We got a call the day our Netflix was put on hold for an expired credit card.
I was her roommate who was the first to discover it 
Ahahaha love the NetFlx password change - My DD got her own account after we tried that once.
However, the NFL ticket code keeps son on his toes!
My S18 just got the student deal with spotify. It included hulu. We also took advantage of the Apple deal! Thanks to everyone for the tips.
As for the responses, we don’t use the tracking on the phones, but I’ll definitely talk to him before he goes to college. Sounds like I should not assume he’ll reply to my messages!
As much as we would like to we don’t bombard our college aged kids with texts; but we do demand a once per week Skype video call, usually on Sundays.
I hear from my older two all the time. I have low expectations that the youngest will be in daily contact. Not sure what I will demand of him, but I don’t think I can go for multiple days without proof of life - definitely not a whole week without hearing something. He likes to share funny thinngs he finds on the internet with me, so if that continues, at least I’ll know he’s ok.
I’m trying to keep my mourning to a minimum this summer - at least around him. I can’t believe he is leaving us 
RIght now we are binge watching Stranger Things on Netflix. So fun!!
@stemmmm - RE “trying to keep my mourning to a minimum this summer”
Me too, but sometimes it just doesn’t work. I am trying though. He is laser focused on GF, so, a tad worried as we approach August.
@1399HdJ 's post got me to wondering, is there a common time for when breakups occur for those kids who go to college with a relationship left over from HS?
Thanksgiving, it’s actually called “turkey drop”
The winter holidays.
Thanks, good to know.
Oh funny on the HS GF, my son made it to spring of his freshman year before she dumped him. Thankfully DD is unattached. My co-worker’s son and his GF parted ways prior to prom a couple of months ago.
Now the cat, the cat is the one who is going a bit nuts missing her and she’s only gone a few weeks at time to camp. He has become very needy, especially in the middle of the night when he insists he must snuggle on my head in her absence and he harasses the dog non stop. He was a kitten last year when she began her gap year and so he is used to her presence, now that she is off and running, the poor guy is lonely. So last week, we got him a little brother, he is completely enamored with the new kitten. This has helped alleviate the middle of the night neediness and he is not quite so aggressive with the poor dog. 8# cat, 135# Great Pyrenees dog - its downright comical, that cat is mean to the dog!
Life is settling into our new routines - My co-worker is a mess, she is trying the whole not to mourn concept but she has periodic breakdowns. Late August/September are going to be rough around the office. :((
D18 is going to college across the country. Anyone else in this same boat?
I just keep wondering if it even makes sense to buy some things here or just use every last bit of suitcase space to haul her necessities and buy all the dorm stuff there when we arrive a couple of days early for move in. She also won’t know her roommate situation until next week.
We will be heading back for Family Weekend in a couple of months and can haul more shtuff then. I just feel like we’re showing up to a potluck without a dish :-S
@Meddy I’d advise waiting until you get to Amherst. Bed Bath & Beyond, WalMart and Target and other big box retailers are just a few miles away on Rt 9 in Hadley. You may be able to pre-order items and pick-up in store.
I know someone who was going across country last year - they ordered at Bed Bath and Beyond from home town, and picked up in college town when they arrived. They said it worked well.
I am pretending that the summer is not half over already. S has been participating in the community musical, working, hanging out with his girlfriend and buddies, and sleeping.
In the next few weeks there will be dentist, eye and doctor’s appointments, and then his sister is moving into an off campus apartment, and he into the dorm.
I didn’t have to get him much, we have the twin comforter from his sister, I just got him a duvet set and pillow, sheet set, some towels, hangers, ethernet cable, and storage drawers.
My son is going across country. He’s flying with suitcases and then buying when he gets there.
@mammoth85 Thanks! And you even give directions ;
@1399HdJ Now, that is something I will look into! Thank you.
We have used Find My Friends to track locations of each other, but DH thinks that when S18 leaves for college, he should not share location anymore. I’m pretty sure DH is worried that I will be keeping tabs on him and it’s time for him to be “free”. I like the peace of mind it gives me to check in but I also see the point in letting it go. I am going to tell S18 that I expect some kind of weekly communication. I am going to encourage him to share something (a picture, a funny text, something that happened in class, anything). He is my quiet one and I am sure he will need reminders. His general response to any question is “good”.
@S18D20mom We are having the same discussion/argument about whether we should still use the Find My Friends. I’d just like a backup in case he does not get in touch. He is the type who answers a text with “k” or “ya” so I am worried that I will not hear from him. I liked the idea further up of sending pics of the dog - he might respond to those!
@Meddy my D is going to school up-country (1,200 mikes away). At Parents Weekend we’ll bring suitcases with her winter clothes.