<p>Thinking about 5boys-and wondering how her S’s trip finished. Hope the train ride home was enjoyable. Still think that was an amazing accomplishment on her son’s part - and for parents, too, who were able to encourage him on his adventure.</p>
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<p>I think that was CalmlyiChaotic. It stuck in my mind because she was one of the few other Georgia parents on here. I think her D went to Sewanee (huh, wonder if she has met mom0809’s S). I think CalmlyiChaotic has not posted on this thread or predecessor in months. Understandably, her focus has probably shifted. Perhaps she’ll be back in a decade-and-a-half. By then I suppose quite a few of us will be grandparents! :)</p>
<p>glad that all the kids are finally at school (right??) I saw some pictures at UC move in on their facebook page, and it brought back memories as it was the dorm/house D1 lived in her first year.</p>
<p>Wanted to give an update on a claim D2 submitted with CSI insurance. I know there was discussion on the various plans a while ago, and I wanted to report on how it actually worked.</p>
<p>D dropped her 64G ipod touch out of her pocket when we were moving her in. It was the day we started her policy! :). We originally were going to just get it fixed at the apple store, but the price was pretty high so we put it off. I then remembered we bought the policy (duh!!) By this time we were leaving, so we left it to D to go through the claims process (which is why we are discussing this a month later) According to the claim form on the web she needed to send in a picture and a receipt for the purchase. We found those and she submitted them. They then asked for more info, a repair estimate and verification of her student status. Neither was that easy to get. She wasn’t able to get a transcript from her school website because she has just started, so she took a screen shot of her schedule (they said a schedule or bill were both acceptable) The apple store was an hour away each way by public transportation. She checked with the IT people on campus who are an authorized apple dealer, but only repair laptops not ipods. Finally, she gathered an online quote for screen repair and the schedule and sent that in. The CSI people wrote back saying if she accepted their payment of the cost of the repair taken from the documentation she had submitted, plus tax, minus her deductible, they would mail her a check. She said ok.</p>
<p>She did get to the apple store yesterday. They said the itouch was not repairable but they gave her a new one for the cost of the screen replacement ($200 for the 64G) which was lucky since she had already accepted the claim. She had to wait a while during the iphone 5 mania, but they transferred all her content.</p>
<p>Check hasn’t arrived here at home address yet, but overall I would give good marks to the handling of the case by CSI. No delays on their part, all were from us betting them the info, and it never timed out the claim which is very good. Now we know how they work, sending a check which I assumed but thought there might be the possibility they would request return of the item to them, it might be easier in the future to get it repaired and then submit the claim.</p>
<p>Nice to hear jackief. I took out CSI for my son and deliberated between it an NSSI. I asked CSI straight out how they felt they were different from NSSI and he said that NSSI has better insurance coverage for bikes if we needed that (we don’t) and that when you call CSI you always get a person and the same person to talk to handle your claim if you have one.</p>
<p>I called NSSI and in fact got that “push one if …” and when I asked them the same question, the woman said, “I’ve never heard of CSI so I can’t respond”. I said I find that hard to believe you have never heard of them, several college websites list both of your companies as choices to consider. She denied knowing who they were and did not even take the opportunity to say why NSSI would be a good choice.</p>
<p>Based on that interaction, I took out the policy with CSI. Though for those of you with NSSI, I’m sure the coverage is fine. Don’t want to start any battles here of which company is better.</p>
<p>So my son called today and was quite unhappy because his roommate “freaked-out” (was dropping the F-bomb so loudly that the RA came in) on him over S2s desire to sleep in and nap. I knew when I met roomie and learned that he was an early riser, this would be an issue. S2 is feeling terrible about it and is now stressed that its going to be so awkward from here on out. My son was really was very upset - he is not a confrontational person so found the whole thing extremely humiliating. </p>
<p>His school chooses the roommates based on a few questions and I wish they had put more emphasis on sleeping patterns. My son doesn’t have classes until 12:30 most days and would like to sleep in, as he is a night owl. The roomie goes to bed early and has 8 am classes. Also, my son is a napper and roomie is not.</p>
