<p>I discovered, totally by accident, that U-Haul doesn’t just rent full size trucks, they also rent pick up trucks. In my area, it’s just $19.99 a day plus 60 cents a mile. If the school isn’t too far, that might be an option for getting a futon to school.</p>
<p>Some Home Depot stores rent trucks as well.</p>
<p>We only live about 20 mintues away. I found it does fit in my friends SUV so it is just a matter of logistics. We will wait until later that evening or the next day so she does not have to come down in all of the madness of the official move in times.</p>
<p>I think I’m happy that we have a bit under a month before he goes back. But it’s hard to believe a month from today he’ll begin classes! Have started textbook shopping since 3 of 4 of his classes have posted booklists. Still have some vacation/fun activities ahead of us, but I know the time will fly by.</p>
<p>We’ll finally get to see our son in 9 days. He’ll only be home for 10 days but I’ll take what I can get. I sure miss him!</p>
<p>Hi all, checking in as the summer winds down. You all remind me of the things we have to do to get sophomores back on campus. My S is in a single this year and I just noticed in the garage a new mini-fridge that he must have gotten off of Craig’s list. He’s been taking care of doctor appointments and haircuts, so my job this month is to help him re-stock his clothing in some reasonable way. Finally, he has decided that t-shirts aren’t as good looking as a button down, so I am hoping to help him replace a few piles of t-shirts in his closet with several button downs. Interestingly, he can also steal a few of my husband’s shirts, which he has been doing all summer.</p>
<p>My D worked starting her sophomore year; she baby sat in Boston for a family and it paid pretty well. As she got music courses behind her, she started to tutor for her school, so as a senior she tutors on campus 2-3 days a week. Being in the city, she always needs extra cash so this allows her to having her own spending money which allowed her to be more independent.</p>
<p>My S, the one I speak of in this forum, works hard in the summer (construction, field hand, pizza place) so he does not plan to work on campus during the year. Starting next summer he should be trying to look for internships or jobs that start to merge into his major.</p>
<p>I’m starting to think about S’s return to college, but he’s still living fully in the moment. He still has 6 weeks before he has to be back to school.</p>
<p>He was lucky enough to find a job working at a local outdoor place and is enjoying being outside for his working hours. He’s also playing on 2 club teams for fun. Between practices, tournaments and work, he’s pretty busy. He’s hoping he can land an internship or research opportunity next summer, so I think he knows this may be his last full summer at home. (sigh)</p>
<p>It is fun to see him maturing and taking care of scheduling appointments and other responsibilities. He has grown a lot over the last year.</p>
<p>D goes back in just under 3 weeks (classes start 3 weeks from yesterday). She has been working as a nanny. She doesn’t have work study so campus jobs are hard to find so she’ll be mostly living off her summer earnings.</p>
<p>Well, my son was hired as an RA . I think he is a right fit for the position. He has the right personality for it. Anyway, this means he must move early. He will move in this weekend. Classes do not begin for a couple more weeks though. Anyway, I hope everything works out for him. Any other students in this forum set to become a RA this year???</p>
<p>I am feeling sad about D’s impending return to school a little more now that it’s one week out. </p>
<p>Yesterday, she started sorting out the mountain of clothes. In her room. She admitted that she brought way too much stuff to school and will be paring down. Some things she’ll send home when I visit next month and other things, she’ll donate.</p>
<p>She did say she needed all of her stuff or she would’ve felt a little lost and homesick. This year will be different.</p>
<p>As for next summer, d has started to plan her overseas experience with a non profit in Europe. She will have to submit her proposal to the honors dept this fall.</p>
<p>I’m feeling very sad too. My son leaves tomorrow. He just finished packing his truck. I think I got used to having him home over the summer. Now it is hard to watch him prepare to leave. I will be fine once he is gone and we settle back into our regular routine. Earlier this summer he said he was ready to go back. Today he is a little sad. I know he will be fine once he reunites with his friends.</p>
<p>hi everyone. Just read a few pages of catch up. D was not home for the summer, and like jmnva06 above, will be living off her summer earnings at school. She is in her last week of her summer job and takes the bus back to school on Sat. She will go back to her summer job for 5 weekend during the fall which she has already scheduled. Just had a bit of a work related injury, tendonitis in her knee, which hopefully will improve with workplace mods for the last two weeks. Had to nag H to get the insurance “home away from home” thingy setup in case she needs to see someone soon back at school.</p>
<p>S still has 3 weeks to go. Yesterday he and hubby went to Best Buy and got him a tablet. He spent a few hours yesterday setting it all up. He got a Samsung and it was a really good deal.</p>
