Moving Into the Dorm '09

Thursday afternoon we loaded up and headed out for the 4 hour drive to Wisconsin for the back to college move-in with Drew!

We spent the night in Kenosha and headed to campus Friday morning. Drew is moving in a week early since he is an RA (resident assistant) and now has a week of RA training, so not many people are around yet since classes don't start until Sep 9. We parked right outside the door and had the elevator all to ourselves, and we had the luxury of lining his stuff down the hallway while we took things in and got organized.

Now that's the way to move into a dorm, ha ha.

Here is the empty "sterile" room upon arrival,

Drew had big plans for his room this year. As an RA, he has a single ... so that meant twice as much space as last year. Room for a futon and tv stand, must have a carpet remnant, and no need to bunk the beds since there is only one. It also meant getting use of two closets and two dressers, which is nice as well! Here are some shots of how the room turned out, it looks really good! Click on the photos for a larger view,



His dorm runs parallel to the shore line of Lake Michigan, and his room faces East, overlooking the Lake. It was a gray day, so not as pretty as a sunny day but still beautiful. Here's the view from his window,

Not quite the view I had from my dorm room at Western Illinois, overlooking the scenic soybean fields :-)

After grabbing a late lunch, we took him back to the dorm and headed for home. He won't be home for 3 months (at Thanksgiving time) but we will be on campus in about 6 weeks for Fall Family Weekend in October. He is really at home there, and that makes it easier to have him away, but it was really nice to have him back home this summer!