<p>Thanks,PJR. I am another one who changed back right away.</p>
<p>Well, it is a very summery look.</p>
<p>Reminds me of “New Coke…” I changed it back too!</p>
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missypie, I was about the same dimensions. I had monogrammed faux-tortoise “reading glasses” and braces. And Spock ears. Paper ones, that I got from a book and folded myself. And yes, I did wear them to school. You goin’ down, girl! Hand over your tiara.</p>
<p>ETA: On second thought, keep the tiara. It might rip my vintage Spock ears. :D</p>
<p>Okay, I didn’t own Spock ears, but I swear you would have been my best friend if I’d known you.</p>
<p>I’ve been researching printers (instead of finishing reading Dracula, which is what I really want to be doing.) One thing I’ve learned is that folks have a terrible time networking printers when one computer has Vista and the other has whatever isn’t Vista (XP?) The other thing I’ve learned from reading online reviews is that most people hate their printers. I guess we lucked out with the HP all in one that we bought several years ago with no research. The well-reviewed printers either have ink cartridges that cost more than the printer, or else would take up way too much space in a dorm room. I may buy the printer that HP is offering for $39.99 on the assumption that it won’t be used a lot…its only bad feature is supposed to be scanning.</p>
<p>Son’s school actually discouraged printers saying that it’s part of their green philosophy. And truthfully, this year at his HS they made a huge effort to go green by having students email their papers (easier to scan through turnitin dot com too).</p>
<p>In any event, he doesn’t even discover a roommate until the first week of August, so… that whole, you bring X and I’ll bring Y hasn’t even occurred yet.</p>
<p>I must be in the minority. I liked the new look. Much better for me than the old…</p>
<p>I’m going to try to live with the new look for awhile and see if it grows on me. S1 never used his printer so not sending one with S2. </p>
<p>S2 got all of the classes he needed at the times he wanted–no electives. (English, Intro to Engineering, Calculus, Chemistry, and Biology). Two of the classes have labs. He is an early morning person, so 8:00 am classes five days a week, his choice. He is ready to order his books and has emailed his brother to find out the least expensive way to do that. </p>
<p>He has taken total ownership of the process, checking his university email once a day. He and H have even figured out which football games H will be attending. I found his brother’s extra long sheets and put them out and that is it for packing. The rest will be clothes in a suitcase the day before, similar to his brother’s approach for his six months in Brazil (only he packed the day of rather than day before). </p>
<p>He is only getting two days a week with his job, but playing a lot of basketball, and some golf, swimming, and fishing, so keeping busy. I’m glad he is having a relaxing summer since I think college will be a crazy amount of work compared to what he has been used to doing in school. He has heard that a hundred times from us and his brother and his response is that he knows and will be fine. We shall see. My posts this fall will likely be panic-ridden again.</p>
<p>S used his printer extensively but now that he’s graduated he doesn’t want it so it’s going with D to school.</p>
<p>We get move in day with parent orientation that day and part of next day and then it’s bye bye to parents. My husband is flying in that afternoon then we’re taking an extra day and mini vacation and then driving home.</p>
<p>Just ordered the laptop. I hope he likes it because it’s done.</p>
<p>Hey, who does CC think they are, don’t they know we are going through enough “change” without them messing with the color schemes too! :D</p>
<p>Just got confirm that S’s laptop has been shipped. Now I can load lots of fun software on there for him. Of course, I am panicking that I didn’t get a big enough hard drive - once I saw all the itunes songs he has in his library. Am still undecided about the printer. Anyone bringing an extra (larger) monitor? I have an extra one and don’t know if that would be useful or not. </p>
<p>Five more weeks till we take the 14 hour drive to Nashville. I find myself tearing up every other day! I NEVER thought I’d be like this… maybe it’s hormonal - hahaha.</p>
<p>Another computer issue - the school provides anti-virus protection and they say there should only be one anti-virus software. So I guess we just pray for no viruses between when Son boots up his new computer and when he starts school?</p>
<p>All this talk about orientation and leaving I again feel left out ;( D will be doing a sport so she needs to be there early. We just move her in and drop her off. There MAY be a little brief (1/2 hour) orientation type session with the parents but that is it. Difficulty with dropping the kid off early. Because it’s 8 1/2 hrs. away we will not stay until the following week for the “festivities”.</p>
<p>For all those who have asked about FIL he is now back home and is doing okay. He and MIL can no longer take care of all the day to day activities that need to be done so they now have almost around the clock care in their home. They didn’t want to leave so this was the compromise. So far it seems to be working out okay. They can be VERY demanding so not sure if things will go smoothly. When we spoke with them this weekend she had the “help” hemming her pants. Uhmmmm not really what she is there for… They are older and come from a different generation and will not move with the times. Hopefully they won’t make the nurse upset and we will need to start all over again. Not sure how many more 3.5 hour drives my husband can do with out loosing it.</p>
<p>Poor parent, poor “help.” I always imagine if it was me who had “other people” in the house all the time. It would be hard to get used to.</p>
<p>What an emotional rollercoaster! D2 survived the no housing scare after the campus fire but now her roommate/teammate has decided not to attend that school. The girl has reconsidered her commitment to play DI soccer and be that far from home. No word on whether she will sit out or try to gain entrance to another college for fall. She is a top student athlete so I’m sure one of the local LACs would be thrilled to have her. D2 is a little shell shocked as she was really looking forward to living with this person whom she knew from playing against for a few years. Wow! Hope I can keep D2 focused and looking forward to school…17 days until she leaves! :eek: :(</p>
<p>The entire process of looking for a school, finding one, applying for one, and scholarship offers was easy. The bumps in the road lately have been challenging for my quiet and serious D2. Hopefully things will get better once she gets there.</p>
<p>I wonder what percentage of students change their minds at the last minute. There is one guy on Son’s school’s facebook page that said his roommate just switched schools.</p>
<p>NM, sorry to hear about the roommate change. I can imagine that would be upsetting. So as of now, you D has no idea who she will be rooming with? I’m sure it will all work out in the end, but I know your D doesn’t need the extra stress right now.</p>
<p>Our laptop has shipped and am expecting it tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed that it works OK.</p>
<p>So I forwarded the email receipt for the laptop to Husband’s email so he’d have a copy and know how much it cost. What is this for? A lap top? We are buying him a computer? Why?</p>
<p>I swear, he knows no more about the “sending a kid to college” process than he knew when our kids were little. I’d better not be hit by a truck until all three kids have launched.</p>
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<p>We had a variation of this problem. We use Norton at home, but D’s school uses MacAfee, and we can’t get it on her new laptop until she is on campus. So we downloaded MacAfee’s free 30-day trial version. We’ll just about span the gap between purchase and arrival on campus.</p>