Moving In

Yesterday, Bloomington, IN was invaded by baby boomers and their college bound teenagers at Indiana University. Scores of cars line up one-by-one in front of the dorms to unload the "necessities" for life at college: the TV, the laptop, the mini refrigerator, and of course, the clothes. Mothers protected the goods outside while fathers and sons or daughters hauled it upstairs.

You gotta admit, the dorm move in experience is one-of-a-kind. No where else in the can you see nearly grown 18 year olds being doted on by their parents. No where else can you see 18 year olds stand by as Mom and Dad arrange the dorm until everything is "just right."

Although I never experienced dorm move-in for myself with my own parents, I did experience it vicariously while tagging along with my good friend Nasser and his parents yesterday. I may never forget the experience. A word of advice, don't forget clothes hangers. Bloomington was clean out.