<p>missypie, so sorry to read of the death of the neighborhood mom. And Zetesis, hope your dad is okay. </p>
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<p>S received his dorm and roommate assignment via e-mail on Wednesday. Now I’m pushing Mr. Shy to e-mail him (he doesn’t appear to be on Facebook). Since the beds are lofted, I’m going to be looking for a clip-on fan, clip-on mini shelf, and a clip-on lamp. Not sure what else yet…since he has an older brother who is out of college, some of that stuff can be reused.</p>
<p>Zetisis… we must be living parallel lives! My FIL is in surgery as I type. The pacemaker he had inserted last week has had a lead come loose and has drifted close to his lung. H is at the hospital now with his mom.</p>
<p>Deja - D couldn’t find her roommate on Facebook either, but it turned out her Facebook name is her nickname (e.g. Katie instead of Katherine). Has your S tried to look him up under common nicknames?</p>
<p>Deja: I’ve had dinner there a couple of times but never stayed. This was my husbands present to me for our 25th anniversary. Idea was the we could go whenever we wanted and not have to deal with school breaks. He’s even making all the plans. I just had to tell him when I can take off of work and since I want to stay in a specific room I gave him several choices but he’s doing it all. </p>
<p>Sorry to hear about everyones in-laws. Seems to be the season for some reason. We will be dealing with helping my in-laws for a while until my FIL can build up some more strength.</p>
<p>FIL out of surgery. Strange. Floating lead from pacemaker punctured heart muscle. Patched hole and he is in ICU. H drove mom home and staying for the night and then driving her back to hospital in the mornong. sigh… we are all getting older…</p>
<p>We are all getting older . Yet walking out of the hospital, I walk by the maternity ward. Tonight a young dad was wheeling his baby out. It doesn’t seem so long ago that was my H and I wheeling our daughters out – and here we are sending them to college, and watching over loved ones struggling for life. So very poignant!</p>
<p>No facebook contact w/roommates here, either. But, son doesn’t seem to really care too much about it. Says, “it will be fine!” From what I’ve heard from girl college students, guys are much more low-key and easy-going w/the roommate situation. Girls = more emotional & having a roommate conflict might be more of a bigger thing. Gross generalization, but hoping it’s true! lol. </p>
<p>Has anyone done anything w/laptop security? I’ve seen security cables & lap top locks (son doesn’t want that) & heard about ‘engraving’ the laptop w/identifying info. Not sure how much help that would be if it’s stolen…presumably, knowing who it was taken from wouldn’t make that much of a difference.</p>
<p>Grandparents (on fixed income) got expensive mac for son…would just hate to see anything happen to it. Researching insurance, too (what if giant cup of Pepsi spills on it, ugh, can only imagine the things that could go wrong w/dorm living & expensive electronics…) :-)</p>
<p>We had gotten son a security cable for his laptop when he first went to Case Western 4 years ago. They highly recommended it. I think he may have used it in the library if he had to go to the shelves or bathroom but otherwise it didn’t get used. Not sure whether we should send it with D. Really depends on where the college is as to whether it is critical or not.</p>
<p>D only found her roomie on facebook after roomie emailed and said “search for me under this e-mail address!” They were lucky enough to be attending the same orientation and got a chance to meet and visit. I don’t think they’re going to be best friends, but probably not mortal enemies either. Nice thing is that they’re in a suite- so there will be many other girls around.</p>
<p>fireflyscout, how did you get him to go? Mine consented to let me order him sheets and towels but still refuses to visit the hallowed halls of BB&B. And I have three years’ worth of coupons just waiting to be used, along with a couple of gift cards people gave him.</p>
<p>Maybe we can lure him with the promise of new pillows.</p>
<p>Hee, ffscout & Harriet! I hear ya’. How I got my son to go (& use the ‘zapper’ gun – like a wedding registry – to reserve everything) – I said (true) “I’ve been so looking forward to helping you set up your room and buying things for it! It’s something special to me. I’d really like to.” </p>
<p>Desparation = making it all about parent’s feelings. Son is kind-hearted, so that seemed to work. If I’d try framing it in terms of his interest—no go; he has no interest!</p>
<p>Today I’m making up that notebook full of photocopied documents in plastic protector sheets (suggested on another thread). I’m sure it seems like I’m over-prepping to family, but it makes me feel a tiny bit more secure about sending him away…</p>
<p>Zetesis – so true about the circle of life. I remember when my mom was a speedy go-getter, zipping thru housework while my grandmom sat quiety and polished silver or whatever. Now my mom sits quietly and helps in a slow and patient way. Except, I’m not the zippy housekeeper, oh well.</p>
<p>PS Sharon, son has said ‘no go’ to the security cable (lock?). Not sure why…</p>
<p>PPS If a BB&B coupon says “expires 10/08” – does that really mean it does? I have 20 some coupons from a friend who said they ‘never expire’ but there’s an expiration date in large print on the front…</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure they never expire. We used old ones when we shopped for D, years ago, and she’s used older ones along with new ones when she’s shopped on her own, since then.</p>
<p>D just found out that she only got one of the classes that she wanted. Now she needs to try to pick up 3 classes during add/drop. She can’t figure out how to get 3 classes that she wants to take with a reasonable schedule. They sign up and then its randomized to see who gets what. She was randomized out of all but one. Argh.</p>
<p>I was definitely able to use expired BB&B coupons today - as I said, I had two years worth of coupons. How did I get Son to come along? I promised him lunch. Kid will do anything for food.</p>
<p>RochesterMom, I’m hope your daughter has better luck with add/drops.</p>
<p>Rochestermom, I feel your pain. The students are disappointed to not get their classes; parents are worried about having to pay for an extra semester.</p>
<p>Luckily she has enough credits for about 2 semesters so we are starting off right. Problem is just that she is now obsessing about the perfect schedule. We have tried to tell her that things will change as people add and drop classes and she just has to go with the flow. Not her thing – she’s too much like her mother and likes to plan. I think if she could she would plan out her entire 4 years now. Just when I though she was starting to act normal again this has set her back to being miserable.</p>
<p>She does like to shop for college though. Did another full morning with her. Still a few online things to purchase and one more trip to BB&B then I think we will be done until we get her roommate in August and see about TV, DVD, fridge and rug… She was at least in a good mood when we went shopping.</p>
<p>Thanks, FFscout & Harriet! Wondered why my friend had coupons from 2006–figured/hoped there must be something to that ‘no expiration’ idea! </p>
<p>That’s a bummer, RochesterMom, about the randomized schedule. Hope your daughter gets into classes that are at least interesting and maybe take her in a direction she didn’t expect, but finds rewarding.</p>
<p>RochesterMom, hope D’s schedule works out! I worry about that too since D won’t register for classes until Freshman Orientation in August. D was able to upload her own photo for her student ID. Do any other schools do this? Of course she waited until the last minute (hadn’t been checking her school e-mail) and then had the drama of needing a perfect picture, since “everyone will have a really, really nice picture and I can’t have the only dorky one!”</p>