<p>We found a mesh shower caddy at our OSH…</p>
<p>Or could she order one online and have it sent directly to him? He could probably carry a ziplock with travel size for a few days…</p>
<p>missypie…brought a smile to my face as I remembered I also used a small pail back in the day!!!</p>
<p>Just talked with her again as she is roaming the Mall of America. She is tired of running around and he will use the diving bag until she orders something online.</p>
<p>What is OSH???</p>
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<p>Oh that does sound stressful…</p>
<p>Just got back from the marathon 10 hour supposed to be 8 hour trip(each way).never make it through Connecticuit (sp) without an issue!!! Drivers were crazy all through NJ, NY, and Conn. I know what they say about Mass drivers but thet took the cake!!! For you guys in Worcester it will get cold soon enough and lots of snow!!!
Got D off she is on some wilderness trek now so will not hear from her until the end of the week. got her things easily, she moved in early and had two nice helpers. Couldnt place the Tv as we dont know how the room would actually end up arranged and did not want to take over the whole place as two roomates need to move in.
Mododunn same as you my H busy being right “I finally yelled at him, you dont have to have an opinion on everything” I know his controlling is well intentioned whatever but I had had it! particularly since I am the one with the common sense practical nature.
Anyway everything we bought was perfect, did not buy curtains as that has to be a roomate decision too and had not seen the room. Lofting the bed helped. left her to arrange her desk as then she will know where everything is. Space bags did wrinkle her clothes so left her ironing.
Kuddos to those kids who are not so desparate to fit in that they dont need to go out and party or whatever that does not suit who they are. They will find their niche. Its so hard I go through this with younger one and I stress. She even says D1 “will be fine it will be me who will be in the dorm crying.” We will start working on that now. (3 years to go)
Lindz so glad to hear the news for certain among getting everyone ready do something good for yourself!!!
Only cried as I was leaving, I know she has earned this and made good decisions, but the bigger world scares me, can’t protect them form everything I guess wish i could!!! she is on her adventure excited for her wish I could do it again!!!</p>
<p>P.S. the CVS and bookstore had shower caddies at her school!!!</p>
<p>NM - OSH is Orchard Supply Hardware (they are a Sears hardware store offshoot). We have them here in CA, thought they were nationwide…?</p>
<p>Thanks Cali_mom! We don’t have them yet! Will pass the word on CVS, downtoearth! Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>Welcome back downtoearth! Take a breath and think good thoughts! I am just now starting to feel more relaxed after our launch! Well…except for being sleep deprived from traveling. ;)</p>
<p>1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … 10 ARGHHHHH!!! The counting to 10 thing didn’t help.</p>
<p>H just called me and said that we can leave a day early so that we can attend the abreviated orientation. I wanted to do this but “lost” the war last week and had put it out of my mind. Now I need to change the dog boarding, get D to change her plans so that we can leave earlier, pack with one day less, etc. There are days when I could cheerfully do with out him.</p>
<p>Oh and to top it off we are going to drive 1/2 way there and spend the night at his parents. Great – I get to stop on the way up and on the way back. Way to make my day. </p>
<p>I may yet survive this.</p>
<p>What is it? Is it that he can’t let his baby girl go and just can’t get the details right? Not sure why it takes so long for him to make a decision lately.</p>
<p>Our Bath and Body works had shower type caddies. Might be another place to check.</p>
<p>I also saw them at Target and Walmart just recently.</p>
<p>I can’t even fathom what it would be like trying to shop now!!! More power to her.</p>
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<p>If he called, that means you aren’t face to face with him, so go ahead and scream and rant while you’re alone! </p>
<p>Less time to get ready, rather than more, is rarely a good thing. Is your D likely to welcome the earlier departure? I wouldn’t think so.</p>
<p>I will say that most of the shower caddies we saw were very “girly”…even the brown ones at BB&B were brown dots. The well designed ones at Container Store were sweet aqua and pale green. The one (that we bought and have to return) from Marshalls was beige.</p>
<p>missypie: Not with him thank goodness but at work so they might wonder why I’m screaming. 
