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<p>rerunagain, they cater to the out of towners because over 85% come from 800+ miles away. So they really do make it easy. We’re 1016 miles away door to door. Not that I counted on that roadtrip with my ex.</p>
<p>Thanks Karen! Ds just crossed the 1500 mile mark a few days ago. He has had some really crazy and interesting things happen along the way, but the most amazing thing yesterday. He was standing on a road int he middle of nowhere hitching a ride( I know, I know, but essential for a PCT hiker) and a car stops to pick him up, it was a FRIEND FROM HS!!! He said it was the weirdest thing ever. His friend was traveling with his parents up to OR to camp. They gave him a ride to town and bought him dinner… LOL!! Also, for those of you that read the book WILD, my DS was asked about 10 times yesterday if he knew where the “RAINBOW GATHERING” was…LOL!!!</p>
<p>pacnwmom… your post made my day!! I am so happy for your DS and that he is healthy and happy again. I know we will probably run into each other again with our 2014 creative kids. Keep me posted on how your DS likes CC… I am sure he will love it.</p>
<p>5boys-- I was driving with a friend the other day and she said that after reading “In Cold Blood” she could never pick up a hitchhiker and I said that after reading “Wild” I always want to pick up hitchhikers because they might be hiking the PCT!</p>
<p>now that is so weird and very cool!! did the friend know your son was hiking the trail - was he on the lookout for your son just in case?? I love stories like this</p>
<p>itsthatime…NOOO… that is what is so crazy!! Again, if you have read the book WILD… and you definitely should if you haven’t, she writes about something called, " trail magic’ that happens on the PCT… I am SUCH a believer now… this is just 1 of many stories like this my DS has.
Jaylynn… I love you… thanks… and you know if you ever need a place to crash when you are visiting your DD, you are welcome at our house anytime…I have tons of restaurant suggestions too.</p>
<p>Hawkeyes- 50 inch TV? ??! Well, if the parents bought him that, he’ll probably show up with a
gaming system too, bought by the parents or maybe from his allowance. If his suitemates won’t have gaming systems, there’s no way that kid is bringing a 50-inch TV with no gaming system to use on it! </p>
<p>I’m still waiting to hear of any girls who are bringing a TV larger than 27 inch. 
My kid & her roomie both said they aren’t bringing TVs although the roomie may change her mind and bring one.</p>
<p>We were at a store yesterday looking for a certain item & we starting picking up several small, lightweight things that are on D’s “wait to buy near college” list. I dunno, sometimes I guess it’s good to know you have it and not stress about something not being in stock on the other end due to the locust swarm of other families in D’s small 2-college town.</p>
<p>We did manage to buy condoms yesterday too. That was interesting!</p>
<p>D still has zero clothes sorted and is planning to have lunch with her favorite HS teacher today, plus a late afternoon movie and overnight with a friend. And a couple other social events between now & Sunday night. I warned her I don’t want late night clothes-sorting on Sunday because she needs some good rest to help drive on our college road trip starting Monday morning!</p>
