<p>Creekland and Eyemamom–we too are looking forward to more travel after we get our class of '17 kid through high school. So it will be awhile.</p>
<p>I don’t think S registers for the fall or picks housing until late April. He’ll stay in campus housing and will be in a double (nearly all sophomores are) and so the question is which dorm. He’s thought about housing, but not so much about courses. He doesn’t apply for his major until next spring, so he has some flexibility. Thought it will probably be the next physics course, the next math course, and perhaps the next engineering course (depending on whether he decides to major/minor in engineering). He still has a couple of social science courses to do and one humanities course. And I think one more writing intensive course (though it could very well be one of the social science or humanities courses). He’s really enjoying all of his classes this semester which is nice to see.</p>
<p>S already signed up for on campus housing next year. Did it the first day-sooner you sign up the better chance of getting what you want. He is hoping for the same room type he currently has but with only 2 people not 4. A little room to breathe would be nice.</p>
<p>His course scheduling window opens up April 10th at 8:15. He has an 8:00 class and a 9:00 class. Hoping he can get to it as soon as the 2nd class is over. He has been really lucky so far in getting what he wants. Hoping he goes to see his advisor before hand to come up with plan A and plan B and knows which route to take of the next round of classes. He has a lot of options as he will still be doing gen ed and prerequisite courses.</p>
<p>He will get it all worked out. Got it worked out for this semester and he is learning to seek help from others when needed. He has always had me around for that and does not like asking for help. But is realizing that is the way of the world and it is not a bad thing.</p>
<p>Same!! We settled in a lovely town with great schools and family nearby so the kids could grow up here but when D’15 is out of HS…I believe I’ll be moving around a lot more. I sold our house a month ago and am now in a rental with a 2 year lease. In 2.5 years we’ll see what’s what :D</p>
<p>Not sure when housing sign up is for D. Everyone has to live on campus, there are only 2 dorms, and only two room styles (two people in a bedroom + a private bath OR 6 people in individual bedrooms + 2 private baths).</p>
<p>Ds called this afternoon. He and his roommate were working on their computers and roommate spilled a cup of water onto Ds’s laptop. He can’t get computer to work and will need to take it in first thing in AM for repair. Luckily, nothing due tomorrow and he has now learned that he should be more diligent about backing up his files. Ds said roommate felt terrible and immediately offered to pay for all costs. Ds told him it was just an accident and not to worry. In the end, they agreed to split the cost. After so many “bad” roommate stories, I think my son got very lucky. Ds also mentioned that while he loves college, he sure wishes we were there to help with all the annoying, time consuming, money-eating problems that come up. To which his dad replied, “Welcome to adulthood!”</p>
<p>It’s nice to see other fellow travelers out there! I wonder if we’ll ever pass each other in our travels (or have passed each other in the past). We tend to be National/State park and outdoor folks - skipping cities for the most part - so perhaps not. There often aren’t all that many folks on the trails - plenty in the campgrounds though (pending campground).</p>
<p>hsmom2dncrs - did you buy insurance for your guy? (NSSI or the other one I can’t remember this morning?) If so, the computer is covered minus whatever your deductible is. For us, it’d be $25. We’ve known others this (or cell phone issues) have happened to, so always get the basic insurance policy for our college guys. It doesn’t bring back what was on the computer, but it can help with the cost of a new one. I feel for your guy and am glad he didn’t have anything due today!</p>
<p>dentmom - sorry to hear about scheduling woes! Hopefully something interesting will open up.</p>
<p>We are travelers too! Over the last 18 years or so we’ve kept it national and more family friendly. Highlights were Yellowstone, Florida Keys, Outerbanks, Hawaii, and Ft. Lauderdale. A lot of once a year, one week beach vacations anywhere from NC to FL. DS’16 is at college, but we still have DD’17 and DS’21. However, DH and I are off to Paris next month! Woo hoo! DH and I went on an Alaskan cruise about 10 years ago, but we haven’t done something on our own since then. We are very excited! Very much looking forward to DH and I going somewhere FAR once a year in addition to what I hope will become an annual one week family vacation that the kids and their families enjoy together. I’ve also told my husband that I am all for taking two year jobs in awesome places across the country or across the world. I figure we have a 5 to 10 year window between our youngest son going off to college and our oldest starting to have grandchildren. I’d like to take advantage of that window as much as possible! </p>
<p>Sorry about the computer and scheduling woes. I hope everything works out for the best.</p>
<p>Well, D reports that she got her bio and chem classes, but skipped the 3rd choice. Did not hear back from accounting prof yet and will visit advisor today. Hope she finds something!</p>
<p>hsmom2dncrs, I spilled a small amount of coffee spilled in my keyboard, a MAC, and they wanted $800 to fix it. It was not covered under applecare due to it being liquid damage. Needless to say, we bought a new laptop since it seemed like too much money to fix an old one. Liquids and laptops are not friends :(</p>
