Starting lectures at uni 2017

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The other thread filled up really quickly, with exciting talk of laundry, mattress toppers and lost property.

Here's where the rest of them settle in, get through freshers and the work gets serious.

He's made quite a few new friends, his best mate from school is at the same Uni, different halls so he's doubled the amount of people he's mixed with. They will be together for the first year of their courses too which is good.

Eve my DS requested I send a big box of shin cup noodle bowls! (He lived on them at the festivals he went to over the summer) and watching with interest to see other suggestions as I'd like to send something.
Dropped him off yesterday and halls were very nice and he has let us know he's getting on well with the others on the floor and that he had a good first night out but needs to get his head around travel as ended up paying for a full price return ticket on the tube! (Despite being advised to get a student Oyster in advance.)
Will have a decent excuse to see him in a week or two as couldn't fit his bike in so will need to drop that off.

Cardiff's a fantastic place to be a student Maiden. My DS is there too though at USW not CU.

Thanks all. Keeping me sane here. Miss her so much and hardly any contact...but from what you guys say, that seems normal at least. Strange benefit of the absence is an abundance of pens?

Dd has just started drama school so slightly different, but similar too. They've been going for 2 weeks so she has already had time to settle into accommodation (flat share as school doesn't do halls), get herself a part-time job- and hand in her notice, get to know everybody and decide THIS IS THE LIFE. Have never seen her look so happy and confident and just so right.

Went up to see her yesterday, supposed to lend moral support in giving up pt job but when I got there it was already settled + no support needed so bought her a hoover & had lunch instead.

Meeting my own new students on Tuesday.

Welcome, cory - that sounds good. Finding ourselves somewhat redundant may be a bit discombobulating for us, but its a good thing really. So long as they know we're here if they do need us.

Well, DS is delivered and settled. Seems happy so far...Seem a nice group on his floor so here's hoping. Waiting for the first text 'Mum, where is....! 'or 'How do you .....?'

Just dropped off my son in Warwick- we live in Asia so I'm a bit worried about 'culture shock' of UK. He looked a bit lost when we left but I'm sure he'll be fine. (Please reassure me, someone!)

They look after them really well in the first week, to help them settle in and find some like minded people. They'll be fine. Just keep the lines of communication open.

May I join in?
We dropped DD1 in Scotland three weeks ago so she is well into lectures now. I think we probably miss her more now than we did initially and we are seven hours away so unlikely to see her until literally just before Christmas.
However she is having a ball; we have the odd phone conversation and lots of whatsapp messages and she is enjoying her catered halls and the chance to cook twice a week on Saturday and Sunday evenings (they all seem to club together and cook). We have had one postcard which said 'I am so happy, it's unreal' which was reassuring and have seen her on skype where she looked tired but fine. Lots of friends names being mentioned which is nice, however, roll on Christmas!

Oh and I think Lancaster started today too.

Well done so far everyone!

DS tends to be on messenger a lot when he’s cooking dinner. He’s been quite adventurous, but keeps worrying he’s going to poison himself/burn the house down/blow the house up (gas oven) delete as appropriate.

The main difference with him not being here is no pants being left on the bathroom floor this is quite outing!

clickers my Dd is at a very diverse university and she says the foreign students settle in well. She says it was quite funny when they were all swapping notes about their journey and saying it took 12/14/24 hours to get there and then asked Dd who said it was just over an hour

Hello, new thread! Just saying on other thread DS hasn't got student loan payment yet; and I'm fed up with it all.

Liney, I was talking to a friend earlier who said her son's (2nd Yr student) hasn't been paid either.
SFE said they hadn't received the paperwork, then changed their story and said a certain part hadn't been completed. When he went online to do it, they'd closed his account!!!

Oh bloody hell, Horsemad . That sounds crap.

I'm due to have surgery quite soon and I honestly need this done. There's just me to do it.

Dropped DS off.
I now have precisely no DC at home.

...well I know what to send DS , induction hob so needs a different saucepan! He's survived on cornflakes this weekend.

He also complained the tumble dryer cost £2 so am airer that I had pointed out and he dismissed as ridiculous has now been requested.

horsemad ds1's postgrad loan didn't go through either and his uni wouldn't let him enrol last week. SFE said he hadn't sent the form back (which he had as I have a photocopy of it signed and dated) They told him his account was closed and he had to start again. He took the original paperwork I had photocopied to his uni on friday and they enrolled him and lectures start Tuesday - fingers crossed the fees go through by then. SFE are notoriously horrendous at times

Dropped dd today.

Lovely room with a fine view of a building site.

Wow, the SFE cockups are worrying, aren't they?

Hope both Liney's & eatyourveg's DC get sorted (and my friend's DS too, of course).

Eve, I remember DS1's halls had induction hobs!

Littleho, hope your DD settles in just fine

Hi everyone, lurked on other thread but didn't feel I could join in as DD had only just gone (DH took her as no room in car for anyone else), and she had reported nothing, so I couldn't comment. A week has passed and still not heard from her, other than to reply to a text I sent her when I realised that she had left something important behind. No phone calls, no facetime; not fb friends with her, but can see that she has added a lot of new people. My DS is sad that she does not want to keep in touch at all, won't answer her phone even to him. I would be happy to back off in some ways, but it would be good to know that she is settling in ok, so that I don't feel so bad when friends ask after her and tell me how their DC are doing. She doesn't drink and is not a party animal. I know that it is important to give her some space, but still feel that she is being a bit rude and uncaring towards us.

She is probably just caught up in the initial whirl simbob. It is quite overwhelming at first and I expect she is exhausted. Give it a bit of time.

Thanks Horsemad. dd looked a bit tense when we left her so I'm hoping she meets a flatmate or coursemate soon.

I know that is probably all it is, but she has MH problems and would be more than reluctant to admit to it if anything was going wrong. I want to reassure myself that she has registered with a GP and that she has her loan.

I hope you hear from her soon.

Maybe send her another text with a couple of questions asking her to keep in touch.