<p>5boys: I definitely believe that there is something about backpacking/hiking that is ‘magic’. My son is also a backpacker (my husband/his father used to be) and there are so many coincidences and stories that come out of his trips… One time he and his friends were just goofing off near the summit on a spur of the Appalachian trail in Maine, off trail a bit, and they came across what looked to be a crashed military supply plane from some time around WWII. Just randomly came across this. Seems like each time he goes off backpacking he comes across some interesting story.</p>
<p>5boys - the friend recognized your son even with his new trail beard?!</p>
<p>5boys- I was on the PCT yesterday and kept my eyes open but didn’t see your bearded son! How far into Oregon is he now? I’ll be on the trail again a couple of times in the next two weeks. Should I look for him??! And thanks for the good wishes for ds!</p>
<p>5boys, it is so interesting to hear about your son’s journey!</p>
<p>Alrighty, I had a complete wackaloon moment. I know I have been obsessing about S going to college in the sense it is my primary focus right now. What I didn’t realize was how much I was…to the point of forgetting to insure the car I bought a week and a half ago. It didn’t even dawn on me or cross my mind, until last night when younger S had a question about insurance for Driver’s Ed. I am usually very organized with these things–well then…!</p>
<p>Caught up on the old thread, caught up on the new thread, finally time to post! Howdy all esp the newbies. Please continue to post after your intro, don’t worry if you can’t keep up, it is not expected that you have to remember everything said before you.</p>
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<p>This is exactly what we do through our Anthem BCBS HMO. We have “home away from home” policies for each kid in their college location. They get an id card and a local primary care dr. Luckily D1 hasn’t had to use it yet. </p>
<p>Our launch date is 8/16 (I think) that is the day we move her into her dorm. But we are actually leaving Sat morning for a few days of fun along the way. She gets home from her summer camp job on Fri afternoon. Oh, and on the drinking theme H and I are stopping at wineries on the way home! Here is a toast to us all! (hope you like red wine)</p>
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<p>You know I do, jackief! But with our air conditioning still broken, I’ll have to opt for something cold like a pinot grigio instead…</p>
<p>I went out show shopping with both older boys. It was really fun - we hardly ever go shopping, and it was fun to get them new things. The mountain is growing slowly but surely!</p>
<p>Wow, wackaloons, I guess my D is launched! I couldn’t take the day off work but she and dad/DH drove to Ath<em>ns and moved her into her dorm at U of G</em>*rgia. She emailed some photos of her room, which looks much bigger and brighter than I’d been imagining. This is it!</p>
<p>Congrats weatherga! You are leading the way. Did you make a cocktail? ;)</p>
<p>Updated the already-launched section of list. {hugs}</p>
<p>lasers - added to launch list & college list
TNVandymom - added to launch list & college list
momophony - added to launch list but not to college list yet… which IU is it!!!
JGCMom - added to launch list & college list</p>
<p>ALREADY LAUNCHED!
7/15 huxleyalum S1
