<p>Successfully dropped our eldest ds to Colgate. Well organized freshman orientation with a lot of upperclassmen helping carry bags and stuff. Tons of activities for them. Advised by school to refrain from helicoptering.</p>
<p>Momofboston-thanks for the warning. We’re staying in Boston until the roads are clear to drive south. Move-in is Saturday so we are probably here until at least Monday. Fortunately hotel is a 5 minute walk from college. Hugs to everyone dealing with Irene-related issues especially Emilybee.</p>
<p>VaMom-i’m so jealous.</p>
<p>Kinderny-I agree with mathmomvt. When my sister used to travel with two infants, she frequently asked others for help although they usually offered first. People always offer to help us as soon as they see my wheelchair. Hopefully you will be pleasantly surprised. If not, just ask for help.</p>
<p>We got married the week before Hurricane Andrew and left on a cruise two days prior to its hitting land. No twitter etc then so we were oblivious to the disaster that was to take a DIRECT hit on where we lIved. Now Andrew’s friend Irene. Maybe I should buy some lottery tix.</p>
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>One earthquake and hurricane later we successfully dropped both kids off in VA and NC.
We will be home tomorrow to take care of business before the Hurricane comes.
The Launch went extremely well, no real oops. The orientation staff was just amazing, the car was emptied within few minutes, all brought to his room.S2 has a awesome roommate, they are a perfect match! </p>
<p>Good Luck to all about to launch please stay safe. The schools will wait for your kids to get there :)</p>
<p>emilybee- sorry about sick dog and absent H. I am sure S will not be the only one showing up late. </p>
<p>momofZACH - drop off early. S is in Milwaukee with no weather situations to deal with and H got an early drop off approved. He said it was 1000% easier than dealing with crowds never mind bad weather. </p>
<p>momofboston - thanks for the heads up. I might take another wuick run to grocery store. </p>
<p>gsmomma- I am a friend of S’s on FB. I have asked him a couple of times to remove posts I thought inappropriate, but I never post on his wall. It gives me some insight into to what he is doing, so although he can unfriend me, I hope he doesn’t. </p>
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there is always one party crasher.</p>
<p>H is home. S is officially a freshman student at Marquette. He is loving life right now and having a grand time. 11yo D has skyped 2X already. I had to ask her to schedule those sessions 1X a week so as not to bother S. 6’3" S is already complaining XL twin is not long enough. He likes his roommate well enough but it is not looking like they will be lifelong friends. Best thing he could say about dorm food is that is isn’t burnt. ( a bad habit of mine!) We have two packages of "stuff: he requested we send ready to be mailed Friday. I just ordered 4 nerf guns from Hasbro using a groupon I had. S should get them in about a week. S posted on FB that he saw a drug dealer arrested 30 minutes after H left. yikes! He has tickets to bball game Friday night and the school has lots of late night activities planned for all the freshman right up til classes start. H is still sad. I guess it hasn’t hit me yet.</p>
<p>My D moved in a week ago today and I already posted about our (very positive experience) but I continue to read all the posts and feel such a connection! My best wishes go out to all those who are supposed to move their kids in during Irene! My brother is driving with his son to BU–move in Monday. I just hope everyone stays safe…dry might be a bit much to ask for but definitely SAFE!</p>
<p>GSmomma, sorry your d is struggling with regard to fh. Hopefully she’ll hang in there for a few more days when she might have a better/broader perspective. My d plays lax and planned on joining the club team but has been encouraged to try to walk on the (D1) team. Leaning against it due to the time commitment but isn’t 100% sure–it’s a tough decision.</p>
<p>Regarding fb–I am friends with all my kids but know that a simple post of any kind could change that in an instant! I love seeing what they’re up to and only one time suggested one D remove a photo and, when I explained why (she was looking for a job at the time), she actually agreed, removed the pix and changed her status to “I hate it when my mother’s right!”. I was flying high for a week on that one! lol</p>
<p>While I was away, D2 Skyped D1. She said that D1 is going to stay with field hockey and also joined SWE, Habitat for Humanity, and Chorus. Most of the non-field hockey activities can begin after fh is over in October. She also said that D1 ‘looked good’, and seemed pretty happy. </p>
<p>Good luck to those of you doing move ins this weekend. We are having storms now in MA, and it is expected to get worse this weekend.</p>
<p>I think DH & boychild will be driving up Saturday, staying at my nieces in-laws in Falmouth Sat night and then drive to Lewiston early Sunday morning (still need confirmation from Bates they will allow early drop off - email only said they would accomondate plan changes.) Then DH will drive back to in-laws Sunday noonish to ride out the storm and come home Monday. I will stay home with sick dog. And since DH isn’t a techie he it isn’t essential he be in the bunker Sunday night. It would be very helpful though if TPTB decided on a definate storm track. ;)</p>
<p>I’m very disappointed I have to miss drop off and my neighbors said they don’t mind caring for the dogs but the sick dog gets very skittish during storms and with all the meds she needs and our little dog who needs caring for to it seems like a bit much to ask of them. And I shudder to think what if one of our big trees falls on the house during the storm and dogs are all alone.</p>
<p>I am posting early today as we are leaving later this morning with S and a very full SUV for the his move-in day and welcome this weekend. I hope to post updates and storm reports from Washington over the weekend. Good luck with all the launches this weekend. And if any football fans out there happened to watch the Fox Sports High School National Game of the week this evening, it was S’s high school playing the team from the next suburb over. It was fun to see a lot of his friends and former classmates on TV.</p>
<p>**The next new student move-ins are Georgetown University, Champlain College, Elon University, Yale University, and SUNY Potsdam move-ins on August 26th - today!
