Moving Out/Moving In

 

Today was the start of a new life journey for Emily. She had been packed for a month at least for college. We left at 7 a.m. We were about an hour from her school when we gassed up the car. I thought the tree, ATM was interesting.

 

The school is very efficient. They had the traffic pattern set so cars could not go by the main dorms. They had a 45 minute parking limit in the parking lot closet to the dorm so that everyone could have a turn. Upper classmen were armed with grocery shopping carts and came to the car in teams of 3. All Em’s belongings were quickly loaded up and brought to her room. It made life easy for us. Several times helpers came around to make sure things were progressing and internet connections etc. were working.

The rooms are basic dorm rooms. The photo to the left would be her roommates side. We were there first so Em picked her side. Her roommate lives in NY and was planning to come around 2. Unfortunately we didn’t get to meet her. The rooms are small, clean and looked freshly painted. When empty they have a bit of a jail cell look. Emily went about the business of making her side homey and cozy. Every room comes equipped with a special fridge/microwave unit so we didn’t have to bring one. They are energy efficient.

By the time we left around 1 Emily was pretty much settled in. Parents had to be out by 4. As we looked around it seemed that parents cleared out fairly quickly.  There were things left to put on the walls but she and Jarrett, her boyfriend, who is also a student there were planning to do that later. Em met Jarrett over the summer via the college’s class of 2014 facebook page. They became friends, eventually met and have dated primarily via Skype over the summer. He lives about an hour and a half south of us. They managed to get together every few weeks. He’s a very pleasant, upbeat kind of guy with a sunny disposition and is very outgoing so we think he’ll be a good influence on Em this year. He also lives on her floor pretty much right around the corner. I know they’ll have fun, we’re just hoping not too much fun.