8/08 weatherga’s D</p>
<p>STILL TO LAUNCH:
8/11 vlines’s S, TX12DanceMom’s D, RTRMom2’s S
8/12 momophony’s S
8/14 Debbie7452’s D, Lilmom’s D, GoIrish2013 S
8/15 familyof3boys’ S, woody35’s D, MeteorMom’s S, geogirl’s S, hsmom2dncrs’ S, ready2bdone’s D, Elkyes’ S, katie93mom’s D
8/16 jackief’2 D, psychmomma’s D, mequonmom’s D
8/17 ReneeD7’s D, Oldfort’s D2, michal1’s D, Chrissyblu’s D, Tebow1’s D, 911C2S’s S, gaelicbred’s D, JGCMom’s S
8/18 annasdad’s D, MizzBee’s S, Rushedmom’s D, soh2000’s D, bubmom’s D, TNVandymom’s S
8/19 kleibo’s S, mspearl’s D, nervousnellie1’s S, PinotNoir’s S
8/20 jmnva06’s D, showmom858’s D
8/21 college_query’s S, momsings S
8/22 Mom2M’s D, kc1214mom’s D, Sunshinestatemom’s D, WalkingTessie’s D, Itsthatime’s S, student2D’s S, JenPam’s DS, ohiobassmom’s S, StantonMom’s S
8/23 eyemamom’s S, Lakemom’s S, PNWedwonk’s S, 1012mom’s D, hawkeyes55’s S, SnowflakeVT’s S, MomOf3Stars’ D, dwhite’s S
8/24 mimk6’s S, Bucasmom’s S, MommyMommy’s D, IJustDrive’s D, The3bears’ D, tozubri’s D, tozubri’s S-2, CaliMom3’s D, MidniteMom’s S, laserp’s S
8/25 MathinOKC’s D; Mom0809’s S; pacnwmomof2’s S, seiclan’s S, JenPam’s DD, KarGaro’s D, EmptyingNest’s D
8/26 marciemi’s S, kathieh1’s D, disneygals’ D, notakid’s D, MaCappella’s D, Lark123’s D
8/27 Glido’s D, maidenMoms D, student4ever’s S, talaria’s D
8/28 rerunagain’s S, chemusic’s S
8/29 downtoearth’s D, megan12’s S, tozubri’s S-1, bhmamacita’s D
8/30 Gwen Fairfax’ D, glopop11’s D
8/31 elka67’s S
9/01 jaylynn’s D, saintfan’s D, giterdone’s D, Mary13’s D, MAOnemom’s D
9/05 absweetmarie’s D, dentmom4’s D, huxleyalum’s S2, amtc’s D
9/12 northernwoods S
9/18 Mom2jl’s S, Texaspg D
9/20 SteveC’s S, pcaz’s S, GeminiMom’s D1</p>
<p>1012moms D - Tufts University
5boys’ S - St. Lawrence University
911C2S - Bucknell University
absweetmarie’s D - Kalamazoo College
amtc’s D - Knox College
Angry Dad’s D - U of Chicago
annasdad’s D - Truman State University
AnotherFSUdad’s D - U of Alabama Honors College
bbarty - Macalester
BeeZeeMom’s S - U of California at San Diego
bhmamacita’s D - Wesleyan University
BluePoodle’s D - Case Western Reserve University
BobWallace’s D - Agnes Scott College
Bubmom’s D - American University
Bucasmom’s S - U of Connecticut
Cal1983’s S - William & Mary
CaliMom3’s D - Georgetown University
CalmlyiChaotic’s D - Sewanee, The University of the South
Chardo’s S - U of Alabama
cheekymonkey’s S - Tufts
chemusic’s S - Vassar College
Chrissyblu’s D - UC Berkeley
cindymoose’s Twin A - MIT
collconf01’s D - Kenyon College
college<em>query’s S - Bowdoin College
commasplice’s S - Columbia University
Cortana431 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
CPUscientist3000 - Harvard
Creekland’s S - U of Rochester
Debbie7452’s D - Texas A&M
dentmom4’s D - Kalamazoo College
disneygals’ D - Adelphi
downtoearth’s D - Northeastern
dwhite’s D - Wake Forest
Elka67’s S - Rutgers
ELKyes’ S - College of Charleston Honors
EmptyingNest’s D - Kenyon
Everythingbut’s S - Lafayette
eyeamamom’s S - U of Rochester
familyof3boys’ S - Hiram
fiddlinmom’s S - College of Wooster
forthree’s D - Case Western
fourkidsmom’s D - NYU Tisch
fredricksdottir’s S - U of Chicago
gaelicbred’s D - Kenyon
GeminiMom’s D1 - Northwestern
GeminiMom’s D2 - Cornell
geogirl1’s S - U of Miami
giterdone’s D - U of St Thomas
Glido’s D Wellesley
glopop11’s D Landmark College
GoIrish2013’s S - Indiana U
Gourmetmom’s S - Harvard
