We’re both Veterinarians - so, of course, we have two of the most ill-trained dogs. We have six of these pass thru-s throughout the second floor - plus two invisible fence disks for the door frames which are double wide (Movie Room). The dogs have a habit of ‘bed hopping’ all night long… like Midnight wake up, jump down off the bed taking part of the covers with them and waking one person up… running down the hall and bounding up onto the next bed to announce their presence before doing the whole paw at the covers into a lump, circling three times and then dropping down to sleep. And again at like 2 and 4 and 6.
And then they do that throughout the day - so if we want to keep the bedroom doors open to circulate air and HVAC balance, we have to manage around the dogs.
In our next house I’m building a ‘panic room’ to lock the dogs -IN- when we leave the house for the day.
Oh, I’m so happy to hear that! Congratulations!! I hope she has a wonderful experience there. And I imagine when she’s learning and thriving and doing all the things, she’ll look back and laugh at how angst-filled her decision was.
My roommate senior year of college at Florida was a grad student who did her undergrad at Macalester. She had nothing but wonderful things to say about the school. And she was someone who had lived her entire life in Manhattan and was a total city kid (didn’t learn to drive until she got to grad school), and she loved it at Macalester – so I think your kiddo will be happy there!
I bet @sbinaz will post this also, but have C26 follow Harlan Cohen on Insta. He’s the author of The Naked Roommate, and he’s got good content for dealing with various situations in college.
He’s a sweetly nerdy and earnest guy – and I find his advice soothing. Planning to make sure my kid follows him, too.
Congratulations! A fantastic choice. So glad you are done decision waiting. 1/2 a day in, I can say it is a much better place to be on this side. We’ve been through it the last few weeks.
I follow him, and have already suggested to C26 that they do, but not sure they have. I got D19 a copy of the Naked Roommate when she went off to college - have to see if it’s at home somewhere or if she still has it.
I think you are right. This is unacceptable! I’ll report back tomorrow. I’m even taking the day off from work to pick up her flowers in the morning while she’s at school (they have a half-day), take her to her nail and hair appointments (she doesn’t have her license yet) etc. I think I might be…the prom stooge. Hmmm.
Ooh good to know! We’re headed to IKEA soon after graduation when we have a chance to breathe - my D26 loves IKEA, lol. And my D22 has a few winner items from there.
We’re big fans of the Poang chair and ottoman, and the Storklinta nightstand if you have a low bed. Good memories of a delirious D22 at midnight trying to put the Storklinta together after moving into her first apartment junior year – she had never used her tool set before, LOL. It was a time.
She also loves this thing, which I think looks like Beaker, but it’s an owl – perfect because that’s Rice’s mascot. It holds all kinds of stuff.
I assume you’ve checked the desk configuration? (D19’s desk had a built-in cubby and C26’s will have a shelf above the desk- neither would fit that in)
My D26 has committed to Hamilton! At the end of our visit on April 18th, she felt sure enough that we went ahead and bought her hoodie and t-shirt. She already wore the hoodie to school last week (LOL), but didn’t make it official until tonight.
