College orientation

Andy and I drove E to U of I today to register for her fall classes, get her school ID and go through her orientation. Above is the Illinois Street Residences, where she'll be staying. We toured a dorm room there. We left the house at 5:45 a.m. and arrived at U of I a little after 8 a.m. We thought that was pretty good timing since there was construction along the way and we stopped to fuel up. When we got on a bus to take us from the parking garage to the Union, where the students had to sign in, she met her roommate. Her roommate recognized her immediately and they talked the whole route. Once at the orientation, they met up with the other girls she's been talking with on Facebook.

Best part of the day for me was the free stuff we were given. It's hard to pass up a give-away. Worst part was that it was rainy and chilly and we were in shorts with no umbrella.