We managed to get most of the car packed Monday night so after E grabbed some last-minute essentials, hugged her brother good-bye and tried to wake L to say good-bye, we were on our way to U of I. We were all kind of amazed the mini fridge and her bike both fit in the back of the Buick.
Everything at the campus, and near it, was about welcoming the students. Signs were everywhere and older students helped move us in. This was E's dorm as we pulled up. All of her things fit into a huge, rolling laundry cart. Her Keurig-cup holder slipped off on the way to the elevator so other students were helping us pick us the K-cups that had rolled away. We ran into a lot of heavy rain on the drive to Urbana and were lucky that it stopped raining (mostly) to move her in. When we tried to leave the dorm, though, it was pouring so we hung out at the snack table, grabbing granola bars for the road and the coldest bottled water I have ever had.
Here's E in her small, cozy dorm room on the tenth floor.
E floor had a theme and E's floor is the movie "Inside Out," new from Disney this summer. The name on her door had one of the characters on it, and the elevator bank was all decorated. I think she was a little disappointed she wasn't on the "Game of Thrones" floor. We picked up E's high school friend, N, and took them to Wal-Mart to grab a few cable cords then Andy and I were on our way home.
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