stressful that I have nixed that idea and will plan a few days of day trips and board the dog so we can be out all day. getting into the pre-orientation program was definitely a mixed blessing (I really wanted that last vacation - it is taking me a while to get over it!). And I have had to really shop for it - still have to get the long underwear (hard to find mid summer, so thanks for the on-line tip old fort), croakie, do they really need the head lamp? - last thing for the dorm room is the mini fridge. We got a great rug at Ikea very reasonably.</p>
<p>I am sad thining about his leaving because my S and I really enjoy a lot of the same activities - but while I will miss him, I know that he is doing exactly what we have raised him to do! And would not want it any other way. My S is soo excited about school, which helps us feel better paying that incredible tuition bill that just arrived!</p>
<p>My girl has never been a procrastinator; her problem is inattention. She didn’t watch her college email in late May and therefore missed signing up for orientation promptly and consequently got a late orientation slot (late July). Not being a procrastinator, she then knocked off absolutely all the online stuff that had to be done (alcohol and drug and seemingly a lot of other things) at the very beginning of June. She would have been so ready for an early orientation slot, when she would have had a much better choice of classes. A parent can only hope she learned something from this. However, at least I’m not being driven crazy now by awareness of neglected tasks. If she knows about it, it’s done promptly.</p>
<p>Getting ready to ship off the first box to college — containing her coffee maker! Haven’t gotten D too interested in packing up clothes, etc. I think to her 2 weeks seems like a long time. I guess as long as she has coffee, she feels everything will be fine.</p>
<p>My girl has been procrastinating about packing too. I’m starting to nag. I hate nagging.</p>
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<p>This coming weekend is our last together before she heads off. So we are taking a day trip to Kelleys Island in Lake Erie on Saturday. Love the islands, it doesn’t feel like you’re in Ohio at all. We’ll tool around in a golf cart, play putt putt, hang on the beach, have a Lake Erie walleye dinner at the Village Pump. Can’t wait. On Sunday my girl and I are having brunch with her older sister–my girl is going to miss her Sissy’s baby shower the following weekend. (The friend who planned it didn’t realize my girl was leaving so early for band camp.) And then we’re spending the late afternoon evening with her best friend/best friend’s mom (my BFF) --some shopping perhaps.</p>