Uni Freshers parents 2016?

[granarybeck]

hi

I've just been reading recent threads on weekly living costs and what to take to uni and found loads of useful info. I'm certainly finding that there was so much focus on getting the results/not tempting fate that it all feels a bit of a panic now. I have a dd going to warwick and a ds going to bath.

Wondered if there is already a thread for other general tips for those with dd/s starting uni this September?

Many years ago my sister spent her first week at Warwick in emergency accommodation provided by a lecturer. But wasn't great as she had no transport.

It had been her insurance choice Uni and it was pre internet days. A postal strike that summer meant they didn't know how many students would be turning up! She was offered halls after a week, I think.

Anybody's dcs going to Edinburgh and staying in Sugarhouse close?- just at bottom of Royal Mile....fabulous location!
My dd is there, arrived last week and still waiting to meet her flatmate......she's had a week to orientate herself to her new city(she's in a 2 bedroom shared kitchen / bathroom flat which is in a gorgeous converted warehouse!)
If you have dcs moving this weekend hope it all goes well and don't worry about them too much

Just heard Ellen! He has got Sherborne and is so relieved as he had convinced himself that he was sharing. Also relieved as he has a bowel condition so we were hoping for an en-suite although we will struggle to afford it. So glad that we didn't have to wait over the weekend.

That should be still sending out offers according to the Freshers FB page.

Ah, cross post! Hadn't updated for a while. Great news, lin. You don't want to be waiting for a toilet with a bowel condition.

There do seem to be people temporarily sharing a single room ATM! I guess one big enough for a second bed.

Dead a very hot red arm from the meningitis jab. Took ages to calm down. Ironically she had no effects at all from hep b which she had at the same time.

Bloody autocorrect, dead should be dd

I'm glad she's not dead! I'm sure that's not the intention.

DS1 didn't react at all. [smug] Must be my superior parenting.

I'm pleased you've heard lin4 Nice to know the ensuite is sorted as well.

Sorry to hear about the Meningitis effects Northernlurker Hope your dd is OK soon. at your superior parenting Ellen Took my Aussie niece along for hers today as a guinea pig for us to see the effects before ds has his next week. She's on an uni exchange and they don't have the jab in their schedule in Oz.

DS has finally said he will let us take him in the car as he thought he would just jump on the train with his Xbox laptop and sleeping bag I think.
I'm glad we haven't had the stress is waiting for accommodation this long. His was all sorted and deposit paid on results day.

That made me smile, Ellen! I must be a superior parent too!! (preens)

Sorry your DD has been badly affected Northern, and hope all is better soon.

Good Luck to all whose DC are moving in this weekend. Hope all goes well.

Moving in day for us, hard to see the next phase of her life packed and waiting to go.

Hope all goes well today and beyond, hennipenni and others for whom today's the big day.

DS left the house at 7.30 today to wave off a friend who's off to Edinburgh today.

And DS moves to Sheffield next Saturday. On one level I feel happy and positive. Then I find myself tearful when walking past the Lego and children's toys in WHSmith!

Good luck hennipenni . One week to go here ...

Good luck henni. We're into the final week before moving day now. Felt a bit tearful for the first time this morning when I realised that this is our last weekend all together for a while.

Dd is fine now. She had it in July when she started the he b vaccines (she's studying medicine so it's required)
We've done a week without her niw and its ok. Definitely feels less weird. Hang in there everybody!

Dd had her meningitis jab on Wednesday and said she barely noticed it. She thought the nurse was wiping her arm and had slightly caught it with her finger nail, and it was all done!
Need a few more bits for self-catering halls, but just about there, I think. Need to find the list and start making piles.

She's off to Oxford Brookes. Anyone else?

My Dd17 (we're in Scotland so she finished school at 17) left for year in China on Wednesday. She studying (alongside another 22 Scots) Mandarin on a one year scholarship funded by the Chinese Government. It pays for tuition, accommodation and a monthly food allowance.

It was awful saying goodbye at the airport but we've had daily messages and a video chat this morning and all seems to be going well.

I'm struggling at home though - I'm doing laundry and keep finding her clothes. I don't even want to open the door to her bedroom to put her stuff away because then I'll have to confront the fact that she's gone. Pathetically, when I washed her bedding I kept the pillow-case aside in case I need a sniff.

DS had really painful arm after men vaccine as well (don't know what that says about my parenting skills).

Glad I dragged him along to bank yetserday as he couldn't get appt re student account until two days before he starts uni so good that he hadn't left it any longer.

Thinking of you hennipenni & others with dc about to start.

Had wobbly moment when got him to clear out his room a bit & came aross jigsaw we used to do together when he was about three.

Feel for you dotdotdot.

A wonderful opportunity for your dd but it must feel very strange without her.

Dotdotdot my 17 year old went to live abroad in June too though I haven't got the time difference you have. A friend said she didn't want to go in her DS's room so I bit the bullet quickly and made myself go in regularly which I personally found helpful (am currently redecorating it). It does get easier, hang in there.

With the constant Skype sessions and messages I feel we get a lot of the lovely bits without the mess !!

Delivered DS to Falmouth Thurs - he was the only person in his flat of 8 who had arrived, and no-one arrived yesterday either, but he is hoping they will all turn up today. He has the only shared room in the flat (he didn't want to share, but all the single rooms had gone) and doesn't yet know who he will be sharing with. It is very tight for space as they have converted a single room into a shared one but we squeezed everything in!

DD is now desperate to head off to York, she moves in 2 weeks tomorrow.

It is very strange here without DS and once DD goes, I feel that I will be rattling around in the house.

dot that must be really difficult to have her so far away, especially at 17.

Ds has two weeks to go. We still have odds and ends to do but mostly sorted. I still feel wobbly even though he will be 20 on his second day there.

Gosh, dotdotdot that puts our worries into perspective.

Good luck today, hennipenni!

We've got three weeks to go here, but only one weekend left with me as DS1 is still religiously spending EOW with his dad. I do wonder whether that will continue when he comes home for holidays? It's nice that he still wants to see his dad, I guess...

NoHaudin it's a pretty major step for all our LOs but add Aspergers to the mix and it becomes a little more extreme. At least he's not going to China!

Last weekend before DS2 goes to Sheffield I am feeling very emotional. Family meal out tomorrow. I have been told that I can drop him outside the accommodation and that I am not to get emotional.