<p>Enjoyed the Woody saga, and all the news. Wringing my hands as we contemplate driving back to get D from school because Isaac appears to be heading that way. Checked the school’s website and they don’t have hurricane shutters. Wonder if D would be horrified if we showed up with plywood for her dorm windows since she insists on staying. Arghhh</p>
<p>Woody saga/story: priceless. Read it to DH, we are both cracking up!</p>
<p>Anxiety has kicked in - as we leave tomorrow and we have tons to do. I will try to keep it in check!!</p>
<p>I love Woody’s story. Would I have declined taking someone’s bag? Probably not but I couldn’t help but add to the drama of “what if’s”. I think it’s just the most bizarre thing to ask someone. There are just people out there who have no problem over stepping and don’t think anything they impose on others could possibly be inconvenient.</p>
<p>I’d love to hear how the d ends up being as a roomie.</p>
<p>I will post embarrassing story of the day. I live in a pretty local kind of area where everyone knows everyone it seems. We went grocery shopping today without S home. As I went to buy cold cuts I ordered roast beef. S likes one kind, I like the other, but I always buy his favorite. Today I bought mine. Just ordering it made me cry. I cried at the deli counter without about 12 other people standing around watching. </p>
<p>S has had a rocky launch. I know it will sort itself out over the next few days but it made the goodbye that much more painful.</p>
<p>Aw, eyemamom. So sorry about the deli counter. When my S left, the same thing happened to me at the library. We always went together, and the first time I was there without him, he had a book come in that had been on hold. When I gave it back to the lady at the desk and said, “Oh, he won’t be needing this now, he’s away at college now…” I sort of squeaked and teared up at the end of my sentence, then scurried away as fast as I could. D was with me and thought it was hilarious.</p>
<p>So far, D has been gone about 11 days. When S left two years ago I cried off and on for several weeks. This time, I’ve started to cry 3 times for about 10 seconds. I think my hormones are being kind to me this week too. Watch out, next week may be the weeping week. </p>
<p>D loves college. She is so happy it is hard to believe. She does not LIKE to be happy! She likes to be moody! But, who knew, she is really happy being happy! So far she says classes seem manageable, the kids are all great, the profs are cool, philosophy is a dang think tank every day, and the food, especially the salads and sub sandwichs are amazing.</p>
<p>THis is why I have not all-out cried. She is adjusting really really well. :)</p>
<p>Woody… where to start? You are one crazy character! I loved the flat garmy story. What a weird mom to ask you to take that bag across country. But then…the flipfold??? Oh man!!! To be a fly on the wall in that wacked out household!</p>
<p>I am feeling you about the crying time. We were at the football game, and I held it together through talking to his friends, fellow parents, all until we were cheering and I looked over to the student section. I realized that he wasn’t there, and would never be in that particular section again.</p>
<p>Oh, and to answer your question from so many pages ago, woody, no he didn’t memorize the song. See, he knows it is a huge deal, that he would need to have it memorized by Homecoming, but because I told him he should practice, he wouldn’t.</p>
<p>My son launched last wed - he has been on his pre-orientation trip and will be back tomorrow. We are going back to his school on monday for the official move in day and convocation (and to bring him all the little things we did not think of last wed). Moving into a city school certainly presents different challenges than moving into a self contained campus - but overall it went fairly smoothly. The biggest challenge for us was that the keys did not work for his door (actually no one on his floor had working keys) so he had to go to housing security everytime he left the room to reopen it…a pain but it was all sorted out by later than night. His room ended up being much larger than we expected so we are returning with a nesting chair and some extra shelving… that was a complete surprise. The area rug we brought looks too small in the room but both my H and son were aghast when I suggested returning it ‘because it did not look right’ - I got laughed at!</p>
<p>I am really looking forward to hearing from him as they were allowed no electronics on the trip. I hope he had a good group and they bonded - it certainly will make orientation week a little more friendly.</p>
<p>loved reading about everyone elses launches - good luck to those who have yet to go. I think it has hit me hardest at teh supermarket also - skipping all those sections that I buy only for my son. I asked my husband today what kind of milk he likes - I have been buying vanilla soy milk for my son for so long I had no idea if my H even likes it…now I can buy what he likes…</p>
<p>SnowflakeVT: Thanks for the coffee offer – just saw it, and we’re home now, but I appreciate your kind thought.</p>
