Off to Uni - What have they left behind ??

[lookoveryourshouldernow]

OK - one week down the line and settling in and now the "oh I forgot" emails are arriving....

So I start with .....

"my memory foam mattress - the bed here is hard and uncomfortable"

"two noodle bowls"

"a 15 foot Ethernet cable - so I don't have to sit at my desk and can use the internet in bed"

"a washing up bowl"

... sure the list will be more by the end of the week

[lookoveryourshouldernow]

Dropped off "forgotten items" and was well impressed .

My PBF has grown up big time in just a couple of weeks - well his room look like a tip (let's forget that one) but his attitude to coping on his own was 1st class.

Luckily he has managed to get together with most of his flatmates and they seem to be coping well... I managed to overlook the mess and debris in the kitchen and nodded in the appropriate places - thank God I didn' t have to do the washing up though ... I thought about it and decided "Nah".... your mess you sort it and drove away !!!!

They to be settling well and I seem to be sleeping better too..

My work is done - but I would do it all again - big sobs !!!!

[goinggetstough]

I have just located a pair of deck shoes under his bed. Was surprised how little they cost to send.... He can reimburse me at a later date!

[WhitesandsofLuskentyre]

DD1 would have been hard-pressed to leave anything behind - her entire room has either gone with her or been boxed and gone in the loft. Her room will now be spare room/home office, and she and DD2 will share when they're both back during the holidays.

I know some people think we're really mean, but we pay the mortgage...

DD2, on the other hand, managed to go off without a vital DVD, vital paperwork, and essential uniform, which she'd ordered two days before leaving, instead of during the summer holidays. I dispatched those together with some family photos from my camera, which I printed out for her pin board.

[melodyangel]

His zombie survial guide

[Doilooklikeatourist]

I had a text yesterday to ask if I would please send him his toothbrush charger .

[ISingSoprano]

I don't think ds has left anything at home except his wellies (which he may need as he will do a bit of boat work on his course). But I am planning to send him some treats like his favourite chocolate or a dvd from time to time.

[JellicleCat]

DD has already said she wants an advent calendar, and yes I think she will eat all the chocolate before she comes home (I would!)

[LetsFaceTheMusicAndDance]

DS1 took the charger and a 3 pin adapter for his toothbrush but forgot to take the brush. I couldn't resist getting a few treats to send him seeing as how I have to go to the PO to post the brush (my choice to do that - not his)

It's a long time since I've been to keen to grab my phone when I get a text message alert

[mumeeee]

I always sent mine a chocolate Advent calendar. They just used to eat it all before they came home. Then they joined in with the family gift one.

[madeofkent]

SilverApples I love your idea. Now what is the general opinion on how to deal with a very tricky issue - that of Advent calendars? Because of course if they start one off, they then have to bring it home to finish it. Although maybe they would just clear out all the boxes as they leave.

[mumeeee]

I did a simular thing to you Silverapple. for DD2 but used large jiffy bags and sent them about once a month at first. I didn't send stuff to DD1 as she was at uni in our town and we used to meet up regularry. Oh just remembered I actually did send a couple of bits to her.

[SilverApples]

Bear in mind that DD is operating on a shoestring budget.

slippersocks
A new manga book
Pack of posh origami paper
container of bubbles for blowing
Sainsbury's do packs of something called baking additions, a mix of apple and cinnamon and sultanas, or chocolate and hazelnuts and raisins. Add them to flour, marge, sugar, milk and an egg and you have a dozen interesting muffins.
Chocolate in some form or other
set of Shakespearean text magnets for making silly sentences.
Think stocking filler bits. Nothing expensive.

[mumeeee]

Madeofkent tell him to get those coloured push pins for pin boards.

[madeofkent]

Horry I love the blue milk idea.

CaptainSweatPants you are a big purple meanie. I would have loved it if my mother had sent me anything. I don't want my son spending his money on new shirts, I would rather send his old ones. He has been out and bought a few small things but can't find long-stemmed drawing pins, he'll find his way around soon enough but a bit of help doesn't go amiss.

[JellicleCat]

Am liking the shoebox idea Apples. Any ideas for things to include?

DD hasn't admitted to leaving anything behind yet. Possibly as I did supervised the packing.

[amumthatcares]

Silver I did DD a freshers survival kit when we packed her off last weekend, she loved it. What do you put in your interim boxes?

[SilverApples]

I send a shoebox parcel , November and February.
Small gifts and bits and bobs to cheer people up when the shiny has worn off, some of which are best shared with housemates and friends.

[mumeeee]

Captainsweetstuff DD3 knowx where the shops are and think she has been shopping. She just wants some of her stuff and a letter from home. I know DD2 loved getting letters a bits and pieces from me.

[alreadytaken]

very useful for those of still waiting for HorryisUpduffed

[CaptainSweatPants]

Don't send them stuff! They need to learn where the shops are!

[HorryIsUpduffed]

For milk, send him a little bottle of blue food colouring instead and some preprinted labels that say "EXPERIMENT PLEASE DO NOT BIN".

Most things are cheaper to buy than post nowadays.

[mumeeee]

I actually think she just wanted me to send her stuff from home and does't desperately need them. She's feeling a little bit homesick at the moment

[mintgreenchilli]

Jesus, she has more to worry about than the weather in Bolton.

Tell her to stay away from Shifnal Street! ;)

Only kidding, I grew up there and it was far worse in my childhood when the town centre was actually busy than it is now...a ghost town.

[madeofkent]

TheOneWithTheNicestSmile No, I wish I were, I am a gardener and have had to work all over the country and check temperatures to keep plants safe. I was initially really shocked to see how temperatures varied so much. Also wind chill factors.

Drawing pins and shirts and hangers have now been dispatched. I hope he is grateful, it cost a fortune. He added a sharpie to the list for marking his bottle of milk, I suspect it has already been 'borrowed'.

[greyvix]

Forgot the TV monitor (so he cannot use X Box; Sky Sports etc.) It never made its way from his room to the car. Forgot the cables for the printer- don't know where they are. Forgot the door stop- he has a freakishly heavily door, and I wanted him to make friends; we resorted to bits of cardboard in the end.
We were in Nottingham today, and it was sunny, bordering on hot. We live in Surrey, which was cool and dull when we left/ returned.