gradygrad’s D - NYU
Gwen Fairfax’s D - The Hartt School (@ Univ of Hartford)
hawkeyes55’s S - Temple University
Highbury’s D - U of Chicago
hookedondwd S - Rochester Institute of Technology
hsmom2dncrs’ S - U of Notre Dame
hutch14’s D - Carleton
HuxleyAlum’s S1 - Rose-Hulman
HuxleyAlum’s S2 - Knox College
IJustDrive’s D - Yale University
Illyria’s D - St. Mary’s College of MD
intouch1520’s D - Syracuse University
Itsthatime’s S - Columbia University
jackief’s D - Case Western Reserve University
jasper44’s D - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jaylynn’s D - University of San Diego
JenPam’s D - U of Maryland
JenPam’s S - U of Maryland
JGCMom’s S - U of Central Florida
jmnva06’s D - Beloit
jupiter1’s S - U of Chicago
Kandjad’s D - U of Alabama
KareninCA’s D - Lewis and Clark
KarGaro’s D - Towson University
kathieh1’s D Pomona
katie93mom’s D Southern Methodist University
kc1214mom’s D - Syracuse
Kleibo’s S - Carnegie Mellon
kttmom’s S - William & Mary
Lakemom’s S - University of Rochester
Lark123’s D - Pomona
laserp’s S - Georgetown
lilmom’s D - Morehead State
lillypod’s S - Amherst
linnylu’s D - U of Alabama
lisabees’ S - Oberlin
lovemykids2’s S - U of Alabama
MaCappella’s D - Amherst
maidenMom’s D - Wellesley
MAOnemom’s D - Princeton
marciemi’s S - MIT
Mary13’s D - U of St Thomas
MASSMOM1’s D - Purdue
mathinokc’s D - Olin
megan12’s S - Haverford
MemphisGuy’s S - U of Alabama
mequonmom’s D - Rollins College
MeteorMom’s S - Univ of Miami
MidniteMom’s S - Yale
MidwestMom2Kids</em>’ S - U of Mississippi
mihcal1’s D - UC Berkeley
mimk6’s S - Yale
Missread’s D - U of Alabama
MizzBee’s S - Wabash
Mom0809’s S - Sewanee, The University of the South
Mom2jl’s S - Stanford
Mom2M’s D - USC
Mom60’s D - UC Davis
MomfromTN’s D Pitzer College
MommyMommy’s D - U of Vermont
momof2inma’s S Tufts
MomOf3Stars’ D The University of the Arts
Momsie’s D - NYU Florence
momsings’ S - Chapman University
mother<em>of</em>perl’s T1 - Yale
mother<em>of</em>perl’s T2 - MIT
mspearl’s D - Ohio State
Mutti2012’s S - U of Chicago
NDSmom’s S - U of Alabama
nearandfar’s S - University of Notre Dame
nervousnellie1’s S - Ohio State
newtothismom’s D - Bryant University
NJMom23s’s S - Cornell
nly2012’s S - Lewis and Clark
northernwoods’ S - Northwestern
notakid’s D - Barnard
NWMom2’s D - Case Western Reserve University
ohiobassmom’s S - Capital University (conservatory of music)
ohksaj04’s D - Denison
oldfort’s D - Cornell
pacnwmomof2’s S - Colorado College
pamayawaa’s D - WUSTL
partyoffour’s D1 - Denison
pathways D - Umass Lowell
pcaz’ S - Northwestern Univ
performersmom’s D - Yale
pghmomof2’s S - University of Oklahoma
PinotNoir’s S - U of Rochester
PNWedwonk’s S - U of Rochester
PRJ’s D - NYU
Proudmama3’s S - U of Alabama
psychmom’s S - NYU
Psychmomma’s D - Southern Illinois University
pullinghair’s D - Duke
rayrick’s D - Olin
ready2bdone’s D - Dartmouth College
ReneeD7’s D - Tulane
rerunagain’s S - Swarthmore
rescue23’s D - Willamette University
rushedmom’s D - Texas A&M
S2012d2017’s S - Davidson
Sactonative’s S - U of Alabama
saintfan’s D - St Olaf
sbjdorlo’s S - MIT
seiclan’s S - Emory
sewhappy’s D - Princeton
shootingsilver - U of Chicago
showmom858’s D - FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology)
skibum4’s S - MIT
Sniner D - U of Alabama
Snowdog’s D - USC
SnowflakeVT’s S - St. Lawrence U
SoClose’s S - Bryant University
soh2000’s D - UNC - Chapel Hill
