<p>VAMom glad to hear your son had a great time, and that you finally got to hear the story from him :)</p>
<p>I’ll second the “send the rain to Texas” wish!</p>
<p>Here’s hoping for receding waters for those of you in the flood areas. holliesue, I saw a photo of the floodwall in Binghamton on FB this morning–what a frightening sight.</p>
<p>I am officially entering panic mode with 14 days to move-in. I passed DS on the road while I was driving home; apparently he went down to the high school to assist with marching band practice so I’m dying to know what his Facebook post “well at least this time i got a reply from housing” means. DH was not helpful; he says, “I guess he heard from housing, but he didn’t tell me what they said.” Do I have to do EVERYTHING around here? Sheesh. Still waiting for roommate assignment after the first one turned out to be attending a different school entirely.</p>
<p>Wow, I have been out of the country since dropping ShawD off at school – just stopping in London now on my way back home – and I hadn’t heard about the flooding and fires. I hope all is well. </p>
<p>All evidence suggests ShawD is busy getting school spirit during orientation and happily making friends as evidenced by a flood of new FB friends. But she has social skills out the wazoo. When we used to go out west to ski and deposit her and her brother in ski school, she’d come back after the first day with a friend every year. She makes many friends and typically moves among them so she’s not dependent upon any one for her social well-being (and typically is friends with a number of girl groups/cliques so is not bound to any one).</p>
<p>Pepper, that’s nice your son took your advice and texted his dad. I kept telling my daughter to call her grandmother, took her a few days, but she finally did. When I heard from my mother in law, she was so excited to have gotten a call. She told me all kinds of things that of course, I already knew, but she was happy.</p>
<p>**The next new student move-in is Northwestern University move-in on September 12th - Just 3 days to go!
Move-in day is in 3 days!<br>
Labor Day is past. Hurricane season is in full bloom. Where has the summer gone? :eek:</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]Dartmouth College move-in on September 14th is just 5 days to go.
[</em>]University of Chicago, University of California Riverside, Irvine and San Diego campus move-ins on September 18th are just 9 days to go.[<em>]Stanford University move-in on September 20th is just 11 days to go.
[</em>]The last new student move-ins are the University of Oregon and the University of Southern Oregon on September 22nd which is 13 days to go. </p>
<p>The LAST Move-in day is in 13 days. Less than 2 weeks to go for the final move-in. The launching season is nearly complete.[/ul]</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-6.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1141579-hs-class-2011-college-class-2015-move-dates-6.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>
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<p>Aw…that’s so sweet Pepper. I’ve done the same with D and H. H was feeling left out last weekend - D and I were exchanging text messages and S and I were also exchanging text messages as he was walking around town with some friends. H texted everyone saying he felt left out 
D was the only one to respond - since he counted the text messages between me and the kids, she sent him one message for each letter - “Dad, I love you”!!! He’s missing her more than I would have thought …</p>
<p>D called last night and I told her that I missed her, missing hearing about the small details of everyday life. She was surprised that I wanted to know. But we did talk - for close to 20 minutes - about lots of different things, from fantasy football to peer mentoring to tv shows to friends! Felt good!</p>
<p>D also surprised the heck out of me by calling my parents and talking to my mom for close to 20 minutes last weekend. I had told her that it would be really nice if she could call sometime,but I was so shocked that she actually did it, with no prompting from me. My mom was over the moon!</p>
<p>Positive thoughts for those affected by the flooding. The rain has finally stopped here and it looks like the sun might be peeking out 
Yay!</p>
<p>Checking in to say a quick hello. Headed to Bluejr’s school today to bring him home for a weekend visit! 
!!! I’m just a wee bit excited. For those that have kids 8hrs away I know this must seem terribly early for a visit home. It’s actually pretty normal around here as the vast majority of kids go to one of three state schools that are 90min-4hrs away. Kids generally filter home about once a month their first year. We will be there to see a home game in another two weeks so he choose to come home this weekend instead of next to break up visits. I think he really needs some sleep and home meals also. He is just getting over the virus he got about 10days ago. I’m hoping he’s well enough to get a flu shot as they are available at the pharmacy now. Bluejrjr is driving down with me and is really excited to see the dorm, etc. The school is also his top choice. I try to downplay that as much as possible as it gets more competitive each year…he’s a great student but as a soph he’s got a few years to go. He ended up with no school due to flooding so we may go down early and wander (steering clear of first-year housing! 
