getting ready for the university

Since Bill will be moving to his dorm next week at Ball State, this weekend we are very busy getting ready for his move. We went furniture shopping today. We had gotten Steven's room all ready a couple of weeks ago, but had not gotten a chance to finish Bill's room. So today we bought him a very sturdy futon with a thick mattress, a dresser, and a little bedside table. He was happy to have a bed again, rather than having to sleep on a box spring and mattress on the floor.

We bought the furniture at a little furniture store just to the west of Saline, so we stopped off at the Tim Horton's in Saline and bought a bunch of croissants and doughnuts on the way home for breakfast tomorrow.

Anyway, Bill's room is nearly ready; tomorrow we will finish it up, then finish up washing his dirty laundry, then figure out what (if anything) we need to buy for him before he moves. I already know he needs a stereo! His roommate will be providing the microwave and refrigerator; Bill will be providing a TV (the old one we rarely watch down in the basement) and a stereo. But we will pack his clothes and personal stuff (like his electric razor). I suspect he needs a couple more pairs of jeans, and I know he will need a winter coat, but we can figure that out tomorrow.

We will be moving him down to Muncie on Wednesday; Dan and I will be spending two nights there. The first day we will move him into his room; the second day we will pick up his textbooks and school supplies and any little things he might need (a bag of socks, notebooks and pens, shampoo, etc). We can also do that on Friday morning if we need to. And then he will be officially at school...

Dan has been quietly freaking out and really starting to get the empty nest thing going. I went through a lot of that last summer and throughout the last school year (this will be the last time I see Bill play soccer...this is the last time I will see him wrestle...this is the last time I will pick him up or drop him off at school...etc.) so I am actually handling it better than Dan is (for the moment anyway).

Steven and we have decided to go the home school route for his major subjects; he will be taking band and perhaps art at the middle school, so he can still spend time with friends and participate in sports. We will follow the basic school calendar for the year, so will get started again later this month.

I am exhausted but cannot sleep tonight. There is this huge full moon shining right in through the blinds. It is lovely, but it does make it difficult to fall asleep. I just took some benadryl, and hopefully will be out cold soon.