<p>I told him to try and work it out and bring the RA into it if needed. Geeezz - I was really hoping for no roommate issues as I know they can really make for a difficult first-year! </p>
<p>Any words of wisdom???</p>
<p>Hi all!!! DS has finished!!! We are all in Seattle after picking him up in Vancouver yesterday. He is absolutely great…although skinny and hairy… he is no worse for the wear. I really can not believe he actually hiked 2650 miles in 4 months. He was one of the last ones to start but one of the first to finish. As one of my CC friends said to me recently… " I don’t think there is ANYTHING that he can’t do now" At the moment he is asleep right next to me on the couch and all is well in my life!!! Now on to the next adventure…O.o.</p>
<p>Welcome Bali! My guy considered Pitt. It may have even ended up as his 2nd choice, but who knows. It’s a nice school.</p>
<p>We did actually get a phone call from middle son today (youngest is my junior in high school - can’t fathom being preg or having a preschooler… more power to those of you there right now!). I told him it was nice to hear from him so we weren’t just paying tuition payments without knowing if he was alive or not. We also told him about the pony sale, so now he’s contemplating whether we vacation there (or Niagara Falls - revisit) for fall break or he comes home for a couple of days. I did mention we would drop off the horse trailer prior to coming on campus… he thought security would appreciate that. We don’t actually need “restraint” to consider the idea. Turning the horse trailer around on that campus could be “interesting” in places! We did take it right through NYC once though - and survived. The boys were young and we wanted them to see the “big city” even if just from the truck. A delivery was taking us right past it, so they got to see most of the big name buildings. They even still remember it. We get to DC a bit (minus the trailer) due to our proximity making it a day trip, but don’t venture to NYC with our preference for the great outdoors for vacationing.</p>
<p>Back to the news, he still likes his classes and feels he is doing well. He’s even starting to like the Bio prof he wasn’t sure about at the beginning, but of course, that is pending his test grade tomorrow. 
He still loves his Chem prof and is glad he got that one over the others. He also loves the Chem labs and his partner. He feels his high school anatomy class prepared him well for his Brain/Cognitive Science class. And… he’s still bored in Calc (got a 100 on the first quiz - missed one question - that everyone missed - on the 2nd). Three out of four pluses and one “boredom” seems pretty good to me, esp since GPA really counts should he continue pre-med.</p>
<p>As a complete surprise to me, he’s not doing chess as much as he thought he would. It was a bit of his life here (state champ in his division last year), but now he says they meet on Wed when he has lab and on Sat when he has other things he likes doing better… including making that his study day. Interesting…</p>
<p>Eyemamom, he says his floor is really into board games and other forms of entertainment - not many party, those who do go elsewhere - and your guy is welcome to join them anytime. He tells me there are a few others who come to hang out, so he wouldn’t be alone. Send me a pm with his name if you want as sometimes a personal invitation is better than just heading into unknown territory. My guy is in Hoeing, 4th floor if he does just want to venture out.</p>
<p>He still likes his roommate, but says they don’t really do much together. They just get along well as roommates (which I’m thankful for - esp with the latest post). It did give me a twinge remembering his actual friendship and plans with Emmanuel though. I didn’t bring it up verbally, but I wonder if he has the same feelings.</p>
<p>After reading reports here and knowing how much oldest changed while at school, I wonder what will surprise us when we visit. Time will tell.</p>
<p>For now, I’m pleased with the “official” report. He seems to have adjusted quite well. That relieves a lot of stress on my brain. It won’t be long before some of our high school graduates start coming home having not made the adjustment well. It’s a big life-testing time as we all know.</p>
<p>Dwhite, I’m sorry to hear this, it’s got to be hard to hear about this. It seems so obvious - be mindful and considerate of each other. I’d suggest he and roomie have an agreement on how loud, and what kind of lights are okay when the other one is sleeping. That’s part of learning how to get along. I hope the ra can help smooth things over. </p>
<p>Talked to s today. He was in a great mood and chatty. Sounds like he is meeting his people. He even admitted there are some very pretty girls in his music class. He even admitted how spoiled he was with our cooking. Next hurdle, how to figure out how to get to the airport to come home in a week and a half.</p>