Move-in day is TODAY! Where did the summer go? :eek:
[ul][<em>]Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, California Lutheran University, Sarah Lawrence College, Tulane University, Lebanon Valley College, and Loyola University of Maryland move-ins on August 27th are just 1 days to go.
[</em>]University of Pennsylvania (Wharton - Penn Quest program), MYU (Stern- BPE), Adelphi University, RIT Honors, and Northeastern University move-ins on August 28th are just 2 days to go.
[<em>]Trinity College, Boston University (FYSOP), and Columbia University move-ins on August 29th are just 3 days to go.
[</em>]Tufts and Williams College move-ins on August 31st are just 5 days to go.
[li]University of Pennsylvania and Hampshire College move-ins on September 1st are just 6 days to go.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>The last new student move-ins are the University of Oregon and the University of Southern Oregon on September 22nd
Move-in day in 28 days. Just over a month to go for the final move-in.</p>
<p>The link to the Move-in Date Thread is <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1141579-hs-class-2011-college-class-2015-move-dates-5.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1141579-hs-class-2011-college-class-2015-move-dates-5.html</a></p>
<p>If you son’s or daughter’s move-in dates and schools are not listed please add them to the list.**</p>
<p>Best wishes to all who are launching on the east coast this weekend. Hoping that Irene behaves herself!</p>
<p>Congratulations to all the successful launchers and best wishes to all the new move-ins! Praying for good weather…</p>
<p>Concerning FB, I am “friends” with DS, but I have never posted and never will. It’s good for checking once a while to see that he is online (meaning he is still alive, lol). He doesn’t post much, eventhough he has hundreds of “friends”, but chats a lot (that, I don’t get to see) :)</p>
<p>I’m sitting in a hotel room watching D sleep, so relaxed and calm. I’m going to try and take this as a sign of how the rest of our day should go… No “hurry ups” and “we need to…” She wants to be there for 9:30 and so far we can still do that, so we are waiting for her. DH went to the lobby for coffee, so he’s at least out of the way.</p>
<p>I had a meltdown two nights ago which came out of nowhere. I wish I could do-over the past three months and make some changes. I realized I was tired of the process of preparing D to go, and wish we could have spent more time as a family just enjoying the summer. I will learn from my mistakes and do better going forward!</p>
<p>It looks like D is taking everything she owns with her, but it did all fit into the minivan, and that includes her harp and cart, so hopefully it all fits in her room! Tha plus side is that DH and I won’t be driving home separately, like we would if we had to take two cars.</p>
<p>DD packed a flashlight somewhere, so she’s prepared for any possible power outage. Good luck to everyone moving in around Irene and stay safe. Next stop… Move in!</p>
<p>We have had a few skirmishes over fitting everything into the small SUV we have- mostly because neither H nor I deal well with the unknown and D is pretty all over the place about what she is bringing and when it will be ready. She started packing bedding in a big bin- that will not fit in her room and I had to point out that things that can be put in big garbage bags would be better than large plastic bins that are not staying at college. Makes it easier to pack the car. Part of it is not D’s fault because she did create a list but H has been working on her computer for the last 3 days so she could not access it. I think the stress is getting to her because her stomach has been “off” for a few days- which is really common for her when she is stressed.</p>
<p>We are anticipating Irene by making ice and getting coolers set up (we often lose power), putting away lawn furniture and picking up cold meal stuff. Other than that not too much for us to do besides wait.</p>
<p>It was great to see D’s school hit our countdown list-only a week away. Irene looks to be going equidistant between our house and Amherst to the east. Hope it spares much of its fury for us, and the rest of our CC family.</p>
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<p>So true…I feel like the past 18 months have revolved around the college process. When I finally dropped D off, I thought: I’m out of a job!</p>
<p>When S’11 goes through this, I’ll plan a family vacation.</p>
