Uni Freshers 2016 (second thread)

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A new thread!

As someone who has sleep problems I have plenty of sympathy for your DD. It's awful. After all this time I will finally be taking my first lot of herbal sleep remedy tonight! Fingers crossed!!!

Lots of good suggestions here.

Funny you say about other students. My DS is suffering as his room is right by the front door. Although his problem is the ones going to early lectures. He is home this weekend and slept like a baby last night

That last post for Noah!! I blame it on being sleep deprived

Just checking in

All quiet on my DS front. He seems settled and doesn't want me to visit so I am just leaving him to it.

He is coming home for a brief visit for a family party in a couple of weeks so I will be pleased to see him then.

Still weird having a quiet house...

Hope everyone else's dc are doing well.

Sorry hellsbells for mistakenly crediting soapy with delivering the newsletter to us. But thank you anyway. It's just like when they were at school, and I was never given any letters; except now, however, I can't go rooting through school bags searching them out myself!

Visited DS1 at Warwick today and took him for a pub Sunday lunch. Lots of healthy vegetables. 3 weeks is the longest I've ever gone without seeing my PFB. Thought that would be it until Christmas holidays but it seems he's home next weekend to see his girlfriend and go to an Explorer and Network ball.

His flat mates are looking for a big house for 12 but have realised 2 houses for 6 might be more realistic. One of the girls is leading the search so hopefully they'll get something soon. I've told him January might be too late but he knows best, of course.

I wanted to join in. My son has settled in beautifully and loving it although I get plenty of contact which is lovely.
Had his bike stolen yesterday which is not so good. Early Christmas present I think...

My ds also struggling a bit with sleep, well more body clock really. I think as when they go out it's such a late night he sleeps virtually all day so the can't sleep next night, and bit of a vicious circle.

My dd also at Warwick and they are looking at house shares for next year. Think the uni accommodation service opens in a week or so .

agree with the body clock thing, not helped by some days with no lectures at all... am seeing DD1 on Tues night as she is coming with me to an awards thing I am going to representing my charity - which is great, as everyone else there will be a third my age, so I need her as cover!
anyone else's DC still suffering freshers flu? DD has been coughing and snotting since sept 25th, had 2 lots of antibiotics and it is still going on. having said that, we've all had it at home for a while so maybe it is just a shitty virus.

DS1 is home for the weekend, which has been lovely. However he is driving his girlfriend home just now, it's -2 and foggy outside, so I'm in bed worrying about him getting back home! At least when he's at uni I don't worry about this sort of thing.

He's thinking about staying on campus next year. There's quite a bit of space for returners and you can apply in groups. He would now in January if he had campus accommodation which would be plenty of time for his group to look elsewhere if necessary.

He rehearses most evenings with different wind bands/ big bands etc and feels it would be so much easier on campus.

raspberryrippleicecream I know exactly what you mean. When DS came home a few weeks ago and went out with friends, I realised that the worry while they are out is the one big thing I don't miss when he's away.

Visited DS on Saturday and took him out for lunch. He's not house hunting yet but 4 of his flat are planning to share as a group. He's thinking about staying on campus, the prospect of getting out of bed half an hour before a lecture, rather than having to catch a bus, is attractive.

I'm interested to hear that others are having problems with sleep patterns - my DS complains about this, I think it is partly down to some very late nights, also other people being out late and coming back in making a noise, and finally that he does not have a very structured week, as some days no lectures, others not til 11 etc, whereas DD has a very full timetable with lectures every day starting at 9am.

Neither of mine have come home at all this term, so I am looking forward to seeing DD when she gets home on 7 Dec and she is home for a whole month. DS isnt back until 19 Dec as he is going on the uni ski trip, and then has to be back for start of term on 3 Jan, so a short break for him.

He says the uni is organising a talk on accommodation soon, and is already plotting the areas in town he wants to target - as his lectures are in town, rather than on the campus where he is living, next year will cut down on the bus journeys for him.

DD is also looking for accommodation for next year already, but will be the opposite - she lives on campus where her lectures are but will have to get used to getting the bus/cycling next year.

Just back from 2 days visiting ds at Warwick. The advantages of a dc doing arts/humanities is that they may have substantial weekday time to spend with you! Anyway managed to feed him up and watch him perform in a student society show. He's had his first essay marked and is happy with how he is doing. He likes working late in the library and getting back to his room once drunk/noisy people have quietened down so I don't know what that is doing to his sleep pattern but he only has one morning seminar. Goodness knows what his sleep pattern will be like when he gets home. I shall never see him as I get up early and go to bed early!

Still nothing happening with accomodation for next year. He makes friends very slowly. I need a bunch of friendly girls to take him under their wing.....he's very good looking, cooks, cleans and tidies up after himself.....

Ds also happy with first essay mark, second has been submitted. He has just found a group to househunt with.

Well DD and her friends have had a productive week!

They arranged to view five houses on Tuesday lunch time and had signed the contracts and paired their deposit by noon on Wednesday.

It is a lovely looking house so fingers crossed they will all be happy!

In other news, she lost her bank card yesterday but by the time she had called to tell me she had already been into the City Centre branch to report it and arranged for a new one to be delivered! So she is definitely getting into the swing of independent living!

Sounds good, soapy!

My Dd is also thinking about next year's accommodation, although not quite such an issue as she is guaranteed accommodation on campus for all four years if she wants it. She is desperate to have some sort of cooking facility, so looking at campus accommodation for six which comes with a hob! Also thinking of looking off campus, but that would be quite a brave step as most stay on campus during their second year.

Time is passing so quickly for these Freshers!

I can't believe that it's coming to the end of the first term.

Still not heard much from my DS. He must be okay ;)

I guess I've done my job right. Still miss him though.

Your DD is very organsied soapy!
They'll soon be home.
DS finishes officially on Friday but I'm not sure when we are picking him up. DS1 will be home a week later.

The house will change. It has been hard getting used to no DC around, just DH and me after 20 years of family life. I have just about got the meals right, cooking for two adults is much less than half the quantity for four including two DS, my food bill has plummeted .

I know, I can't believe how quick time has flown! DD is home on the 14th for a month. My youngest moved into DD's room when she left for uni so it's going to be a tight squeeze again.

It's all gone quiet on the house hunting front from DS.

He's back briefly this weekend. He's caught a coach home directly to his girlfriend's town and is going straight from there to an Explorer and Network Ball tonight. In his star suit from his prom if any of you remember it! I'm picking him up from there at midnight. He didn't appreciate all my Cinderella jokes.

We're out for a curry tomorrow lunchtime before he heads back. I only saw him last weekend, I didn't know about this weekend when I went up and he's home in 2 weeks for Christmas. So I'll have seen him almost every other weekend, usually only for a few hours, though. Rather more than I was anticipating but lovely all the same. I expect it will get less as time goes on. More like your DS, Lovelybangers. Maybe the girlfriend back here has made the difference!

I can remember coming home 2 or 3 times in my first term at uni, and that becoming more like once a term after that.

I remember the star suit Ellen Bet you never thought he'd get another wear out of that .

What? Lots of occasions, er...

Love the suit!!!

I remember that suit! Glad it is getting another outing!

dd home for the weekend
which is nice
now trying to persuade her to finish what she is doing

she has an exhibition this week which is rather short notice for me to go up but I will try