UEA (2019) Surely 2021 (and getting on for halfway through our DC's degrees) things have got to get better????

[NewModelArmyMayhem18]

New thread following on from the previous one.

Lots of and into 2021.

@Hattifatteners @Softpebbles. Best wishes for your DCs. I hope we all see minimal disruption at worst this academic year, and you'd hope, for your DCs, full normality, or at least new normality for their second and third years.

can see DS2 doing a masters just to get a normal year at uni

@Allfurcoatandnoknickers welcome too. Good luck to your DD too.

Are the timetables issued via Blackboard? It was Blackboard that DS had an issue with when they reckoned he'd submitted a piece of coursework late (but he hadn't). That took some sorting out for him.

Chance would be a fine thing to know what DS's timetable is looking like we tend to get one word answers to questions drip fed us over the weeks

@NewModelArmyMayhem18 DS2 certainly mentioned Blackboard. Although I do wonder if the chalk box has gone missing.

Seems that way @boys3 !!!

DD is going back tomorrow for 3rd year but into a new house, after last years drama, so she's really anxious.
She has managed to view her timetable but can't now seem to sync it to outlook. Has anyone had any success?

I hope your drop off went well @Hattifatteners

I don’t know about others but I have found it really emotional. I have quite a lot of other stuff going on but this has been much harder than I thought - which is ridiculous really!

I'm looking forward to ds1 returning. He makes such a mess in bathroom and the kitchen. I can tell exactly what he's had to eat because it's all left out.
I do have 2 dc's at home still and he's not that far away...that may be while I feel different.

His student house has been empty all summer. Then 2 of them returned at the weekend. 2 more going back on Friday. Ds is working until Friday, I think he will pack up after work Friday and go too. The 6th person they haven't heard from. I'm assuming he will turn up soon too.

Thank you @Softpebbles, it wasn't too bad actually. DS didn't give me a chance to get too emotional. He didn't want our help with his stuff and hoped that we leave quite soon. Which we did. He has messaged few times, has met some people he likes and seems to be ok. I still have DD at home so not quite an empty house yet. She'll be going next year and I am quite scared of that. How was your drop of?
And thank you @sluj for La Hogue recommendation. We had lovely lunch there in the sunshine. Their cake/pudding display was very impressive! I am sure we will go again

@Hattifatteners, glad you liked La Hogue. We often stop there on the way down. I always look at the cakes but I'm usually too stuffed by the time I've eaten the savoury lunch.
I'm glad you both survived the drop off. Were they strict with the number of adults?
@Softpebbles, it is really quite a big thing to deal with so try and treat yourself now and then. It's a sign that you have raised a child successfully so you and @hattifatteners should both be proud of yourselves as well as emotional. I found fixing a date for a meet up in 3 or 4 weeks gives you and your DC something to look forward to. It will get better until you are desperate for them to get back to UEA like us 3rd year mums. for you both

Glad all the freshers arrived safely and look to be settling in well. From what DS3 has shown me from his friends that are at UEA freshers looks a lot more normal. ABBA tribute band as well!

We dropped DS2 off at the Ziggurats yesterday afternoon. Mindful of the instruction re only the one 'helper', chucked DH out of the car on the way round and he waited on a bench by the Sainsbury Centre while I made up DS2's bed - hot tip, turn the mattress over; DS2's had practically every spring making a bid for freedom the way up it had been left but the other side appeared to be in pristine condition and is apparently perfectly comfortable - and DS2 ran up and down the stairs to fetch his stuff.

Coffee and cake in the Modern Life Cafe and a brief mooch around the gallery and shop for DH and I (DS2 too busy socialising to come and join us), then home. Could have done without the torrential rain after Colchester, mind you.

Loving the sound of the Abba tribute band.

Good to hear everyone is moving in and hoping that the freshers have a ball! I should imagine there will be lots of second years making up for lost time too.

@MarchingFrogs we did exactly that with my daughters mattress today and it worked a treat!

