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<p>Your S does hangers? I’m not sure mine understands what they are, other than something mom yaps about sometimes, and something he theoretically knows his suit is supposed to be on.</p>
<p>There are drawer shirts and closet shirts. Then there are the clothes that he actually wears on a regular basis - the clean ones are in a heap in the closet and the dirty ones are in a heap on the floor (although some do make it into the hamper in his room.) </p>
<p>The two roommates are supposed to share a chest of drawers with six very narrow drawers. A lot will have to be kept in the closet - perhaps on the floor, but somewhere in there. At minimum, when we leave, clothes will be on hangers. I guess we’ll be able to tell what not to bring in the future - those will be the things that stayed on their hangers all year.</p>
<p>morning–I think you will see tons of black garbage bags as they are easier to load and carry. Rolling duffels and backpacks. The storage containers work great esp. for those who use campus storage over the summer. Keeps moths and such out.
We have 37 days here and now it seems real. Maybe I will get S to do a tshirt count this weekend. Bedding and such he could care less about. I did buy a tower fan but will look for the V and maybe return the other.
Just remember if you have stairs the trunks can be difficult to move and not necessarily fit into next years room.
Sounds like you are all full steam ahead!</p>
<p>We moved all our D’s clothes and bedding in those big bags that you vacuum the air out of. Really condensed the load and so easy to carry!</p>
<p>I’m bringing a couple of suitcases and I’m probably going to cram everything into large plastic tubs. Too bad they’re clear, but they are easy for storage and for stacking!</p>
<p>For those of of you who have kids on ADD meds, I’m getting a lot of interesting info on this thread:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/751183-security-add-meds-dorm.html#post1062957656[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/751183-security-add-meds-dorm.html#post1062957656</a></p>
<p>The nice thing about hangers and stackable drawers is things are already where they are going…our experience has been that once we are on campus for move in, the kids are already GONE. They are so busy and distracted with all the new people they are meeting, etc., that they don’t want to deal with putting stuff away, etc.</p>
<p>It’s so easy when the stuff goes where the stuff goes, and Mommy makes the bed (for my little princes, it’s a foam topper AND a hypoallergenic fiberbed, followed by a padded mattress cover, a fitted sheet, and a comforter. No fitted sheet. No blanket). </p>
<p>My sons have each been much more about helping their new neighbors (especially female ones) shlep and carry and rearrange furniture, counting on the parental units to do their stuff for them. “gentle” reminders bring them back for a few moments but they are so distracted…</p>
<p>When we come back the next morning for last minute requests/goodbyes, the room has invariably been rearranged by S and roomie and looks like it’s been lived in for a month.</p>
<p>Aaaaaah! We have done NO shopping yet! D has been steadfastly waiting for her housing/roommate assignment so they could discuss color coordination and room decor. Finally got the info last night and they have sent a few messages via fb, but haven’t connected directly. The good news is we will have a few very focused shopping trips as time is hurtling along. Four weeks from this moment we will be in the car and hopefully about 3/4 of the way there.</p>
<p>p.s. For you parents of boys who think your kids are messy, D’s room looks like a pack of chimps ransacked a shopping mall!</p>
<p>We will only have 90 minutes or so to take a first crack at the room…we have tickets to Wicked that night. I don’t know if Son will want to spend that night with us in the hotel or go back to the dorm. I figure we’re there all day Saturday and part of Sunday and there will be plenty of time to skip out on a parent’s seminar and do more arranging. </p>
<p>I would like to drug my husband for the move-in…he reacts badly to ridiculous situations like carrying boxes up flights of stairs when it’s 105 degrees and I’d really prefer that no one fly off the handle. I anticipate that Son, also, will be VERY distracted and we don’t really need any father/son “moments” of a negative nature. (Of course, it might be nice for suite-mate bonding: “My dad is so terrible.” “No, my dad is much worse…”)</p>
<p>Chintzy - it’s a good thing our D’s are not going to be roommates because…lets just say…2 chimps in a dorm room together…LOL!! (BTW this is the same D that is ‘cleaning her room…has been since the end of May and though I can see parts of the floor…her room is not any bigger (if at all) than her dorm room that she will be sharing…I’m just sayin’) </p>
