All Moved In

 Doug left yesterday afternoon with the rest of Meg's possession so that they would be ready for their 8 a.m. move-in slot.  He got to Bloomington early enough last night for them to get Goodfellas for dinner and to play a game of Ticket to Ride Germany with Brett.  Meg had to go to the staudium this morning for a COVID-19 test before she could return to campus.  She and Doug decided to get there at 7:40 a.m. to be ahead of the crowd and there were at least fifty cars in front of them.  Everything was well run, however, and soon she had her negative results and two new IU masks in hand.  

Meg chose to live at Union Street Center this year.  It was a new IU apartment complex on tenth street.  Meg knew one of her roommates from last year, Faith, and had texted the other one, Grace, several times over the summer.  The girls each had their own bedroom with Faith and Meg sharing a bathroom.  There was a living room and kitchen in the middle of the apartment along with a washer and dryer.  It only took Meg and Doug an hour or so to move everything into her room as IU had provided student movers to help.  Meg texted almost immediately to let me know how much she loved her new place.  Doug called later and said that it was the nicest complex that any of our children had lived in on campus.  

After they got everything into her room, Doug set up Meg's television and helped with a few other items.  They then went to Kroger for a grocery run.  Meg and Nick had already bought some of the necessities earlier in the week so she didn't need too much.  They stopped at Brett's afterward to pick up Cal's queen sized mattress and dresser that had been stored at Brett's.  It was a tight fit, but thankfully they were able to get everything into the van for Doug's return trip home.  Meg picked Chipolte for lunch and the three of them enjoyed a picnic in People's Park.  Doug left Bloomington around 1 p.m. and was home by dinner time.

I talked to Meg several times during the afternoon.  Faith had arrived and they were spending the day running errands and unpacking.  Meg said that it was a little overwhelming as last year I had stayed to help get most of her room set up.  I couldn't do that this year as I had to stay home with Cameron as he had tennis practice and e-learning.  I was sad to miss helping her, but glad that she loved her new home.  She was ready to be with her friends and to live on her own.  With all of the news surrounding the large parties at Notre Dame that had resulted in hundreds of positive COVID tests and North Carolina closing their campus due to the same reason, I said a prayer that IU would not follow suit.  Hoping for a healthy, safe and wonderful sophomore year for Meg.