<p>How did it get so late so soon?
It’s night before it’s afternoon.
December is here before it’s June.
My goodness how the time has flewn!
How did it get so late so soon?</p>
<p>Soozievt: that is so nice and I will contact you when we get closer. In our house it’s “Puff the Magic Dragon” that brings out the emo. I can’t even hum the first line without my senior shushing me. But good try! </p>
<p>Alumother: Even with all my fretting about “the Moment”, I could fully understand sending just one parent with a trip with the added issues of distance, plane tickets, sophomore sib missing school, etc. If both parents went, then I’d bring the sibling as long as he wanted to go. As a starting point, I’d get feedback from the sheep himself.</p>
<p>16 minutes and counting until the end of tonight’s curfew vigil…</p>
<p>SBMom, especially your D being so sweet to her little brothers!</p>
<p>We will probably do the drop-off as a family as well. YDS is a rising HS sophomore and INTENSELY interested in the whole college thing, too much so for my taste, and will hopefully calm down about it after ODS leaves just in time to gear back up as a junior. I know he will want to see the campus, and, as an athlete with an enormous time commitment, he won’t be able to take time off during the school year to visit.</p>
<p>I guess this thread makes tho whole thing seem more real. They’re really, truly going to leave us.</p>
<p>How nice to see a thread where everyone truly recognizes and respects each family’s individual needs and differences, and takes into consideration everyone’s relationships and feelings within the family. I too can see that each family will have to weigh out pros and cons.</p>
<p>I guess the main thing that I remember about the move-in was that it felt pretty hectic and there is a lot going on. Roommates are meeting each other and sorting out who gets what closet, bed, desk, etc…lots and lots of stuff is getting put away, set up (new computers, printers, refrigerator), figuring out internet, phone, etc. There are always lots of last-minute errands to do, no matter how much has been thoughtfully packed in advance. Also, kids have already started to form relationships within their dorms through thefacebook and their yahoo groups and are coming to see who has moved in so there are lots of other kids in and out of the rooms. So if you are bringing younger siblings, do be prepared for this and that it may be a bit overwhelming for all…</p>
<p>In our case, the younger siblings had already started high school and were probably even at school the day of move-in, so for us it was a non-issue. I can see that it would have been very exciting for them to be there and now in retrospect, I am a bit sorry that they missed it. However, it would not have felt right (and probably would have been an unexcused absence) to bring them. </p>
<p>Remember that many of you will have a parents’ weekend soon, in the fall, and that might be an alternative time to bring the siblings to visit and get a taste of college life.</p>
<p>I don’t think it matters whether they go or not for the drop off, that really depends on the logistics of it. But I do think it’s important for the younger sibling to see where his brother/sister moved away to. Otherwise, it’s almost like they just disappeared. </p>
<p>Oh, and not meaning to freak anyone out but it’s August, not September. ;)</p>