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<p>Morning all
Thanks for the coffee and muffins VAMom…</p>

<p>KIddo got the box I mailed with the book needed…I knew I’d hear when it was picked up at post office/opened…as it had chocolates in it… :smiley:
Kiddo says yes–getting plenty of sleep…
I am glad given the lifting/workouts in the am, classes, and pm practices…</p>

<p>VAMom…see pic 4 here…[Yahoo</a>! Groups](<a href=“Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos”>Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos)</p>

<p>Isn’t that the junction station where changing trains to the Dinky? Perhaps?</p>

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<p>That looks like the interchange station near Rt. 1 where the Dinky line line meets the mainline which is east/southeast of town and campus. The Dinky station on campus is an above ground “old fashioned” platform type of station.</p>

<p>Amazing photos. Thanks for the link.</p>

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<p>**The next new student move-in is Dartmouth College move-in on September 14th - Just 1 day to go!
Move-in day is tomorrow!<br>
Labor Day is past. Football season is in full bloom. Where has the summer gone? :eek:</p>

<p>[ul][<em>]University of Chicago, University of California Riverside, Irvine and San Diego move-ins on September 18th are just 5 days to go.
[</em>]Stanford University move-in on September 20th is just 7 days to go.
[li]The last new student move-ins are the University of Oregon and the University of Southern Oregon on September 22nd which is 9 days to go. </p>[/li]
<p>The LAST Move-in day is in 9 days. Just over a week to go. 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&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<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>DS FINALLY called last night cheering us up. He sounds great. He has learned THE most important lesson needed in life already…don’t procrastinate and he figured it out himself. He said that he is doing all his work as it is assigned not the day (or hour) before it is due. Priceless. I guess that is what happens when a person is finally challenged to the level he/she should be. We couldn’t be happier.</p>

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<p>Well the new normal here seems to be a q quick call or two each day. Usually initiated by D to ask a factual question (using silica to dry out a friend’s cell phone), share a tidbit she read in the newspaper, or “crow” about something that happened in class. Truly it is a bit more than I had expected, and it may taper off, but if this is what she needs then ok by me. We will follow her lead on this. What is great is that she is calling H almost as much as me so he does not feel left out. </p>

<p>The stomach settled down (she eats only 1 meal a day in dining hall) and ankle is improving. She also was one of only a few first years offered a job in the library. She has to see if available shifts work out with her schedule but she was chuffed about it. </p>

<p>So I am guessing this is about as good as we can expect for her first year. I know there will down periods coming up but with the stress of her h.s. not sure that these are anything she can’t deal with. </p>

<p>Hope all of your students continue to do well, or their situations improve in the next few weeks. Sorry for those experiencing a sense of loss now that D’s and S’s are not in the house.</p>

<p>Cheers all.</p>

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<p>I’m glad to hear that most of our kids are settling down and doing well. My D calls every few days, which is about what I expected. Like FLMM’s son, she is doing all her work and reading when it is assigned. We’ve been hearing more from D1, who is already busy with OCR (On Campus Recruiting) for post-grad jobs. </p>

<p>Vamom, I hear you about the early mornings. One advantage of the empty nest is no waking up at 6 and no lunches to make!</p>

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<p>Fog–I haven’t ridden the train to Princeton, only seen the station that Avonhsdad mentioned, so that’s what I was picturing in my head before I saw the photo. Those photos are heartwrenching–so much destruction. </p>

<p>Flmathmom–I’m hoping DS learns the do it as assigned lesson. Luckily I had some back-up with that lesson. A good friend of mine who recently retired as a professor gave my DS his tips for college success while we were on the scuba trip in NC. He gave DS tips on how to scan/read for school and that he should do work when assigned and not procrastinate. I stood by and did a mental happy dance! Just what DS needed to hear from someone other than his parents!!!</p>

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<p>Nothing college related here but could use a cyber hug, or two. One of my best friends husband passed away last night. Not totally unexpected, but really sad. Their youngest son just started college. Fortunately, he is in-state and his Grandparents were able to pick up both him and his brother yesterday so they could say goodbye and be with their father when he passed away. Wonderful family and I’m just feeling sad and helpless.</p>