<p>Sooooooo. We are launched and, honestly, the Xanax helped. I managed not to cry except for when we were driving and “Cat’s in the Cradle” ([Harry</a> Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)) came on the oldies radio station. I recognized the first few notes and yelped “CHANGE IT!” but before my husband did, the first lyric “a child was born just the other day” came on and I was reduced to a puddle in the front seat. But, I pulled it together and the load in on campus was easy with swat teams of student helpers taking care of each arrival. </p>
<p>Roomie and her mother had already been setting up the room for hours. Mom was a know-it-all hovering domineering type who had all the answers for us as well as her daughter. On the plus side: she knew how to loft the bed and had already shopped for a fridge and tea kettle and full length mirror and cubbies for all the girls (it’s a two-bedroom suite, with four girls sharing one bathroom) and she didn’t want money from us to pay for these things. On the negative side: she wouldn’t shut up and just let the three of us have our tender figure out the room together as a family time. Roomie’s family lives 15 minutes from campus and I fear the mom will be way more present than D would like.</p>
<p>We shopped at Staples for a few last-minute needs re: clip lamp for bed and shelving for closet, then said a quick good bye and that we’d check in in the morning to see if she needed anything else.</p>
<p>So, we checked in this morning and D’s schedule was already packed with meetings and events. We returned to campus as we needed to take home her huge suitcase, but it would have been better if we’d just said good byes on day one. We will Skype a week from tomorrow. The plan is a weekly Skype session. She may text in between, but I’m not counting on it.</p>
<p>When we returned to pick up the suitcase, however, roomie’s posters were ALL OVER the room, including one above D’s desk. D said she’d given permission, a Salvador Daii print, but it’s so not D. She didn’t bring posters from home. I went on Etsy tonight and ordered a couple of fun silkscreened farmers’ market posters that are more her. </p>
<p>D said this morning that she thinks she and roomie will live together OK, but that their energy levels are very different. At welcome event last night, roomie wanted to return to dorm at 11pm and D said, “But this party goes 'til 1am!” So, they will need to negotiate that sooner than later, I imagine.</p>
<p>The green dorm is right across the walkway from the honor’s dorm. This makes me happy, as it increases the liklihood of her meeting smart boys…</p>
<p>Today, H and I took a two-hour sailboat cruise on Lake Champlain. This was $75 well spent. A ritualistic letting go, a sailing into our future life together.</p>
<p>eyemamom, I can so relate to the crying in the grocery store! Today I had to go to our local store (where DD has worked for two years) and on the Day Old bakery rack there were frosted sugar cookies. Her favorite. Whenever she was working and I would go into the store to pick up something she would ask me to buy her whatever treat of the day was on that rack so she could eat it on her break. It became a big joke between us and her co-workers were in on it too. And today of all days they had her favorite cookies. Then one of her friends (going to college locally and still working there) asked me how she was doing. I barely eeked out “Fine. She’s gone and I cannot talk about it” and I bid a hasty retreat. It was all too much for me.</p>
<p>My S has been detached all summer. Today, out of the blue, he came over to me and gave me a hug. He started telling me he thinks he made a mistake with his college choice and he feels anxious. (We are leaving tomorrow for move-in day.) I am stressing out. Thanks for listening.</p>
<p>Congrats Launchees!</p>
<p>ALREADY LAUNCHED!
7/15 huxleyalum S1
8/08 weatherga’s D
8/10 MemphisGuy’s S
8/11 vlines’s S, TX12DanceMom’s D, RTRMom2’s S
8/12 momophony’s S, DctMom73’s D
8/14 Debbie7452’s D, Lilmom’s D, GoIrish2013 S
8/15 ReneeD7’s D, 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, irishmary203’s D
8/17 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, ENsMom’s D
8/19 kleibo’s S, mspearl’s D, nervousnellie1’s S, PinotNoir’s S
8/20 jmnva06’s D, showmom858’s D, Buttercup1735’s D, Bucasmom’s S
8/21 college_query’s S, momsings S, stressed56’s D, allboyz’ S
8/22 Mom2M’s D, kc1214mom’s D, Sunshinestatemom’s D, WalkingTessie’s D, Itsthatime’s S, student2D’s S, ohiobassmom’s S, StantonMom’s S, Intouch1520’s D
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, Partyoffour’s D
8/24 mimk6’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, CIEE83’s D
8/25 MathinOKC’s D; Mom0809’s S; pacnwmomof2’s S, seiclan’s S, JenPam’s S, KarGaro’s D, EmptyingNest’s D</p>
<p>STILL TO LAUNCH:
8/26 marciemi’s S, kathieh1’s D, disneygals’ D, notakid’s D, MaCappella’s D, Lark123’s D, 2016BarnardMom’s D, JenPam’s D, psychmom’s S
8/27 Glido’s D, maidenMom’s 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, Swimmomonthego’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
9/23 UChiMom’s D</p>
<p>1012mom’s D - Tufts University
2016BarnardMom’s D - Barnard College
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
Buttercup1735’s D - Pepperdine