solat10’s D - U of Alabama
StantonMom’s S - Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts (Film School)
SteveC’s S - Northwestern University
stressed56’s D - College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
student4ever’s S - Harvard
sujormik’s D - Northeastern University
sunmachine’s S2 - Willamette
Sunshinestatemom’s D - Florida State University
talaria’s D - Univ of Pennsylvania
Tebow1’s D - Univ of Notre Dame
Texaspg’s D - Stanford
The3bears’ D - Yale
TNVandymom’s S - Vanderbilt
tozubri’s D - Franklin & Marshall
tozubri’s S1 - RIT
tozubri’s S2 - U of New Hampshire
vlines’ S - U of Alabama
WalkingTessie’s D - Syracuse University
wdaveo’s S - U of Alabama
weatherga’s D - U of Georgia
Woody35’s D - Earlham College
xxjcat’s - U of Alabama
Yalemom16’s S - Yale
ypcccu’s S - Princeton</p>
<p>COLLEGES ATTENDING:</p>
<p>Adelphi - disneygals’ D
Agnes Scott College - BobWallace’s D
American University - bubmom’s D
Amherst - MaCappella’s D, lillypod’s S
Barnard - notakid’s D
Beloit - jmnva06’s D
Bowdoin - college<em>query’s S
Bryant University - newtothismom’s D, SoClose’s S
Bucknell - 911C2S
Capital University (conservatory of music) - ohiobassmom’s S
Carleton - hutch14’s D
Carnegie Mellon - Kleibo’s S
Case Western Reserve University - BluePoodle’s D, forthree’s D, jackief’s D, NWMom2’s D
Chapman University- momsings’ S
College of Charleston Honors - ELKyes’ S
College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) - stressed56’s D
College of Wooster - fiddlinmom’s S
Colorado College - pacnwmomof2’s S
Columbia University - commasplice’s S, Itsthatime’s S
Cornell - GeminiMom’s D2, NJMom23’s S, oldfort’s D
Dartmouth College - ready2bdone’s D
Davidson - S2012d2017’s S
Denison - ohksaj04’s D, partyoffour’s D1
Duke - pullinghair’s D
Earlham College - Woody35’s D
Emory - seiclan’s S
FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) - showmom858’s D
Florida State University - Sunshinestatemom’s D
Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts (Film School) - StantonMom’s S
Franklin & Marshall - tozubri’s D
Georgetown University - CaliMom3’s D, laserp’s S
Hartt School, The (@ Univ of Hartford) - Gwen Fairfax’ D
Harvard - CPUscientist3000, student4ever’s S, Gourmetmom’s S
Haverford - Megan12’s S
Hiram - familyof3boys’ S
Indiana U - GoIrish2013’s S
Kalamazoo College - absweetmarie’s D, dentmom4’s D
Kenyon - collconf01’s D, gaelicbred’s D, EmptyingNest’s D
Knox - amtc’s D, HuxleyAlum’s S2
Lafayette - Everythingbut’s S
Landmark College - glopop11’s D
Lewis and Clark - KareninCA’s D, nly2012’s S
Macalester - bbarty
MIT - cindymoose’s Twin A, mother</em>of<em>perl’s T2, sbjdorlo’s S, skibum4’s S, marciemi’s S
Morehead State - lilmom’s D
Northeastern - downtoearth’s D, sujormik’s D
Northwestern - GeminiMom’s D1, northernwoods’ S, SteveC’s S, pcaz’ S
NYU - fourkidsmom’s D, gradygrad’s D, PRJ’s D, psychmom’s S
NYU Florence - Momsie’s D
Oberlin - lisabees’s S
Ohio State - mspearl’s D, nervousnellie1’s S
Olin - mathinokc’s D, rayrick’s D
Pitzer College - MomfromTN’s D
Pomona - kathieh1’s D, Lark123’s D
Princeton - ypcccu’s S, MAOnemom’s D, Sewhappy’s D
Purdue - MASSMOM1’s D
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Cortana431, jasper44’s D
Rochester Institute of Technology - hookedondwd’s S, tozubri’s S1
Rollins College - mequonmom’s D
Rose-Hulman - HuxleyAlum’s S1
Rutgers - Elka67’s S1