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<p>Kathiep - I am so very sorry for your friend’s loss and for her whole family and yours. Whether expected or not, it just sends shock waves through a whole community of people who love their family. Hugs to you and yours.</p>

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<p>Oh Kathiep- sending hugs and prayers your way.</p>

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<p>So sorry for your friend’s loss.</p>

<p>We talked to D last night. I asked if she had done laundry yet. Her response: Yes, twice. That is the difference between D and her brother. When Son did his laundry at college for the first time, I got 4 phone calls. D = zero.</p>

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<p>hugs to kathiep</p>

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<p>kathiep: so sorry to hear about your friend’s loss but glad to hear the family was together to say goodbye.</p>

<p>I had quite a bit of catching up to do after being away from CC for a while. We’re nearing the deadline for our quarterly magazine and this issue has been neglected due to other time-sensitive projects for our department. I will be glad when things slow down next week.</p>

<p>It sounds as though all our children are finding their way. Love AvonDad’s updates still, although it seems strange that some schools have yet to launch and we have Family Weekend this week! </p>

<p>DS2 loves school–classes, dorm life, independence, sillyness and all. My best measure of his mood is his Twitter account. When he tweets about class, I know he’s at least attended! Today’s first tweet was a plea for the Calc 2 prof not to start a new problem at 9:48 when class is supposed to end at 9:50 and he has to be across campus in the Physics building by 10. Second tweet was: Things learned in physics–a cat falling more than 3 stories is safer than one falling 2-3 stories.</p>

<p>Here’s a math problem for you: How did we reduce the size of our household by one-third, but seem to have reduced the amount of laundry by one-half and the amount of trash by three-fourths?</p>

<p>Hope everyone is enjoying a beautiful nearly fall. It has been gorgeous in Missouri since the day before Labor Day. I think we deserve it after a horrendous winter, no spring and a brutal summer.</p>

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<p>kathie - I feel for you. It’s so hard when things like that happen.</p>

<p>Thanks for the kind words for my D, everyone. She is fine, really - I hope I conveyed that plenty there is just great, and that D also is a sardonic/pessimistic type anyway, so I do take things with a grain of salt. Fortunately she also can be one of the most charming and ebullient people, too. Typical theatre type, I guess.</p>

<p>Anyway much of her list of woe has been dealt with. I have found and ordered a small do-it-yourself dresser to complete her storage needs and act as TV stand. She went to Dining Services and got an adequate explanation of her plan - some she was mistaken about, some she wasn’t in as bad shape as she thought (usual college kid stuff). She will be making more of her own food now, and the dorm has a nice big common kitchen. I don’t know what’s happened with the broken laundry machines, but she’s not complaining about it right now, so either they’re fixed or she’s found a satisfactory alternative.</p>

<p>She’s sending me a list of several things she needs, and I’m going to include one small stovetop pan and one oven item, plus a few utensils. She’ll be set for making soup, pasta, and some of the vegetarian prepared foods she’s depended on these past few years.</p>

<p>Schoolwise she’s still very happy. I’m glad she can get out of this mode of worrying about finally getting her life in order, even in the most basic way. Roommates, homework, social stuff, personal stuff - that is just part of the exciting transition to her new life. </p>

<p>And I’m sure one of these weekends she will get into the city. I know it’s a huge draw for kids at her school and she’ll find it a wonderful break from the everyday. Also the Honors College has several trips in every semester, so one of those has got to be coming up soon.</p>

<p>As for our empty nest: I have to admit that I LOVE it. I love not being on the school schedule any more, love the decreased clutter, really love the change in grocery shopping, etc.</p>

<p>H and I celebrated yesterday by buying a new TV. D1 is thrilled, since she’ll get the old one (especially since we gave the “college” TV to D2). I see a lot of changes still ahead, a lot of mystery for me, but I’m excited about it.</p>

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<p>Hello!</p>

<p>I am reading this thread daily, with great interest, but can’t seem to get it together to post. :(</p>