).</p>
<p>Have an awesome day everyone. I hope everyone with wet basements and leaks is getting a bit of relief!!</p>
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<p>Great story, fogfog. Thanks for posting it. </p>
<p>Blue, have a great weekend with your DS.</p>
<p>It is so nice to see the stories of thoughtful (pepper, arisamp) and resourceful (dizzycat) kids. They do seem to be rising to the occasion. Pepper’s post is prompting me to tell D how much I miss her. I too had been doing the stiff upper lip thing - my friends are a little surprised that I haven’t expressed more angst about dropping off D and her being gone - because I know D is really happy and I want to focus on her, not me. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t miss having her around a LOT. She called last night, and of course I missed the call (I was at parents’ night at S’s school). S said they had a nice long call, which is really good because he also is really missing her. Hoping we can chat over the weekend. Two more weeks until parents’ weekend!</p>
<p>Yea! Rain finally stopped late this morning. Sun actually came out for the first time all week! And to make my day even brighter, the workers are dropping off boxes of siding for my house as I type this! It will really be nice to get the place fixed up!</p>
<p>Missed a call this morning from DS, but hopefully he will call again tonight. He seems in high spirits, but then again why not–he’s been having fun all week. School doesn’t start until the 15th!</p>
<p>Sounds like me husband isn’t the only Dad feeling a little out of sorts. The poor guys sometimes do get lost in the shuffle I guess! :)</p>
<p>Do we have a great bunch of kids or what? :)</p>
<p>My power is back on!!!</p>
<p>Yay for power, no rain and great kids!!</p>
<p>Holliesue - Yea for power!!!</p>
<p>Ds texts me last night that he misses us and loves us and “sorry to get sappy but I’m just feeling a little homesick.” After a bit of back and forth texts, he isn’t responding so quickly…ends up dd2 was in the middle of texting him also from her room down the hall! Then dd1 tells me, “Oh yea, I was talking to him yesterday because I had a question about chem and he wanted me to tell you he loves you.” LOTS of communicating going back and forth! Funny thing of course is, everyone is talking to ds but dh who has said about 3 words to him since we dropped him off. He is missing him but becoming totally out of the loop. (might I add, AS USUAL argh)</p>
<p>The copy of the Tray Gourmet arrived. Pretty cute. Easy ideas
Will give any student an idea of how to give their meals a pick-me-up…assuming the condiments bar is plentiful and that a microwave easily accessible.</p>
<p>May hold onto this for a Christmas gift --when kiddo is into the second semester and has seen all of the tricks the U’s cooking staff dishes out.</p>
<p>Today’s text from D: “I definitely miss you mom, but Case feels so insanely like home, that I am going to miss it from Boston!” </p>
<p>Can anyone ask for more? She’s so happy, so in her element there. I know it is early and there definitely will be harder times ahead - but for now, she’s thoroughly enjoying herself. And that makes it a lot easier to bear…</p>
<p>Amanda - I started to respond to this text of hers, but got pulled into a meeting. Came back 20 mins later to find another text from her “Mom, why no response” ??? She sure wanted an immediate response!</p>
<p>Hooray for power, Hollie! Hope it’s drying out a bit for you, too. </p>
<p>Arisamp, I felt exactly that way yesterday when I was talking to boychild. He just sounded so upbeat and happy. I don’t think he even grunted once!</p>
<p>He is so going to thrive at his school and I couldn’t be happier for him.</p>
<p>So relieved for hollie! And so happy for the news of great starts!</p>
<p>D I think is in the amandason category right now - a little homesickness is hitting, and she’s had some administrative things that have stressed her out the past couple of days, and she’s tired. We’ll get past this. She is hoping to get into the city this weekend - which was one of the “pros” to make up for a couple of the “cons” that are hitting her, so it could help. She says that classes, profs, etc. are all great, no complaints there. Most is just the hard work of building her life in the dorm, eating the food, dealing with transportation, social life, other responsibilities. </p>
<p>I feel for her, but it’s all pretty normal. And while I wouldn’t ever say it in the first couple of weeks, I know that someone somewhere will decide that they want to transfer, and it just as well could be her as anyone else. We’ll just see. Mostly I think she just needs time.</p>
<p>I also think we could stand to have a phone call/Skype instead of just the typing communication. Maybe we can do that this weekend, too. </p>
<p>I do feel that especially for kids who had space and privacy their whole lives this bundling them together in small spaces is incredibly stressful. I always had a single room - that was my prime goal in college because I knew I needed it. She had no chance of one; at least she has this suite. But like most college students, especially ones who need solitude to recharge, she’s going to have to find her little “spots” on campus that bring her peace and privacy. </p>
<p>So here I’ll be, far away and figuring out what to say. The usual mom of a college kid. I’ve wondered, what if she could come home for a few days? That maybe could be nice; H did it, but I never could, and neither could D1. When it’s not an option, you just have to figure out other ways. I do know it’s not a mistake for her to be far away - temperamentally she is fine with this. It’s just the adjustment. Boo hoo, it’s hard when your kid is sad and stressed.</p>
<p>Sorry, I just had to catch up on two days of posts. Mail, laundry and being home have gotten in the way of my carefree life of a vagabond. It was odd last night watching TV at 11PM and not having DS coming in to say good night. DH told me he got teary when he went in DS’s room. I haven’t gone in yet.</p>
<p>Sorry to hear about horrible fires, floods and homesick kids. Many people are being tested right now. May we all have the strength to pull thru. Hugs to all. I hope everyone gets chatty phone calls filled with good news this weekend.</p>