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<p>Not sure how D will react. Emailed her and told her if she has issues to discuss with me. Now that H has made up his mind he will be upset if we don’t go along with it since this is what we wanted to do in the first place. Well yes I did but that was then and this is now… He doesn’t get the difference. May be good for D since she will perhaps get to see her roommate briefly before the roommate leaves on a several day freshman trip where as my D opted to not go and instead go to practice. Good thing is is that she got the go ahead today from the doc that she can start to run again. Although she has to start slowly. Not go out at race pace for a 5K which would be just like her. “I will survive this.” That is going to be my saying for the next several days…</p>
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<p>Oh, that’s even more stressful…to know you have less time to pack and to not be at home to get started…</p>
<p>I don’t know, but I think that lots of your husbands must be related to my husband and his father…</p>
<p>Lindz- I’m SO relieved for you :)</p>
<p>I have the worst headache of my life. This packing is going to be a nightmare. But at this point, I am just doing mounds (and mounds) of laundry.</p>
<p>NMN, she should have driven across the street to Ikea, I sent H there the other day as he was looking for a coffee table for his office - it almost satisfied the doing the impossible because he said he couldn’t find his way out! Alas, he did.</p>
<p>^^^LOL!!! That brought tears to my eyes!!! Note to self: remember this response and detailed plan! ;)</p>
<p>Well D is okay about leaving early. Doesn’t seem to matter to her. I think she’s hoping to see her roommate before the roommate takes off on the freshman trip.</p>
<p>Called in-laws to let them know that we were coming early to just stay the night because we need to leave very early to get her to school early. They whined about us not staying. Now they know that we are coming back in 2 days and spending a day or 2 with them. This is EXTRA and they are whining. I’d like to just not even stop. Course I won’t suggest this but they can be such pains.</p>
<p>Vet can take the dog early.</p>
<p>Now if we can just get packed in time. I don’t even really have a list. I just keep thinking of stuff. Today it was her retainer. Weird thing comes to me in meetings during the day.</p>
<p>Well, we managed the 2 for 1 drop-off…both S and D are settled in. D - the freshman - fell ill and navigated the health clinic, insurance card, and Rx thing without falling apart so all is good. --And, she feels better, although I could have sworn with a low-grade fever, upset tummy and joint pain that H1 N1 had reared its ugly head but that was not the case. She swears it was the result of shaking hands with about a thousand people in 24hrs.
Drop-off was a little teary but not bad.
A word to the wise - DO NOT ENTER THEIR ROOMS AS SOON AS YOU RETURN HOME. The choking sobs I experienced after her last concert returned in full throttle.</p>
<p>woody so your D was sick, I packed masks in D 'sstuff embarrassed to say- like that is going to ward of fswine flu-it does worry me!
BTW-D took 3 stuffied including baby bear and babyblanket to school. Funny! I miss her, I think I will cry more later when it dawns on me she will not be home in aweek or so. !!! I think I’m still in denial!</p>
<p>Most important first: Three heartfelt cheers for lindz and D. That is great news. Whew.</p>
<p>woody, I hear you about the room. I had a hard enough time just walking into the house without S1 - I’m not going near the room for a few days. I’m glad your D feels better and yes, it’s a great sign that she navigated everything so well. </p>
<p>historymom, good luck tomorrow; I’ll be thinking of you.</p>
<p>And us? We’re just back from what was - fingers crossed - a really smooth and pleasant start. The weather was great; the helping hands at unloading were plentiful and enthusiastic; the roommate seems nice. Hats off in a big way to the school: They switched to boxed lunches for new students/families, so that hungry, anxious kids weren’t having to learn their way around a hyper-overcrowded dining hall. Instead, everybody picnicked outside, where a reggae band was playing. S2 exhausted himself running all over campus (including checking in with D several times, who was busy welcoming her own first-years), and H and I (and S2, of course) left at parent-shooing time after huge but kind of rushed hugs - apparently something fun was happening and S1 wanted to get back to it. There’ll still be all kinds of speedbumps and challenges ahead, but it’s awfully nice that Day 1 went so well.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you still preparing.</p>