Move in day only 2 days before the start of classes

calmom
Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:54:05 +0000

My daughter is also choosing to go in a little later than she needs to – I think the dorms open for returning students on Thursday, but she will fly out Saturday morning, arriving during evening hours. She also has the added factor of meeting her roommates in suite-style housing for the first time – she wanted a single so she opted for waitlist status, which has worked out great but of course she had no choice as to roommies. She does know one girl and has now met the others via Facebook - but of course they will all be trying to set up housekeeping in their shared kitchen as well.

She told me this week, after keeping mum for a year, that she had tremendous difficulty handling all her luggage on her own last year when she moved in – so this year she shipped out a lot of stuff – 3 big boxes went out by Fed Ex yesterday – so she plans to move with a single large suitcase plus a carryon. But given the typical state of her bedroom at home, I think she will function well living amid chaos – in fact, if she simply dumps out all her shoes and clothes onto the dorm room floor and then spreads it around a little, it will be just like home.

Actually, she’s a little more orderly than that – she tidies up once a week on Sundays, so to be truthful I am describing the state of things on Saturdays. But since she is flying in on a Saturday night… all should be fine. (I believe classes start on Tuesday).