Allison finished cleaning up the GS camp with the rest of the counselors. Her favorite was the latrines I think(besides the horse stables). Yeah. She really did enjoy her whole summer experience. Next summer she will probably be turning in her hiking boots for heels while pursuing a business internship(with Tom's encouragement). She returned home to do her laundry and start packing for school. She also had to run some errands-like stopping into the bank. This year Allison and her roommates decided to rent out a condo. There are not very many dorms available for the upper classmen. Allison heads back to Salisbury as a Junior enrolled in the Perdue School of Business. Tom rented a Uhaul truck so we could move some furniture to her new condo over the weekend. I took her out on Saturday to do some shopping for supplies after we loaded everything onto the truck.
Allison was a huge help while she was home-even for a short time. She drove Scott to and from his Drivers Training classes, and then gave Grandma Bozyk a ride to and from her Sr Center program. Afterwards, SCott, Allison and Grandma all went out to lunch and for ice cream. I was happy they all spent some time together. On Friday she joined her roommate for a turnaround trip to the condo to pick up the keys and drop off the first month's rent. Her roommates were moving in on Saturday. We planned to arrive on Sunday. Along with the cable guy. The girls need their wifi for computer hook up. We also had to purchase renter's insurance before Allison could move in, so she needed to drop off the paperwork.
Allison is sharing the condo with her previous roommate Jen whose family lives in our neighborhood. They also moved in Helena whose family is from Venezuela. Helena's family was visiting for the week and met us when we pulled up in the truck and our car caravan on Sunday morning. It was a family event-Cookie joined us. We had lots of helping hands to move in couches, a dresser, nightstand and a bed, plus clothes and cooking and cleaning items, food items, Field Hockey gear and a small fish tank. Tom and Allison assembled a small computer desk that we purchased at Walmart and set up her computer and gaming system. The girls have 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, a dining area, living room and tv, kitchen plus lots of closet space. Also a small deck out back. Very roomy and very comfortable. Our old leather couches looked very nice in their new space with Allison's floor rug. And Helena's parents bought a grill so the girls can cook out in their backyard. Plus someone dropped off a table and chairs for the deck. So they will be ready to host their Ultimate Frisbee team!
Naturally, Tom and I had to run out and shop for new couches for our house last week. Not a fun activity in my book. We ended up in La Z Boy and picked out a leather couch and love seat combo(fortunately on sale). We were ready for a new couch set-the cushions on the last set were beginning to wear. Perfect for a college apt. We decided to wait on a new recliner chair as we go into Labor Day sales. Plus I am not so sure we can stuff anymore furniture into Allison's condo as she was looking at taking our old chair. As it was, we moved in a Queen sized bed! Fortunately, Allison got one of the larger bedrooms.
After moving in all the furniture and hanging up the clothes, we headed out for a late lunch/early dinner with Allison's boyfriend, Tyler. Finally we had a chance to meet him and learn about his summer computer internship with a gaming company here in Baltimore. He is a Senior studying computer science/programmer. He also works part time at campus in the IT office. We took him to one of the campus favorite restaurants on the river, Brew River. We sat out on the deck and listened to the band playing near the bar. Tyler also plays guitar so it was fun to critique our entertainment with someone who has a music background. Tyler actually started out studying music at Salisbury. We had to drop him off and run a few more errands for Allison before dropping off the Uhaul truck and heading home. Allison then went out that evening with her roommates to pick up some basic staples(like milk and butter). We did not want to get home too late since Scott started school on Monday!
We did enjoy dinner on the patio at our neighbors on Saturday evening to catch up with all our summer travels and kids activities before everyone gets back to their busy school and work schedules. We also did the puppy hand off as we had been babysitting for our friends cavachon, Ripley last week. Cookie is still trying to recuperate.
Double Trouble(Ripley and Cookie_
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