<p>He felt he over packed last year, so he’ll be in charge of what he wants to bring this year. I didn’t realize what a big deal it was to him last year, but he said one of the main things he’s looking forward to this year with the living situation is that his special interest floor doesn’t have a lot of pot smokers. He talked a bit about how bad the hallway smelled and how many on the floor were pot heads. Talking to people in other dorms, he seemed to luck into one of the bigger drug floors last year. </p>
<p>I think he really matured a lot over the summer. I’m way more confident about him going back this year.</p>
<p>Things are falling into place here. 5 1/2 days to go. S did attempt to contact the RM on FB but has not heard back. He could easily email him, but has chosen not to go that route. I really don’t care what he does about it at this point. The RM could just as easily reach out to him too. I don’t think it will be a problem.</p>
<p>Took the bike up to get new tires, S will go through and organize what he has. Should have everything. His last day at work should be tomorrow so that will give him T-F to get everything washed and packed. He wants to leave really early on Saturday even though it is just the 2 in the room. He still wants to have a shot at picking his bed, etc. The RM is coming from OOS so it’s a crap shoot on if he will be there later in the day or maybe even moving in a day early. </p>
<p>The futon issue is settled. Friend is letting me drive her SUV and she will stay at home and relax. That is what I was hoping for in the first place-didn’t want to put anyone out, just wanted to borrow her car. I will leave S in room putting futon together, bring her car back and head back down for a nice dinner and then I have to come home to an empty house all over again…</p>
<p>First son will be heading back to RIT this coming weekend. He got himself an academic advising position and has to be there before the freshmen. He also has to plan an event for them - can’t wait to find out what that will be, I don’t think he’s ever planned an event before in his life; he’s one of those laid back people who lets everyone else do the work, so this should be interesting. He was supposed to be in a quad with 3 other kids from his floor last year, but two of them have backed out and the third is freaked out about being in a 4 person room with two unknowns, and is trying to get them changed to a double - but we haven’t heard anything yet. Son spent yesterday getting partially packed, as he is working 10hr days all week. It really didn’t seem half as bad as getting organized last year. We left a lot of things packed up, and I had them make a list as soon as they got home in the spring on what they thought they would need in the fall, and picked it all up gradually.</p>
<p>Very excited that we have managed to shift the other two kids very slightly so that my husband and I will be able to both move them in - last year we had to split up, and I never met even met my son’s roommates. That will be the following weekend.</p>
<p>It’s been sort of nice having them, but I think the peace and quiet will be nice again too. There’s been a fair amount of LOUD jockeying for position going on between the three of them, and of course, all of them have to be the only one right. It’s nice, after being so close, that they can all go out there and create their own independent lives.</p>
<p>My son finishes his internship this week and moves back home. He then goes back to school in less than 3 weeks…but in between we have a family vacation and lots of fun things planned. I am really looking forward to having him home but also happy knowing that he is excited to get back to school.
Most of his school stuff is packed (after all being washed thoroughly when he got home in May - we just packed it all back up). He has been ordering his books so we have a crate of text books to bring too. all much calmer than last summer - i will just enjoy him!!</p>
<p>Moved D in over the weekend. I miss her already, but know that will change a little when I venture into her room to straighten up the packing mess she left behind. lol</p>
<p>DD gave notice at her summer job. It is back to school in a couple of weeks.</p>
<p>DS goes back to school a week early, leaving on Friday. He has only been home 10 days, but he is bored out of his mind. There is only so much stuff to do around here and only so often he can go out with HS friends that he really has no connection with anymore. 
I totally understand, as I had the same thing happen to me when my parents moved to a new place after I finished HS. However, I thought he would feel more connected to the area and his friends. Still, school starts soon, he is excited to back and will have a pretty tough schedule this year. He is adding a 15 hour a week job too, in addition to his internship. The only thing he is bummed about is not having a car. We said we couldn’t afford picking up the tab for that, so if he could pay insurance and all maintenance, we would give him the old car we have. He can’t manage that extra cost and neither can we, so he is bummed.</p>
<p>Moved D back to campus last weekend. The academic year gets rolling early in Georgia. By now she’s had two days of classes and worked some hours in the dining hall.</p>