<p>D has strep and a 102 fever. She got a prescription for penicillin, but dragging herself down to CVS is hard when she just wants to sleep. She said her friends were willing to get it for her, but I don’t think they realize getting a prescription filled at CVS is a two-step process. They dropped it off; no one has gone back to pick it up.</p>
<p>I’m not hovering, I just feel bad for her. She had her meningitis shot before she left, so she’ll just feel lousy for a few days. Nothing I can do.</p>
<p>Oh I hope she feels better soon. Bad timing. :(</p>
<p>So Dad and son are off today shopping for basically everything. My husband is swamped at work but this was the plan-if it wasn’t done by today I wasn’t doing it. The two procrastinators can head off into the throngs of panicked people preparing for the Hurricane. </p>
<p>All of you who have followed my son’s adventures this year-are you really surprised it has come down to this-with a Hurricane potentially on his move-in day?</p>
<p>I am busy today trying to settle down my sisters about a big error made by my parents new assisted living facility re: medication. One of them said we may have to move them back to where they left-I finally lost it and screamed at her on the phone “NO MORE MOVES”. </p>
<p>It’s been that kind of day. It really is time for him to go-I love him dearly, he is a great kid, but he needs to get out there and figure it out. I am just very grateful he is so close (I keep saying that I know) and what doesn’t get done this weekend can get done next weekend. He is still on track for the Sunday move in-I feel for the kids coming from so far away-Sunday is international student move in day as well and they really must be stressed.</p>
<p>Good luck everyone with move ins this weekend! We have started to put our lawn furniture away as well as stock up on some essentials for the next few days. They are predicting high winds and close to a foot of rain - yikes! We live on a hill so I am not worried about my house flooding but there are some low lands around us and our road could be flooded out.</p>
<p>I have askd D1 to wash her bedding and towels over the next 24-48 hours in case we lose power…but like Pepper’s son, she is going to wait until the last minute. Oh well…her lack of planning will not constitute an emergency on my part…she will learn someday.</p>
<p>I am going to miss her terribly but I do hope she sheds her newly found “Sybil” personality…she is excited but also anxious. Two big changes - move to college and move to the city. It will definitely take time for her to adjust.</p>
<p>I have started touring schools with D2, it is a very different experience. She is looking for something very different than D1 for her college experience…except D1’s school had one of the best programs for D2’s interest. I can’t beleive I am starting this process all over again.</p>
<p>@ Pepper, So very sorry your sister’s decision to move your parents have proved to be as you feared. You embody the sandwich generation. Really added stress right now that I can sympathize, but certainly not empathize. Gentle hugs to you…and passing the frying pan to bonk the sisters if you feel necessary. ;)</p>
<p>Just as I felt emotionally geared up to launch him …S1’s reporting date has been moved back from Monday 8/29. to Tuesday the 30th… due to the impending hurricnae. Better safe than sorry…</p>
<p>MoB our two would make quite a pair, don’t you think? :)</p>
<p>MaryOC I hope they move his too-I may move it myself! He is in this program that starts Monday AM though and he gets paid-so I gotta get him there! :D</p>
<p>BI I have the frying pan at the ready-but only to use on him-my poor sisters hearts are in the right place but they never seem to learn-but the last thing I want to do is hit them (well I kinda do but I will save that for here and you guys!).</p>
<p>Hugs to you Pepper. I can relate as a fellow member of the sandwich generation. </p>
<p>Love that you made H take S shopping.</p>
<p>MaryOC – Ugh! Just when you’re ready to launch…you get to wait. You’re right, better safe than sorry. But at some point, you just want to get it over with!</p>
<p>momofboston: I can’t imagine starting the process all over again so soon. Good luck with the next one!</p>
<p>Be safe everyone with move ins this weekend and hope Irene will not bring damages to your areas.
Classof2015-Sorry to hear your D is sick. She will turn around quickly after that penicillin kicks in.You are right there is nothing you can do except feeling bad. S called last night and said he got blisters on his foot other than that he is doing well and meeting new people. Even though I know he can take care of his blisters I am still worried. Both H and I had great conversations with him. He is only gone for a week and is talking so much more already.</p>