Friday we started the day late. We were so tired from Thursday that there was no way we could get up at the crack of dawn and get moving again. I didn't want to push it anyway, since Jess had to start work at 4pm and be on her feet until 9:30. Jess's boyfriend came over to see the new apartment and the three of us went to lunch on campus, then Jess and I made the rounds of all the bookstores to try and sell their books back. We didn't have too much success, so we'll try Amazon as well.
The original idea was that she would spend Friday night with me at the hotel, but she really wanted to spend the night in her new home, and I don't blame her. She also doesn't have a lock on her bedroom door yet, and wanted to be there.
There's been a little drama with the apartment. A girl who is subletting for 3 months moved in 2 days before Jess, and brought her boyfriend with her. Apparently she announced that he would be living there with her, and all the furniture that would be going into their next apartment was being stored in the living room of Jess's apartment. That wasn't acceptable to any of the girls already living there, and when we came to move in, all of their furniture was indeed in the living room. It was a misunderstanding all the way around, since the couple had been told by the girl who was anxious to sublet to them, that no one would care if they were both living there.
The way this apartment complex works is that a lease is signed for each individual bedroom, and, like a dorm, you can put in "roommate" preferences if you don't have enough friends for the other bedrooms. You can also specify pets or no pets, and co-ed or no co-ed. Jess had specified no men, so it has been an interesting 3 days, watching this play out. This guy had no where else to go, but the apartment complex finally found him an apartment to move to- so he moved out on Sunday. Whew.
Saturday didn't happen the way it was supposed to, but all in all it was a good day. We were supposed to get up and clean, but somehow our shopping list had grown so long, that we decided to shorten it by buying some of the things on it. We made the rounds again to all the stores, bought enough stuff to fill the car. Our best bargain was a set of dishes- 4 place settings-plates, bowls, silverware, mugs, glasses, etc.,- 36 pieces for $10!! We couldn't pass it up. Once we got back we started cleaning the kitchen, since there was no way we'd be cooking dinner in it without cleaning it first. Ick. We got pretty far but there was so much to do, we didn't finish. We had made plans to go out to dinner with David and his dad, who was here to drive him back to Wisconsin for a week. They were done with their moving at around 8 pm, so we met them at Chilis for dinner, then brought them back to see the apartment. Davids parents had bought Jess a ton of kitchen stuff, so for her it was like Christmas morning. Her eyes lit up when she saw that they had included a set of dishes- 4 place settings. AND- it was the EXACT same pattern that we bought at the store! She was absolutely thrilled.
Yesterday was Mother's Day- We spent most of the day cleaning the kitchen. Very exciting, but at least we feel like we accomplished something. We also did more shopping. Once we got back and added up all the receipts for everything, I decided we are done shopping!
Jess cooked dinner for us last night. It was a fun time for both of us, with music playing in the background, we had a great time. Afterwards she put together her brand new vacuum, and for the first time in her life probably, voluntarily uttered the words " I am going to vacuum the living room. " We had a good laugh over that.
Today she works until 4 pm and then we leave for Michigan for a few days.
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Oh my goodness, am I tired. Yesterday I was up at 4 am for an early flight from El Paso to Indianapolis, IN.
It took me a good chunk of the day to get here. Once I did, though, I got to meet up with my daughter. We grabbed some dinner and then went back to her dorm to finish packing her bins so she could move out of her dorm and into her apartment. Several hours later, we had to call it a night, and figured we'd have to finish in the morning.
I remember the day she moved into the dorm last year. It was 97 degrees outside, and soooo muggy. It was also the same day we (including her) met her boyfriend David and his dad, for the very first time. On one of our hundreds of trips out to our truck to get her "stuff", we were joking with David's dad, saying Jess had at least 13 bins, plus assorted other containers, lamps and furniture. David had 3 bins. We had a good laugh over the differences between them. Little did we know that shortly thereafter, Jess and David would become an "item". I think he still shakes his head at all her "stuff".
Today was a little different. The weather was warm, but not in the 90s, luckily for us. It was just her and I for the day, which is a lot of bin carrying for 2 people. Not everything went according to plan, but overall, we did great, and got everything done that had to be done.