Sewanee, The University of the South - CalmlyiChaotic’s D, Mom0809’s S
Southern Illinois University - Psychmomma’s D
Southern Methodist University - katie93mom’s D
St. Lawrence University - 5boys’ S, SnowflakeVT’s S
St. Mary’s College of MD - Illyria’s D
St. Olaf - saintfan’s D
Stanford - Texaspg’s D, Mom2jl’s S
Swarthmore - rerunagain’s S
Syracuse University - intouch1520’s D, kc1214mom’s
D, WalkingTessie’s D
Temple University - hawkeyes55’s S
Texas A&M - Debbie7452’s D, rushedmom’s D
Towson University - KarGaro’s D
Truman State University - annasdad’s D
Tufts University - 1012moms D, momof2inma’s S, cheekymonkey’s S
Tulane - ReneeD7’s D
U of Alabama - Chardo’s S, Kandjad’s D, linnylu’s D, lovemykids2’s S, MemphisGuy’s S, Missread’s D, NDSmom’s S, Proudmama3’s S, Sactonative’s S, Sniner’s D, solat10’s D, vlines’ S, wdaveo’s S, xxjcat, AnotherFSUdad’s D
U of California at Berkeley - Chrissyblu’s D, mihcal1’s D
U of California at Davis - Mom60’s D
U of California at San Diego - BeeZeeMom’s S
U of Central Florida - JGCMom’s S
U of Chicago - Angry Dad’s D, fredricksdottir’s S, Highbury’s D, jupiter1’s S, Mutti2012’s S, shootingsilver
U of Connecticut - Bucasmom’s S
U of Georgia - weatherga’s D
U of Maryland - JenPam’s D, JenPam’s S
U of Massachusetts (Lowell) - pathways’ D
U of Miami - geogirl1’s S, MeteorMom’s S
U of Mississippi - MidwestMom2Kids</em> S
U of New Hampshire - tozubri’s S2
U of North Carolina - Chapel Hill: soh2000’s D
U of Notre Dame - hsmom2dncrs’ S, Tebow1’s D, nearandfar’s S
U of Oklahoma - pghmomof2’s S
U of Pennsylvania - talaria’s D
U of Rochester - Creekland’s S, eyeamamom’s S, PinotNoir’s S, PNWedwonk’s S, Lakemom’s S
U of San Diego - Jaylynn’s D
U of St Thomas - giterdone D, Mary13’s D
U of the Arts, The MomOf3Stars’ D
U of Vermont - MommyMommy’s D
USC - Mom2M’s D, Snowdog’s D
Vanderbilt - TNVandymom’s S
Vassar - chemusic’s S
Wabash - MizzBee’s S
Wake Forest - dwhite’s D
Wellesley - Glido’s D, maidenMom’s D
Wesleyan - bhmamacita’s D
Willamette University - rescue23’s D, sunmachine’s S2
William & Mary - Cal1983’s S, kttmom’s S
WUSTL - pamayawaa’s D
Yale - IJustDrive’s D, mimk6’s S, mother<em>of</em>perl’s T1, performersmom’s D, The3bears’ D, Yalemom16’s S, MidniteMom’s S</p>
<p>Woody, you’re doing a fantastic job as Keeper of the Lists. Thanks!</p>
<p>^ and safekeeping other objects.</p>
<p>Texaspg - I have singlehandedly determined that Cinderella probably never liked red.</p>
<p>Someone’s gonna have to do any Wackalaunch list updates next week. I’ll be on the road all week for D’s big college launch! I wish more of y’all lived along the route for some fun driving breaks!! Marcieme, I’ll PM you this week. We may see you on Tuesday on our eastward trip. Probably not for a sleepover (unless an earlier leg in the trip goes horribly wrong!) but we might be looking for a little break before the last leg of the outbound trip.</p>
<p>I am putting together a first aid kit for D:</p>
<p>Tylenol
Advil
Claritin
Sudafed
Benadryl
topical Benadryl
triple ointment topical antibiotic
bandaids (assortment, lots!)
Tiger Balm
Flonase (for rhinitis)
Cepacol (for sore throat/cough)<br>
Pepto Bismol tablets
thermometer</p>
<p>There are tweezers and small scissors in her travel nail/grooming kit.</p>
<p>Have I left out anything important??</p>
<p>Mihcal1, I put some loperamide (Imodium) in S’s. Must confess I was inspired by a bout of food poisoning in the past month.</p>