<p>Can I bring some wine to the party? </p>
<p>We leave first flight out on Tuesday and I’d planned to work on Monday. The new me decided to take off on Monday so there’s not too much pressure on Sunday to get all the packing done.</p>
<p>Is there really only a few days left?</p>
<p>cpeltz, yes, please. I can only do one 'rita before I have to switch. </p>
<p>Chicken wing dip sounds great.</p>
<p>I’m just home from dinner with S1’s best friend and bf’s family. Great good fun but a weeee bit emotional at the end there. We’ll all see each other twenty more times before DDay, because they’re neighbors, but still. Wah.</p>
<p>Those goodbyes to friends & family of friends are hard too. Son’s friends are all still around and bumped into a bunch today. I didn’t cry, as expected (time making it less painful).</p>
<p>I’m all for some sort of group activity after all are launched. I’m just not feeling festive, yet, though. How about a group spa day to brighten our moods too? I’ll take a apricot facial and back massage. The parents’ board at son’s college was full of moms agreeing to do a spa day in our respective home towns the day after kids were moved in. 
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<p>To make the delayed packers feel better: son absolutely did zero packing until -the night before- we were to leave for our week long family vacay (then straight to college). He started at 1 a.m., after the last friends left. Stayed up all night then slept in the car.</p>
<p>I popped in on him at one point and clothes were untouched but he was staring perplexedly at the shelf of Calvin & Hobbes books trying to decide to bring just a few or the whole, well-loved collection. I’m going to remember that moment.</p>
<p>Went to D’s (old) HS tonight for Open House (I’m still volunteering with her EC club as I have to wean myself off) and it was so strange to see everyone with class schedules and know we are done. 
D is off with her friends for the millionth night in a row. As H says, how many times can she say goodbye to the same kids? Many of her friends are just seniors this year so she’s having a hard time separating. D finally agreed to go through her books tomorrow and her drawers soon as well. We are on the one week countdown.</p>
<p>OK, I’m on my second chocolate bar of the night, but S has most of his stuff packed. Did remember at almost the last minute to pick up his new suit tonight. Now I’ve got to get packed!</p>
<p>D is all packed and ready to take off (for the pre-O events); we’ll see her next week, so this is not the final goodbye; but the weepy spells are upon me …</p>
<p>S leaves tomorrow. Already took all his stuff down and he came back the a couple more days. He will start same job at new location. He ended up getting a single room. He is very happy with that. His other two friends who hoped to room together did not even get same building. All for the best! I have to work tomorrow and am not looking forward to coming to work teary-eyed! He thinks he will be back every other weekend. We’ll have to see with the price of gas going up again!</p>
<p>D will be home at Thanksgiving … at least she has a week off, so that is possible!</p>
<p>:‘’‘’‘’(</p>
<p>One week left. His entire life keeps flashing before my eyes. He’s off for the weekend to a special academic program here in town, then back for three days: one for his senior recital and graduation supper, one at the beach, one for last minute packing and shopping, eye doctor and dentist. My credit card is just about maxed out. The van rental and hotel rooms are reserved, the boxes of stuff are piled up around the house, the rough drafts of five different possible freshman year course schedules are clipped into neatly stacked folders of school materials. Everything is set and ready to go…except mom. Who is already counting out the days to parents’ weekend.</p>
<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I am an incoming freshman and real excited about Penn. At the end of August, I’ll be flying out solo from California. Does anyone know if I can send boxes ahead? Does Penn have an area in the mailing room which stores for a few days prior to my arrival? </p>
<p>I imagine it will be challenging getting all the boxes and my personal belongings to the dorm. Are there any bins on rollers to help with the transport to my dorm once I am on campus? Any suggestions would help. Thanks!</p>
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<p>Hey welcome to the forums Cali. Sorry I don’t have a straight answer for you, but if I was you, I would check out the University of Penn forum here and you should get a better answer. Heres a link:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/</a></p>
