Fortunately all the questions I posed to myself I was able to answer positively...Yes...she is ready. And Yes, this only means one thing...I think I'm getting older.
We loaded the rental SUV in Colorado (where we were temporarily living with our friends The Christensen's) and drove to Utah. While in Utah we did most of our shopping AND I must admit we had some FUN times shopping together getting ready to outfit her "cooking style dorm" and decorating her dorm room. IKEA, Ross, TJMax, and Target are a girls best friends for this type of shopping. We loved our time shopping together. The SUV was fully-loaded when we drove from Utah to Rexburg on Friday, September 5th. We left at 5 am so we could get there by 9 am to check in and get a dorm assignment and key. Note: it's important to get there early so you can pick your room and bed (there are definite better rooms and beds within the rooms - so timing counts). We left Utah in our shorts and flip flops and upon arriving in Rexburg and standing in line for 2 hours (half of it outside) we realized it is very cold in Rexburg - no wonder they don't allow flip flops on campus...your feet will freeze!
Finally we made it to her dorm room and found she was the second room mate to have checked in...so she was able to get the best room with the second best location (yes...I did feel very anxious and competitive with this process - even though it isn't designed to be a competitive process - I was willing to run anyone down to get a good position for Ariel...even though Ariel seemed pretty relaxed about the whole thing...I think it's a defect in my DNA). We began the unpacking process and eventually met the rest of her room mates. Whew...we were relieved...they all looked pretty normal (and they all actually turned out to be great for each other).
I stayed in Rexburg for two nights and two days to be on call for whatever she needed...grocery shopping, restaurants, movies, last minute Wal-mart trips for shelving/bins/kitchen ware, etc. The time I spent in my hotel in Rexburg was good for me as it served as a transitional period. I was able to see her dorm fully set-up, she gad groceries and she was going to be fine, and she had a good network of people around her, and had all that she needed. I was actually VERY excited for her and eager to watch this new phase of her life unfold. There were no tears as we said good bye...I was prepared...and she was ready...and we also knew we would see each other again in about a month for Mothers week (is this cheating?).
Ariel and all her room mates at Helen Lamprecht Hall.
We LOVE our college girl! Study Hard!
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