How is everyone doing now that most of our DC's have returned to uni? I think it's probably covid related but I'm missing DD as much now as I did in first year, she's been at home so much in the last 12 months and it's amplified her absence now 😞 On the plus side she is happy in her new house so far, has about a 50/50 in person/online timetable and is looking forward to netball trials next week.

Ds hasn't gone back yet. He's going back at the weekend. He's still working full time. He finishes tomorrow. He's just phoned and has got something in his eye at work. They've sent him to A&E which is in Norwich. He just phoned to say his eye feels fine now, so should he go in. I suggested going to see what the wait is like. I'm sure he will stop off at his house in Norwich as almost everyone is there.

DS is still doing his 'summer job' and says he's busy with that and his dissertation. Doesn't the academic year for non-freshers start this coming week?

Hope your DS is okay. He should probably get his eye checked out even if it's feeling better, just in case. And presumably if it happened at work, his employer will want to know that he's done what's required for H&S and completing incident form.

@juicy0 I think it's understandable, you missing your DD. With having had most/all family members at home for some of the past 18 months, it's difficult adjusting to things getting more or less back to normal, isn't it?

@NewModelArmyMayhem18 yes I think that's the problem, I've had my husband working from home full time for nearly 12 months and DS home from school and now suddenly the house seems so empty. Don't get me wrong, I'm so happy that school and uni are back and on their way to a new normal but it does feel very strange here.
@icanbewhatiwant I hope everything was ok at the hospital?

@juicy yes thanks. They put a dye in ds's eye and checked it out. It was fine. I didn't realise he'd been dropped at the hospital by a colleague. So ds phoned one of his housemates who collected him from the hospital, Ds then spent 2 hours with his housemates. Then the lad who picked him up was going back to his parents house in Ipswich this eve, we are about half way between Norwich and Ipswich, so the lad dropped Ds back at work where his car was. That was helpful. Ds is pleased as he's seen his mates. He's now packing ready to return to Norwich after work tomorrow.

Glad to hear your DS is okay @icanbewhatiwant and that he managed to see his housemates (and one was kind enough to drop him back to work to pick up his car.

@juicy0 much the same here. I had been craving personal space for the past 18 months but not entirely enjoying it now I have it!

I hope you don’t mind me joining you! DD is looking at UEA to do psychology next year and I was wondering if I could pick anyone’s brains? What sort of prices are the accommodation both for halls and also houses in second/third years? Also, how close are the halls to the department buildings? Are there plenty of fun students things to do there??

Thank you!

Hi @appuskidu. I can't say too much yet as DS just started his studies at UEA. His accommodation at campus (on suite) is quite expensive. However, they have put all the students that study his field (health sciences) into the same building and that has allowed them to form friendship groups quite quickly. He has joined several societies and seem to be having good time. We just need to wait and see what the future holds

@Appuskidu I think you can see the prices somewhere on the UEA website.

Some Campus accommodation is closer than others. The village is further away (but walking distance) I think the further away accommodation is slightly cheaper.

Thank you-I’ve been looking-it says the singe rooms are either £90 something a week or £120 something a week, but it doesn’t tell you how many weeks, which would make quite a difference!
Birmingham is clear if you’re paying for 32/42 etc weeks which makes it harder to compare.

@Hattifatteners

Hi *@appuskidu*. I can't say too much yet as DS just started his studies at UEA. His accommodation at campus (on suite) is quite expensive. However, they have put all the students that study his field (health sciences) into the same building and that has allowed them to form friendship groups quite quickly. He has joined several societies and seem to be having good time. We just need to wait and see what the future holds

We won’t be going for the en suite, I don’t think .

@Appuskidu It wasn't DS's first choice and he currently pays £165/week. He does medicine, so his contract is slightly longer, 40 weeks. I believe the standard is 38 weeks. If you have a shorter contract than that, it would mean that you'd need to empty your room for holidays. Which is a real pain. I don't think UEA does this. I also don't believe anything is as cheap as £90/week. Unless a shared room? You can find all the accommodation options and prices from UEA website.