<p>The laptop was a gift from grandparents at the start of the school year. They did purchase the extended warranty, but as with Lakemom, liquid damages are not covered. It would have been better if they dropped it off the loft beds or out the window! He is renting a computer from school for the interim, and he may, in fact need to end up buying a new one. There is some small hope that his data can be recovered. </p>
<p>Neither of us were looking to replace a computer right now. (He just had to purchase a new graphing calculator when his old one died last month!) I think he’s calculating the hours of work that will have to be done to cover this! </p>
<p>Overall, I’m just impressed that the roommate stepped right up and offered to cover it all - and glad that my son did see that it was an accident that could happen to anyone and that they sorted it out themselves. They were randomly assigned (and there was absolutely no questionnaire about sleeping habits/preferences, etc, which initially freaked my son out!) and I’m happy to say, DS tells me they’ll be rooming together next year.</p>
<p>We’re thinking of these options too - considering we will still need an income of some sort (a bit less of one if we don’t have much in housing - that will depend upon COL).</p>
<p>I’m jealous of all the travel talk. We have ten more years until we have an empty nest. (unless I can accelerate the heck out of our DD and get her to finish HS and Middle school at the same time! JK)</p>
<p>"I can’t think why they would preferentially turn kids under 21 over to the police for having pot. Except maybe that’s the legal age now in WA and CO. "</p>
<p>There was also alcohol involved which would trigger it. I assume pot is illegal for any age.</p>
<p>I attended a college session about alcohol management over the weekend where the college said they have had police arrest underage kids and sent them to lockup. I remember oldfort said she asked this question at her kid’s college a long time ago and whether the school will be calling the parents to bail their kids out because they have been arrested for underage drinking. Unfortunately, it might be true for my kid’s college.</p>
<p>Exactly Creekland, we still need income and health care, but we don’t need that stable home environment. There are still weddings to pay for and retirement, of course, but we won’t need that big house anymore (well at least until the kids all come visit with families, then a big house would be nice). We are 5 years away still, but I am looking forward to that. Unless we stay till youngest is out of college so he can come back “home”. Not sure how important that will be to him. It is nice to dream, right?</p>
<p>My son goes to the party school number 5 - I figure the school tells them the rules and he knows them too. Wake up call number 1 came when a friend of his (boy) went to an off campus party and someone put xanax in his vodka based drink. He ended up at the emergency room and the friend is going before the school review board b/c he was drinking. Maybe that will make him a bit more cautious.</p>
<p>geogirl1, I have a friend with daughters and she told me she told her girls, never leave your drink sitting on a counter to go to the bathroom if you are at a party. Either finish it, take it or dump the one you left out when you come back. Do not drink from a drink left unattended.</p>
<p>As the mom of a boy, I never had thought of that but it is good advice for any kid to never drink from a drink you haven’t been watching the entire time. I told my S that.</p>
<p>Lakemom - it is good advice for both sexes. They think, but no one will ever really know, that someone thought it was this boy’s girlfriend’s drink. Maybe it was and he drank his girlfriend’s drink? Who knows. It is just scary. And lets face it, a few beers in and you are too stupid to remember what glass you are drinking from. We all just have to keep our fingers crossed and hope that the odds are in our kid’s favor.</p>
<p>Csi insurance is reasonable and easy to file a claim. Square trade is also great if you buy a new phone or laptop. My D had the experience of filing claims with both parties within a few weeks of being at school. Both were fast and asked few questions about how the item was broke.
We had a message last night that our D will be with her horse team at a show 2 hours from our house this weekend. She invited us to come up. It will be great to hug her and meet all her new friends.
My 2016 dream life is land with pastures and barns. H and I love to travel. We are now empty nesters and have started to take advantage of that fact.</p>
<p>Well, it’s been about a week. Just got off the phone with ds, and apparently there is yet to be any contact with the RA/RD, so I can’t really say there is any update.</p>
<p>As for the drug test, I talked to him about it, and he said that if he was called in he would do that, but he thinks they might have just been let off with a warning, and doesn’t want to “waste his time” on a drug test he doesn’t have to take.</p>
<p>Geogirl: Sorry to hear about your son’s friend, I feel like our society focusses on stuff like that for girls, but fails to send the message to our guys that it is an equally bad idea to take random drinks or leave their drink unattended. I know I sat my ds down before he left and told him, that while we would not approve of drinking, drugs, etc, if he does do any of that, to be safe about it and to know what he was getting into.</p>