Remember in the last post when I said time flies. It's kind of been the theme of our summer. How is it possible for 18 years to have passed so quickly??? So this is how we spent so much of our summer time. Getting ready to send Ross off to university in Edmonton (U of A) took tons of time. So much has changed since Bruce and I were there. We finally got things settled, with only days to spare. He's in the faculty of science working toward getting in to Medicine after his mission (and a bit more school).
Ross's last night at home...
Anyway, one of the biggest stresses was trying to find Ross somewhere to live. Ross only had 2 friends he knew going to school in Edmonton. One is a girl, and the other lives in Sherwood Park with his family. This meant that he had no friends to room with. After a couple of trips to Edmonton, some internet searching, some phone calls, and a lot of driving around we finally signed him up to live in a basement suite in a house very close to campus. The owner of the house is about Bruce's age, and went to U of A when we were there. Now he still lives in the upstairs and rents out his basement to 5 LDS boys. Each one has their own bedroom, but they share a very small (never updated) old bathroom, and a tiny kitchen (with no table).
Entrance and edge of kitchen. The counter with the stool is the only 'table'.
The rest of the kitchen.
Seriously, this is the whole thing - it's tiny. But honestly, how much cooking is Ross really going to do anyway.
The family room, or common area. The first view is as you come in to the room, the second picture is looking back up towards the kitchen. You gotta love the carpet!!! Straight out of the 70's. Thick shag, still remarkably squishy for being so old (and yet, I had trouble taking my shoes off and walking barefoot).
We decided that this just might be good training for his mission.
This 'bedroom' is right off of the family room. Luckily, it is not his room. I can only assume that this was the last room to be rented. I'm sure it's probably less than 6 ft. wide, and not much longer. But at least it has a big window.
The very old and dated bathroom.
The laundry room, and a deep freeze for any good old home cooking the boys can get their hands on.
And down at the far end of the hall, far away from all other activity we find Ross's room. Sorry about the photo quality, the tiny room, poor lighting, and iphone camera, don't make the best pictures. This is his BIG desk (on moving day). The desk fits perfectly in the corner butting up against the door. Next to Bruce is a small gap (where he stores an electric keyboard) and then his night table.
The night table is obviously next to the bed. He has a great bed. His old bed frame saved from a couple of years ago, a new mattress, and a beautiful new quilt handmade with love by grandma O. Some of the fabric came home with her from her trip to Africa last year. Can you say spoiled? (Or maybe he's just LOVED).
At the foot of the bed he has a bookcase, then turning the corner for the next wall... a small closet rod with a small shelf above it to mimic a closet with no door. Next to that is Ross's dresser and a small chair tucked behind the door. Everything is basically touching whatever is beside it.... but he sure fit a lot in there (and empty space in the middle too).
These are some friends from home that happened to be in Edmonton on moving day, so they came and helped out a bit, and made sure Ross was settled in ok. (and left him a stash of soda pop). Speaking of stashes, I forgot about the totes stashed under his bed with all sorts of non-perishable costco food, and a secret stash of homemade salsa and bottled peaches - 2 of his favorite foods.
Here he is! All moved in! All grown up!
Here's Bruce reliving his university days, walking to campus. The picture is taken from the end of Ross's street (about 4 small houses away). The tall buildings are the U of A Hospital, and basically the edge of campus. The small gray house just above Bruce's head is where I lived for second semester of my second year at university. Ahhh, those were some good days......
Good luck Ross! We miss you already, but know you'll have a great time.... make the most of it!!!
5 comments:
Oh the college days....seriously can you be that old? A mother of a college student? Well, you don't look a day older than 27!:)
AWwwww....are you the blogger or what!! Nice capturing the whole thing in PHOTOS!! Nicely done! Looks like he is well spoiled and settled!! Awwww.....
awwww. i miss him :(
It really is as icky in real life as it looks in the pictures though it's probably better than the swanky digs Kev had after his mission. At least this way anywhere Ross lives after this will be an improvement!
Tonight when I tucked Blake into bed he said, "I can't wait until I can go to University because I want to be like Ross. --But I still want to live with you." (He added the last part just for me.)
i miss ross alot. but the good thing is is he isn't way far away so we can still go visit or have him visit us.
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