<p>Sympathy to dwhite’s S over the roommate issue. So unnecessary! My D seems to be being a bit of a night owl at college, while her roomie rises very early every day to go running. However, D says they both just move around very quietly whenever the other is asleep, have checked with each other and both are comfortable with the sleeping arrangements and schedules.</p>
<p>D says she thinks her roomie is very nice. They do almost nothing together apart from sharing the room, but D seems to think it works fine this way. They are compatible roommates because both are quiet and studious (and willing to make an effort to get along, I suspect) but they have somewhat different interests and don’t feel the need to become close friends. Perhaps it’s similar for Creekland’s S and his roomie.</p>
<p>5boys: Yay!</p>
<p>So glad 5boys has her S back after his wonderful adventure! </p>
<p>Dwhite–it seems perfectly clear to me–your son is quiet when roomie is sleeping and roomie when your son is sleeping. No one NEEDS noise or bright light-- roomie can study, or listen to whatever through headphones if he wants when your S is sleeping. A desk lamp and the sound of computer keys clicking should be the most that would be necessary. And if he goes to bed earlier than your S, he can reciprocate. Easy peasy-- but some people will make an issue out of anything.</p>
<p>Yes, this roomie sleep thing would seem easy, but for whatever reason the roomie is making it a bit of challenge. </p>
<p>My S told me that roomie thinks that S should only be allowed to nap if he gets to room first and falls asleep. In other words, if roomie is already in the room and S comes “home” tired, he isn’t “allowed” to nap cause roomie thinks that is unfair. </p>
<p>Well, the problem with that is, whatever he is doing (reading, hanging out, listening to ipod, etc) can be done someplace else, S on the other hand, doesn’t have a bed anywhere else!! He really is anti-napping and wants to impose his sleep rules on S. </p>
<p>I think they are going to have to bring in the RA for mediation…</p>
<p>dwhite, in the meantime would a good set of noise canceling earplugs help make naps possible while the roommate is in the room?</p>
<p>Mizzbee - The issue is more that he doesn’t even want to turn off the overhead light - thinks its unfair.</p>
<p>Hmm. Well, I must admit, if it’s daylight, and I’m in my room watching a movie on my computer, or studying, that I shouldn’t have to stop if my roomie comes home, flops on his bed and wants to take a nap. imo, during daylight hours (or whatever hours the roomies deem “time when people might normally be awake”, then the burden is on the person who chooses to sleep during that time to deal with the other roommate. If I got up at a normal time (9am) in the morning, I wouldn’t feel like I should have to tiptoe around like a mouse. Similarly, if the early bird roomie goes to bed at 9pm, the other roomie (eg dwhite’s S) shouldn’t have to steal away to skype or get ready for bed in total darkness if he wants to stay up til ten, like a normal kid.</p>
<p>I am with jaylynn on this one (not that I wouldn’t normally be). Maybe the son could get earplugs and eye mask.</p>
<p>D1 shared a 10 x 10 room with a girl in her sorority house second year. They got a Japanese screen as a room divider when they wanted some privacy. The roomie was a bit a psycho that she didn’t allow D1 to have anything out of place, bed had to be made, and she was a night owl too. They ended up being best friends. They turned off lights at agreed time, and whoever was up would use a reading light and earplugs (watching movies and listening to music). When D1 was up early, she was very quiet. Toward the end, they had almost the same sleeping schedule.</p>
<p>The problem isn’t watching a movie on the computer or even studying, as both those things can be done while someone sleeps. My son doesn’t care about that. He only asks that he turn off the overhead fluorescent lamp. I think that sounds like a reasonable request, but maybe it isn’t? </p>
<p>I just hope they work it out - thanks.</p>
<p>That’s true-- those overhead fluorescents are the WORST!!! Maybe more use of lamps? Which is nicer light, anyway…</p>
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<p>10?!?!?!!! OK, folks, what time are your kids getting to bed? </p>
<p>Actually, I have no idea what time my D gets to bed. But she tends to send me texts at 1am. </p>
<p>dwhite – your son should invest in an eyeshade, and earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones.</p>
<p>dwhite - just curious. you are listed as having a D on the student listing on this thread. Is this a different child or the listing wrong?</p>
<p>We bought a floor lamp and plug to bed kind lamp for our D.</p>