Both kids have their own bathrooms and you can be sure they know how to clean’em because cleaning makes me grouchy and I delegate where possible. We used to have a house cleaner come in twice a month, but during the economic downturn we had to let that go because I wasn’t working regularly (I work in the consulting field and it was a bumpy ride). I miss that regular schedule, but since I only work part-time it’s hard to justify the cost.
Both kids also know how to do their own laundry and cook a reasonable assortment of healthy foods. However, they are both horrible (and I mean awful) about keeping their rooms tidy. Nowadays, D’s room at home is always clean because she’s at school, but I feel for her roommates (although she seems to be the only one that cleans the apartment bathroom, so maybe that makes up for it). I try not to look in S’s room on a day to day basis, but if I notice it’s gotten past a certain point of terrible I leave him a note with a deadline and he gets it back to a reasonable state. I have no idea what will happen when he goes to school, but am grateful that I won’t have to look at it!
Have finally caught up with all reading from having been away four+ days. I liked all the good news while reading on my phone, but cannot handle responding/commenting on mobile. Lots of great things happening for this group!
@Motiv8tedmom23 – son used money loaded onto school ID when in school housing, but now living in off-campus, non-university housing. I have not seen the laundry building, but apparently it is kind of a shack behind the apt building. Not an ideal set-up for upstate NY winters, but I am happy to see the # of quarters he is using!
@MichiganGeorgia – very impressed that college students would even use the oven! Or maybe they are just using the cooktop.
D did not apply to my alma mater, but instead applied to their in-state rival (MichSt). And I’m OK with that. She looked at both, liked them both, and one of the showed her some love…so she went with it.
My daughter lived with some teammates on the end of a hall Freshman year, that dorm was coed by door not by hall. The other end of the hall was a bunch of male engineering students and unfortunately that’s where the girls bathroom was. The boys would all stand outside the RA’s room which was across from the bathroom door and try to peek in when the bathroom door opened. It was very uncomfortable for the girls. Sophomore year they had two rooms separated by a bathroom and I sent D to school with a bucketful of cleaning supplies and a long lecture about MRSA (again living with teammates.) The bathroom was kept clean. This year she shares a bathroom with a girl on the track team and they take turns cleaning, and the bathroom is very clean. D has had MRSA twice, once at boarding school, there is nothing funny about a dirty bathroom, sending your kids to college with the knowledge of how to stay healthy is important. They also need to wash their towels regularly in hot water and bleach. Communal living these days is risky!
D17 has applied to her dad’s school RD, there is no legacy benefit for her since she didn’t apply early but if she manages to get in it’s a real contender.
@Fishnlines29 - we can be shoulder buddies! I’ve been trying to recuperate from a dislocated shoulder/torn rotator cuff injury that initially occurred when I took a swan dive in front of Admissions – with the admissions officer in tow – on what had to be the worst.college.tour ever. It probably doesn’t help that my recovery has been set back a few giant steps by a second dislocation early on, and, more recently, in the wake of another fall…At least I am at less risk for re-dislocation by now, but my recovery is back to square one (or maybe square two).
@RightCoaster I will definitely stop at the drug store on my home for the Tylenol, I need to sleep tonight. Did you mean Tylenol PM? I’m not sure what “24” is…
@LoveTheBard Oh no! And on a college tour, how ironic!! And yes, I will unite! I hate complaining about it, but it does make me feel a little better when I do vent about it. It’s just so annoying, the constant pain and I can now empathize a lot with others who say that have that deep internal pain they can’t really pinpoint! I started physical therapy a few weeks ago but they told me it would get worse before it gets better and that is just the truth.
I have to go to Parent Senior night tonight - I guess they’ll discuss senior trip, prom and graduation. My D is working the Tech - Sound and Light for this very important evening event lol.
@Fishnlines29 - more embarrassing than ironic. We certainly made and impression, that’s for sure. Still waiting on RD admissions decision (an attorney friend suggested that I offer to sign a waiver of liability in exchange for a full scholarship, lol). Of course, it’s my right arm and I’m right-handed. Even more annoying than the shoulder stuff was some (thankfully temporary) nerve damage causing constant tingling, numbness, and weakness in my arm and hand. Never a dull moment.
Advil is also a good choice as a pain reliever/anti-inflammatory. It can be alternated (or even taken with Tylenol - Advil and Tylenol together is not contraindicated, but aspirin and Advil are.
@Fishnlines29 meant Tylenol PM, I think my phone changed it to 24. Unless I’m going senile already.
I don’t take any medication ever, but once in a while ( couple of times a year). if I really need the sleep Tylenol PM or Advil PM is a life saver. Puts me right to sleep and I don’t feel any pain when I’m sleeping.
I’ve had a few surgeries where they prescribe some super strong pain meds like Oxy stuff, and I stay away from it. I puked once after being on that for a couple of days as it made me feel lousy. Tylenol PM won’t make you feel lousy.
@LoveTheBard they still let your daughter in? LOL.
We’re still waiting on the RD decision…(and are hoping for BigMAC)!
D17 had already been there on a MultiCulti recruitment thing - I had just arrived on campus to join up with her and sign her out early to leave with me. Thankfully, she was able to stay on campus to finish out the program and fly back home the next day. I, in turn, went to the ER and DH came to rescue me and take me home the next day.
I must say my less-than-graceful entrance, D17 probably made a pretty favorable impression as she handled herself in a very mature fashion as she signed all the releases, provided them with my medical history, etc., etc. It was an interesting role reversal.
She very much liked the school, and I have to say, they were quite professional, caring, and solicitous about everything. I was pretty impressed with the local medical care.
Who needs quarters for laundry anymore? Most universities use their ID/Meal card on the machines. My D12’s school for some reason they couldn’t arrange it was connected to their ID but it still didn’t take coins. Needed a prepaid Visa card from the drugstore to make it work.
Do you feel that UCONN is really cheap (compared to other state schools for in-state kids)?
These are the top kids in the state - nominees for Nutmeg, NMF, Val/Sal, scholar-athletes, etc, etc, and what they offer doesn’t even cover half of the tuition+fees. And that’s at the 16-17 rates…costs will be going up I’m sure.
Just irks me a bit that the in-state kids with such academic strength aren’t valued more. (while they give athletes full rides…). OK, rant over…
@WhataProcess, agree with you wholeheartedly that–at a cost of attendance at UCONN in state runs over $32,000-plus–that a meager $6500 in merit is rather lame. If D were to attend McGill, the price is about $7,000 less and she could have a single deluxe room on top of that and live in Montreal.
@WhataProcess UConn tuition is reasonable for in-state, around 25,000 including room and board. I see both sides of your argument though. My D17 is one of the top kids in the state academically but she’s a private school kid and they are not represented in the Nutmeg winners, although she was nominated - so it frustrates me that they don’t value her to keep her in-state (her envelope is sitting on our counter as I write this, I have no idea what her package looks like.) My D14 is a scholarship athlete at UConn, she is also fairly high stats (as are many of the girls on her team) and did receive merit aid prior to getting an athletic scholarship. Athletics are a huge part of UConn, there are 700 D1 athletes on a campus of 12,000. The school identifies so much with sports and so much money is brought in by them. There is even a huge fundraising campaign every year to fund the scholarships.