<p>Oh and HMW - my D does “do hangers”…they are scattered on the floor while clothes are ‘draped’ over her chair…</p>
<p>If space is tight, it is better to have luggage that stores easily and compactly ie. rolling duffles. Also, when they come home in the winter they can pack lots of stuff (usually dirty laundry) easily. Don’t laugh at plastic bags; they really are useful during move in. They hold a lot, are soft, can be “smooshed” and then poof, they’re gone. I also second using containers they can keep with them already organized for those who already know the space situation. Yikes, she’ll be gone in 29 days!</p>
<p>I just called our benefits lady and asked her to order an insurance card for Son to keep in his wallet. Currently, only Husband and I have one.</p>
<p>Of course, now that D16 is driving, should she carry her own, too?</p>
<p>missypie, we’ve always had our older two just carry a photocopy of the ins. card. Your idea is better - thanks!</p>
<p>chintzy,
Such a good description. My D’s room at home still would if enough of her stuff was here (although as I mentioned, her rooms at school always look great).</p>
<p>crzymom, very good point about the plastic bags. And having loose plastic bags and trash bags along on move-in day is usually a good idea (plus sponges, rags, and possibly some Fantastic or a nice green cleaner). </p>
<p>boysx3, I completely believe you, but I think my S1 has some kind of superpower, the only use of which is to separate all garments from their hangers. I’m not even going to try. </p>
<p>The whole hangers train of thought is reminding me of the attention and care D put into finding a lovely range of color-coordinated hangers, before her first year. 
The very thought of S1 doing that is cracking me up.</p>
<p>My D16 had already decorated her future dorm room in her mind…I swear she’d want to already buy her bedding but I told her about the regular vs. XL issue and then she backed off. </p>
<p>When she heard that I was sending Son with two sets of sheets she was horrified - “Is that all we get?” I told her that was one more set than he’d probably use.</p>
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<p>Of my three kids, my son’s room is the neater than those of his sisters, but it’s probably the difference in one chimp in a room vs. a family of them.</p>
<p>I actually remember being spanked as a child for having a messy room. Is that why I’m compulsively neat, but don’t care that my kids’ rooms are messy?</p>
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<p>I remember the same thing, missypie, and I’ve always figured it was why I didn’t care how my kids kept their own rooms, as long as they helped keep any family spaces neat. </p>
<p>H grew up with six siblings and spent most of his childhood sharing a room with three of them. He has a lot less tolerance for mess than I do - but he’s basically okay with the kids’ messy rooms, too (most of the time). Interestingly S2 seems to have the neatness gene and/or inclination, which makes life nicer for H.</p>
<p>One big difference is that all of us - not just the kids - have so much stuff. Back in the day, we each had one Barbie doll and some outfits - it all literally fit into a shoebox. When Ds were into them, we had a whole over the door organizer just for the dolls, plus two bins for the clothes. Growing up, books were borrowed from the library; we buy them. I always had a tiny closet but that was plenty of room for my tiny wardrobe. Not so with my kids’ clothes. Easier to keep your room tidy when you own next to nothing!</p>
<p>Harriet: You are way ahead of me. I can’t even get the kids to keep family spaces neat. And H is really messy too.</p>
<p>When Mia was little she told me that I had to just get used to the fact that I am in a messy family. Sigh.</p>
<p>I told her that we’d eventually have to move out because we wouldn’t have any room left for ourselves. And she ceded that was true.</p>
<p>All I can do now that both kids are home is to ask them to keep their mess in piles that exist at right angles. Somehow it makes me feel better. Of course, the three of them thinks it’s nuts.</p>
<p>How nice for your H that S2 has the neatness gene.</p>
<p>One thing to remember. You can buy stuff online and have it delivered to your child. So, only the essentials need be done now (in our case, mattress topper, mattress cover, sheets, OTC, herbal and prescription drugs, toothpaste, etc.). We’ll put his t-shirts and pants and electronics into our Honda Odyssey and go. Anything he discovers that he needs I can do via froogle.</p>
<p>We’re 1 1/2 hours away, so if he decides he needs his bike or something that he didn’t take, it will be a good excuse to meet him for dinner.</p>
<p>D2 either folds (neatly) all the clothes that go into drawers, or hangs them, sorted by color and sleeve length.</p>
<p>She did not get this from me, sorry to say.</p>