<p>weenie–it was always my SON who “forgot” to turn in the photos and wasn’t represented in the yearbook or big slideshow or whatever. I could have killed him, but he just wasn’t interested. I guess. I still felt bad, but he was fine. 
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<p>ebeeeee~so sorry about the housing for your S and his roomie! DD has had a “call mom, sobbing” story twice about housing, and all has turned out well in the end. Last year she was calling from England about her senior year housing (sobbing!), so that made me feel so badly–she was soooooo far away! She wanted to be in a “mod” at Boston College (the COOL senior housing–shabby townhouses right near the stadium that were built as “temporary” housing in the early 70’s). Needless to say, she and her friends got “stuck” in one of the apartment dorms (just as close to the stadium!). Well…she realized after the first few weeks that all the kids in the mods were probably spending lots more money because they were the ones who were expected to have all the tailgate parties before the football games. That was confirmed by a friend when we went to her daughter’s “mod” tailgate party on Parents’ Weekend (bringing food donations with us!–she said they were sending her money all fall to help out with the party expenses!! It is a blast to have a mod, but there is a downside!! </p>
<p>DD is having a thoroughly wonderful senior year (sigh! can’t believe she graduates in 2 months!!) and they have had quite a few parties in their apartment!!</p>
<p>Yearbook pictures–the big blank space next to S’s senior yearbook picture sure is glaring–it seems like everyone one of the 400 or so classmates of his could remember to send in their write-up but him. You’d think he’d just transfered in, knew no one, and had done nothing. Oh well.</p>
<p>^ Now you have me worried Garland!!! I just remembered that seniors have that quote thing they’re supposed to pick out for next to their photo. I never heard my son fretting about that - I wonder if he did it?!</p>
<p>ebeee - So sorry for horning in on your post. I hate it when my son has roommate/housing issues. We like to think of that part of their college life as stable, so all they have to worry about is studying. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work that way. :(</p>
<p>weenie, horn away. There is room for all. That was sort of the point of my title. I know the housing thing can’t be solved and that the kids will make out fine, I was just feeling guilty that I can make it better. Nobody said this parenting thing was rational. Yearbook, schmearbook in my eyes by the way. Especially for boys. My son’s is buried somewhere gathering dust.</p>
<p>Sorry, Weenie! Dont fret too much–all of my S’s most organization-challenged friends seemed to get this done–he is definitely an outlier!</p>
<p>Ebeee–ah, that guilt. My D is 24, living on her own, and whenever she has a problem (right now it’s a nagging leg injury of undetermined origin which is a big problem for work because she basicaly walks for a living) I still feel like I should be able to fix it–when obviously I can’t.</p>
<p>S had major personal/academic woes this year (see second semester blues thread) and I have thoroughly beat myself up wondering how I could have brought him up somehow better so as to avoid/mitigate them.</p>
<p>Even though I know, realisticly, that they basically are who they are, that things happen to them, and that ultimately they can/will overcome them.</p>
<p>ebeeeee, since your son has a cold and roomate got bad news, before that package gets there find a restaurant that delivers, have them call up using your credit card number, and bring in some comfort food for the evening! If there is somethiing like a Jason’s Deli nearby that delivers, we find the soup and sandwich great when you don’t feel well. Chinese and Pizza work too.</p>
<p>zixxa, terrific idea. you wouldn’t by any chance know a good place that would deliver chicken soup to northeastern univ., would you?</p>
<p>Weenie: Youngest D changed HS for her last year. We were way behind the curve, but went where we were told, when we were told to do the senior yearbook photo (diffferent than the offical pass out to your friends senior photos) and we turned it in to the school office, all as advised in January. In JUNE, we got the CD back with an unsigned sticky note telling us it had been recieved too late to be included in the yearbook!! :eek:</p>
<p>So, why were they telling us to rush and do the photo- which is only for the yearbook, if it was too late? or did the school office lose it? Or did some one forget to give it to the right person? Or what? Why does my D who already had to deal with changing schools for senior year also have to deal with the indignity of being completely left out of the senior photos??? As if she did not feel enough like a non-entity as a newby anyway :p</p>
<p>So, yeah, Weenie, i can relate to the permanence of the issue of yearbook photo mishaps!</p>
<p>LOL somemom. I <em>think</em> his senior photo will be in there… :)</p>
<p>Yeah, weenie, we got the CD back the day the yearbook came out, so D found out when she opened the yearbook and the photo (which was really excellent) was not there. That was one of the most frustrating aspects of it, the shock at the last second :(</p>