Suggestions for move in day?

MidwestParent
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:45:49 +0000

BusyMomof4 - You might be surprised that a dolly would still come in handy, even if your child’s dorm doesn’t have an elevator. (I thought due to ADA requirements, all dorms had to have elevators). Anyway, even if there IS an elevator, there is usually a line and it is faster to take the stairs.
D’s school gives you a bright yellow sheet as you drive in that you have to put on the dashboard. It is marked with the time you arrived and gives you 30 MINUTES to unload and move your car!! They also take your cellphone # and did call when the 30 minutes were up!! It is always about 100 degrees on move in day and you may have to park quite a ways from the front of the dorm - we were at least a half a block away. The use of the cart just to get the belongings from the car to the front door of the dorm can be a life saver. The cart can carry more than you can, thus less trips AND you aren’t physically carrying it. Just a suggestion!

Also, we carried the rod up flights of stairs. The people on each end just have to be sure to raise and lower to keep it level. :)

Another thing that we bought that was invaluable was a footlocker. The one we got was from C & N Footlockers - they make well constructed, colorful trunks that serve many purposes. You can Google them - we ordered D’s on-line. D uses hers to store an electric blanket, heating pad, small gifts for friends (no time to look for and buy them at school), extra cash, her camera and iPod, etc. You can padlock them and can order them with small wheels for the back to you just grab the handle on one end and wheel them in. It it a storage space and safe all in one. D just rolls it under her bed. It will also make a great “coffee table”/storage place in an apartment sometime.

After younger D’s freshman move-in last year we have a priceless photo of my dear H lying flat on his back on the dorm room floor, completely drenched in sweat, sunglasses still on. He was exhausted!