<p>My S moves into his UCB dorm this Sun. He plans to pack his clothes that morning. all his other stuff will already be set aside. One of the joys of living 40 mi away from the college!.</p>
<p>My W is suggesting (and I am agreeing) that he try to spend the first two weekends on campus, and wait until Labor Day to visit home. Those first couple of weeks are the best times to make connections with people, all of whom are trying to adjust to the college environment. </p>
<p>My W is also betting that I will be tearing up during move-in day, and who am I to gainsay her</p>
<p>A friend of mine here in Michigan went to school in Rhode Island, and his parents met with some counselors when they moved him in who told them that there was a good chance he would be less homesick than a student that goes to school nearby home because when they are not constantly going home (and then constantly having to say goodbye and leaving all over again) or constantly thinking about going home, they tend to adjust better. Which, if you think about it, does make sense. I am going to school 20 minutes from home and while that it is nice that it’s so close, it’s also hard because I know that I can go home whenever I want and I am sure that will occur to me the moment things start to get tough. That might be something to think about for some of you if your kids seem to be having a hard time, or if you are worried about it yourself.</p>
<p>My husband couldn’t stop “tearing up” during the entire drive down to drop my daughter off last year. Emotions caught him by surprise. My daughter actually pulled me aside asked and me if her dad was ok- it was really so sweet. I was fine on the trip itself. It was the time back at home adjusting that was toughest for me. You just don’t know until you actually experience it I guess.</p>
<p>Found this on the Penn website (FAQ section on move in day):</p>
<p>If I’m shipping stuff to Penn, what address do I send it to?</p>
<p>Your mailing address as indicated in your assignment information. This information can be viewed on Campus Express.</p>
<p>If my packages arrive at Penn before early move-in, is that okay?</p>
<p>Mail and package volume prior to move-in and through the entire month of September is very high. To ensure that your packages make their way through the mail stream and to you as efficiently as possible, we ask that you time your shipping to coincide with your arrival and not too many days earlier than that date. Shipping companies such as UPS, FedEx, DHL and the US Postal Service should be able to give you some estimates as to how long it might take for a package to be delivered to Philadelphia. Please add 1-2 days to that estimate for campus processing.</p>
<p>This is a two second report on the space bags because I know some were interested. I’ll read all the other notes to catch up when I get home on Monday. The space bags did a fabulous job. I should NOT have put the foam mattress topper in. It was pretty flat when it came out and I don’t know if it will revive. Otherwise, sweaters came out fabulously, the rest of the clothing had some small amount of wrinkles, bedding was great. Note we did not pack pillows. Good decision to buy them just don’t use with foam products.</p>
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Yes! I have one left at home – middle school. I don’t like middle school. At least we are done with the early high school start time (for two more years!), and can sleep in (the middle schooler leaves for his bus stop around 8:20 a.m.).</p>
<p>Well, we managed to get all the stuff into the car only to walk into the dining room and see S’s microwave, D’s violin and music! I think H and I will pack our stuff in my pocketbook.
The skis and winter jackets will have to wait till October…</p>
<p>Thanks Sharon… I think the foam has a good chance of coming back, but good to know we shouldn’t do that. I don’t have foam - pillows or otherwise, so we should be good. I have yet to try it. Don’t know what the heck I am waiting for!</p>
<p>Welcome to all the new (or very infrequent) posters. We’re so fortunate to have this forum for support.</p>
<p>S did the final dentist appt. yesterday, hair cut (his is long, and there’s a chance he may opt for short which would be the first time in nearly three years his hair wasn’t making a statement) and final Target run tonight. He’s off to a gaming convention tomorrow and Saturday, then organizing and packing Sunday and Monday before an early flight out Tuesday. </p>
<p>I made the wise decision yesterday to take Monday off work…the less crazy it is with last minute stuff, the easier on us all I hope. After move in on Wednesday, H and I head to our lakeside cabin Thursday morning, and I’m counting on the serenity of the place to help in the adjustment.</p>
<p>How are all of you doing who have had to say goodbye? How about the freshman?</p>
<p>Sigh.</p>