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
CIEE83’s D - Yale
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
DctMom73’s D - Oklahoma State University
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
ENsMom’s D - McGill University
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
irishmary203’s D - U of Notre Dame
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
Swimmomonthego’s S - Loyola University, Maryland
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
UChiMom’s D - University of Chicago
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, 2016BarnardMom’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
Loyola University, Maryland - Swimmomonthego’s S
Macalester - bbarty
McGill University - ENsMom’s D
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
Oklahoma State University - DctMom73’s D
Olin - mathinokc’s D, rayrick’s D
Pepperdine - Buttercup1735’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 - 1012mom’s 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, UChiMom’s D
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, irishmary203’s D
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, CIEE83’s D</p>
<p>Woody, priceless/hilarious story! Love it. :D</p>
<p>We moved our son into UMCP (Maryland) today and the room was even smaller than I remembered. We move our daughter in tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>The whole “choosing the bed and desk and closet side” part is strange. My son’s roommate had already claimed the bed by the window, so no biggie, my son took the other bed (by the closet). But because the roomie had only thrown his bag on the bed and hadn’t claimed anything else (nor was he in the room at the time we moved in), my son had the choice of desks. He took the one next to his bed. Then he also had the choice of closet sides…he didn’t care, but I selected the one that was a bit bigger, because I figured it compensated for not getting the window bed. But I know my son didn’t even care about the window bed, and maybe his roomie was picking a bed he thought was <em>less</em> desirable, lol…so then it was totally b*itchy for me to grab the (slightly larger by a few inches) right side of the closet.</p>
<p>I don’t look forward to doing it all again tomorrow! I feel bad for my daughter that I’m a bit tapped out. It took over an hour just to get onto the campus (roads were backed up). and I haven’t been sleeping well. My daughter is actually more nervous than my son was. I know it’ll help that her twin will be just three floors below her. </p>
<p>The best part of the day was going to IHOP with my son, DH & DD2016 at 7:00 a.m. My daughter wants to go to IHOP with us tomorrow (she had to work at 5:00 a.m. today & couldn’t help her brother move in). So I’m going to try to get enough sleep to have fun at breakfast, and then I’ll try to ease her concerns and also finagle the whole bed/closet/desk situation.</p>
<p>Psychmom–your S will be in college with one of my S’s best friends. S’s friend was nervous too. I know he and your S will do great! Such a special place they’re going.</p>
<p>I understand the strong feelings about changes in daily routine. Made it through an episode of Project Runway without my D - that was tough.</p>
<p>Psychmom, my daughter has already “launched” (same school your son is attending) and she loves being there. She has already met a bunch of new people. Once he gets there–and makes a friend–he will be fine. Also, Welcome Week will be jam-packed with fun activities/experiences.</p>
<p>MommyMommy, glad you and H enjoyed a beautiful day on Lake Champlain!</p>
<p>If that roomie’s local mom bothers your D, tell me and I’ll distract her with coffee. :)</p>
<p>hugs going out to eyemamom and psychmom - I hope that everything smooths out soon and your kids start loving where they are sooner rather than later. From so many stories on here, that’s often what happens - some take a little longer to settle into the new place but in the end they find their peeps and can’t imagine being anywhere else. I sure hope that’s what happens for your kids!</p>
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<p>I told my D that it’s unrealistic to expect she’ll never experiment, but that I do expect that she’ll be smart about it and keep herself safe. If she’s going to party, then do it with people she can trust. Make sure there’s someone trustworthy around who’s sober enough to keep an eye on things. Never drink and drive (or operate any sort of machinery). Know what to do if someone else is too drunk or high to keep themselves safe, or if they pass out.</p>
<p>D’s college had them take a short (couple-hour) online “course” about drugs/alcohol/safety. They had to take a quiz at the end, and pass with an 85%. One of her HS friends who’s attending same U didn’t pass, and had to re-do the whole thing twice!</p>
<p>Dog woke me up at 4:30am this morning to point out D not in her bed.</p>
<p>But I was rewarded at that hour of awakeness to find an email from D saying: “this place was made for me I’m pretty sure” – that’s she’d visited the most amazing waterfalls and that there was GLOW IN THE DARK Zumba and she was checking in to make sure we made it home. </p>
<p>Warms a wackaloon mother’s heart!</p>