<p>kathiep ~ I am very sorry to hear the sad news. So good that they could all be there in the last hours.</p>

<p>DS is doing well. Thinking of joining a frat (I can’t believe this, and hope he changes his mind…).
We had our first video “conference” this weekend, and many texts, emails, Facebook chats and even phone calls going back and forth.
Not every day, but ok for now.</p>

<p>Unfortunately there was a suicide on campus over a week ago. Brilliant young man. Very sad…</p>

<p>All my best wishes to everyone! :)</p>

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<p>kathiep - sorry for your loss. Even if expected, that must so difficult, especially for the S who had just started college.</p>

<p>Was it just Friday that I said D was insanely in love with school? She still is - but I got a ton of messages from her yesterday about being stressed out. D tends to do this - she is over-committed (community service chair, committee leader for the relay, various volunteer activities and sports practice/lifting!) - and since she is the type to want to stay ahead of things, she was freaking out. I spent some time messaging her yesterday, trying to calm her down. I ended up talking to her today and she was so much better. I think we talked so much about college being harder than high school and that she should work harder, that she thinks she is not doing enough. Talked off down off the ledge and reminded her that it is ok to skip optional things if everything gets too overwhelming.</p>

<p>She’s also a bit perturbed because one of her good friends withdrew from college, barely a week after she got there. [ Not D’s school, but a girls’ only school in MA]. According to D, the girl said she was overwhelmed, couldn’t handle being away from home - all in one week. I am not sure what could go so wrong in one week that she and her family would decide she had to withdraw - but I sure hope she feels better about this soon.</p>

<p>I’ve noticed we have way less laundry!! D was the one with the huge mounds of laundry and although I was trying to leave it to her to do the past couple of years, it always bothered me. She has done laundry, pretty much every week since she’s been at school though - something she never bothered to do at home!</p>

<p>We are feeling a little out of sorts at home. Schedule seems very light - even though we don’t have an empty nest. S’s schedule picks up next week with basketball and piano and everything else, but our weekend was very empty. Got together with a few other empty-nest friends - S decided to go to a movie with friends instead of hanging out with us “old fogies” :slight_smile: I think it is difficult for him - we almost always get together with these friends and now, all the other kids are in college. H was commenting that we needed to get together with other friends - friends who have kids S’ age!</p>

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<p>kathiep - So sorry for your loss…hugs…you are definitely due for some good news…</p>

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<p>D called last night – she fell while running and ended up in the ER getting x-rays. Nothing broken, but my brother (who’s a doctor) suggested making sure that a radiologist looked at the x-rays also. After many calls, I get to a radiologist, who tells me I have to talk to the doctor who treated her. He tells me to call the ER and find out who the doctor was. I call the ER and ask who the doctor was; they say “it’s on her discharge papers.” I tell them D is in class and I don’t have the discharge papers. Then I tell them: “I bet the discharge papers came from the computer. Maybe you can look up who treated her. On the computer.”</p>

<p>Oh yeah – they can do that. They find the doctor’s name.</p>

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<p>Kathiep, So sorry for the loss of your friend. <hugs></hugs></p>

<p>Class, glad your D wasn’t seriously hurt LOL re the computer. Doh. </p>

<p>I did my first marketing since boychild left. Hard to tell what my regular shopping will be since I haven’t shopped since the week before Irene and except for a few things in the freezer there’s been nothing to eat in this house for days. </p>

<p>I haven’t done boychild’s laundry in a year or so but I’m definitely not washing towels as much. </p>

<p>He called again last night to ask me to bring the good bottle of hot sauce on Parents Weekend. I expect most phone calls between now and then will be of this variety. </p>

<p>Emmybet - happy to hear you are liking being a free bird. Since most of my friends’ kids are older (most out of college and some even married) Ive seen how nice life is once the kids are gone. Love that my time has finally come. :)</p>

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<p>kathiep - cyber condolences to your friend’s family</p>

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<p>And at our house the grocery bill by about one-half? :D</p>