Who'd'a thunk I'd been able to get up at 5:30 a.m., sit in a car for like 12 hours, separate from my oldest for at least a few weeks and still be able to smile, much less keep my eyes open until 10:30 p.m.! I have to say I wouldn't have been able to survive the trip or do it at all without TB! He gives a good account in his entry today and posted the pictures we took of Billy's room and the area surrounding his dorm.
I don't know why the schools don't give you a floor plan or tell you flat out what the dimensions are of the assigned room. On the tour, they show everyone a "sample" dorm room but I have a feeling it's one of the larger ones so no one freaks out or panic. No, it's better for them to wait and have your money and have you show up with a van full of stuff only to suffer a very huge surprise! As TB writes, we were fortunate enough to realize that the room would be small and so we had Billy leave half the stuff he originally planned to take.
One of the boys across the way wasn't so lucky. I'd call it a "way" because it's not a hall that separates the only 2 dorm rooms in the basement. It's like the floor length that separates a room from a bathroom or something. Well anyway, the other boy who was moving in apparently had brought all this furniture and other stuff. His parents brought both their cars. It didn't take but five minutes to realize they'd be hauling nearly all of it back home!
The dorm room is smaller than Billy's bedroom at home, a nice size for one kid. It's a little tight for two but do-able but there are 3 young men crammed in there! There is barely room to turn around and all the doors (closets and bathroom) are right in your face no matter where you are in the room. Luckily, each closet is of a decent size--like maybe half a walk-in. If it wasn't for the closets there's no way we'd have been able to squeeze in all the stuff Billy brought.
He brought all his bedroom lamps! I have no idea where he plans to put them or plug them in but these boys will have the brightest room in the building! There was other stuff that Billy brought that probably could have come back home with us but he was so ornery and frustrated and tired I didn't want to push the issue. It was hard enough to convince him to take the loft bunk ... I don't think he gets the "first come, first served" concept and I was really worried he'd take the teeniest cramped living space.
It turns out the boys moved all the furniture around so I'm hoping they have more room to walk around!
Billy was eager to unpack and had this air of "get out" about him. I know he didn't mean it that way but he's a young man now and eager to get going in his new life. I understand it. TB and I got out and left him to it. He met his new roommates, had a meeting about the camping trip and that's where he is today...having fun, I hope & pray!
As for us, we are recovering from all the excitement. The heat is back and it's brutal. Our circuits keep turning the power off. Where are you, Autumn?