Ds is off to Rose Bruford to do lighting.
Dd2 has gone back this weekend, he goes next weekend and then we have an empty nest. Not sure if I'm sad or excited!
Ds is very excited by his tool kit. He was okay about kitchen equipment (well, he looked at dd1's old stuff and said it would do). He could care less about his clothing, but only if he was planning on wearing the same outfit all term probably is
I'm hoping he can muster up enough enthusiasm to actually pack his clothes.
@Ineedcoffeenow
Tell your dd to go and find some societies to join. It doesn't have to be particularly round her interests, but just for social time. Volunteering to be backstage for theatre things can bring you into a group, but that's probably later in term. I always told mine that the Christian Union normally offers a certain amount of food and friendship if they need someone to listen.
They may never have thought about ultimate frisbee, or embroidering on tote bags, or wearing your pants on your head society but it's often the societies where you find other people you get on with.
Tell her not to worry about being good at it/enthusiastic but just go along. Dd1 loved a baking society, dd2 joined an orchestra (that she swore she would not go anywhere near).
And actually from experience, those who have old friends and cling to them often find it easy at the beginning, but really hard later because they don't start looking outside their old group either after they've fallen out with them, or because they've discovered that everyone else is moving on and they're still just the old group and not getting new experiences and they begin to wonder if they're missing out.