Moving in Day!!

And I only got a few pics, but mucho memories!!
When we arrived, seven friends were there to help us.  I had arranged to borrow two dollies and had a cooler of water.  Turns out I was over-prepared, as the dorm had dollies everywhere for our use, and they were giving out water at every corner.  It was so hot, so that was definitely helpful!  Thanks to my middle son and his friends, we moved in everything in one trip!  How awesome is that, not to have to trudge back to the car numerous times???!!Thanks so much to the friends who helped!

Callie, the LEADER and her entourage!! 

The dorm Allison is in had just replaced all the furniture so they really have a very nice set-up, and the beds were already lofted, so we didn't even have to do that.  And because I know someone in the  housing office, I know that they use dogs to sniff out for bed bugs...isn't that good to know?????!!!!

  They have a nice sized room that was already painted blue, which works well with the bedding Allison got!   We got her bed made and most things unpacked, although our picture hanging system needed some work, so we left that to her to fix.  She met her roommate, Amanda, who actually is from our town, but went to another school.

Amanda and Allison, roomies fall 2010

Then we decided the things we needed to make a WalMart run for, and left to do that....We were in WalMart with a million other people, so we tried to get in and out asap!  After a day of moving in, seeing friends and family.....oh, we also went to see middle son's house, which we had not been in yet.  Turns out, unbeknownst to them, he lives right across the street from my niece!  (We did find this out earlier this year, but we did get to see my niece's house and her!  So cool!

Big Brother is always near!! Love that!

We went to dinner as a family, and then David, my son, whisked Allison away back to campus.  It was easier leaving her, driving off with him, as we've seen so many times before, and knowing that he is ten minutes away if she needs something, plus there with so many who are already friends......wasn't as bad leaving as I thought it would be.  Do I miss her? You betcha!  Do I think she is going to have a great year? You betcha.  So begins the getting used to the empty nest.....excuse me but I have a little cleaning to do....and coming up this Thursday, our first installment of the GETTING IT done party...who's in???