We started the morning by getting her "checked in" to her new apartment, which basically means we went and got the key, so we could get in once we had her things. From there we headed to get the small UHaul truck. My rental car is a Hyundai Accent, a little too small for bin moving.
Our first mistake occured at the Uhaul place. There was no handtruck in the truck and when we asked about it, the woman said she would lend us one if we wanted, but we decided that since they are available for use at the school, and her apartment has parking very close by, we could do without it. Ha. I have no idea where all the carts were at the school, but there was more than a 1 hour wait for the next available cart, AND you had to stand there in line to wait for it. Huh? It made no sense at all, but no one seemed anxious to change the rule anytime soon. We immediately started calling David in the building next door to see if he could grab one, which he did (once we woke him up), luckily for us!
Stepping out of the elevator after one of our trips down, Jess dropped her keys, including the new one to the apartment. As unbelievable as it seems, the keys fell into the gap in the floor, down the elevator shaft. The elevator company had to be called to come out and retrieve them. While we waited for that (3 hours) we ate lunch and finished packing the truck.
Eventually we made it to the apartment, dropped everything into her room, and returned the truck. On the way back we stopped at about 3 "dollar" type store to pick up some cheap supplies. By that time we were ready for dinner, so we stopped for that too, and made it back to the apartment at around 7 pm. After spending 2 hrs unpacking we made another trip, this time to Walmart, for more supplies.
I finally left to go back to the hotel at around 11 pm.
Tomorrow we have more errands and unpacking, but Jess also has to work at 4 pm, so it will be a short day for us.
It took me a good chunk of the day to get here. Once I did, though, I got to meet up with my daughter. We grabbed some dinner and then went back to her dorm to finish packing her bins so she could move out of her dorm and into her apartment. Several hours later, we had to call it a night, and figured we'd have to finish in the morning.
I remember the day she moved into the dorm last year. It was 97 degrees outside, and soooo muggy. It was also the same day we (including her) met her boyfriend David and his dad, for the very first time. On one of our hundreds of trips out to our truck to get her "stuff", we were joking with David's dad, saying Jess had at least 13 bins, plus assorted other containers, lamps and furniture. David had 3 bins. We had a good laugh over the differences between them. Little did we know that shortly thereafter, Jess and David would become an "item". I think he still shakes his head at all her "stuff".
Today was a little different. The weather was warm, but not in the 90s, luckily for us. It was just her and I for the day, which is a lot of bin carrying for 2 people. Not everything went according to plan, but overall, we did great, and got everything done that had to be done.
We started the morning by getting her "checked in" to her new apartment, which basically means we went and got the key, so we could get in once we had her things. From there we headed to get the small UHaul truck. My rental car is a Hyundai Accent, a little too small for bin moving.
Our first mistake occured at the Uhaul place. There was no handtruck in the truck and when we asked about it, the woman said she would lend us one if we wanted, but we decided that since they are available for use at the school, and her apartment has parking very close by, we could do without it. Ha. I have no idea where all the carts were at the school, but there was more than a 1 hour wait for the next available cart, AND you had to stand there in line to wait for it. Huh? It made no sense at all, but no one seemed anxious to change the rule anytime soon. We immediately started calling David in the building next door to see if he could grab one, which he did (once we woke him up), luckily for us!
Stepping out of the elevator after one of our trips down, Jess dropped her keys, including the new one to the apartment. As unbelievable as it seems, the keys fell into the gap in the floor, down the elevator shaft. The elevator company had to be called to come out and retrieve them. While we waited for that (3 hours) we ate lunch and finished packing the truck.
Eventually we made it to the apartment, dropped everything into her room, and returned the truck. On the way back we stopped at about 3 "dollar" type store to pick up some cheap supplies. By that time we were ready for dinner, so we stopped for that too, and made it back to the apartment at around 7 pm. After spending 2 hrs unpacking we made another trip, this time to Walmart, for more supplies.
I finally left to go back to the hotel at around 11 pm.
Tomorrow we have more errands and unpacking, but Jess also has to work at 4 pm, so it will be a short day for us.
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