Moving Day

It was hot and humid on Saturday

when we moved our freshman into her dorm room.

One of the best things about Mercer, though,

is that freshmen are moved by the trusty

Mercer Movers,

orange clad upper classman and even professors who do all of the lifting.

(photo from the Mercer website)

That's a good thing

since she was near the end of the hall...

on the third floor...

with no elevator...

We still packed lightly.

After all, what goes up must eventually come down.

*Somehow* 

big sister managed to be on our team of movers.

It might have had something to do with the
17 text messages sent back and forth

giving estimated time of arrival...

Or perhaps it was that demonstrative arm flagging when we turned down the street...

Or maybe just luck. You be the judge.

Here's the room when we opened the door.

Yep.
Just about as tiny as we expected.

Perhaps even more so.

Apparently, the dressers have been victims
of downsizing.  

They used to have three drawers. 

Now, they have two.

The first thing we did was unbunk the beds.

Tiny as the room might be, they still wanted their own spaces.

Then, she started tossing things underneath the bed
to see how high she was going to have to lift it.

Actually, not too high
due to the dinky downsized dorm dresser.

So she made her bed.

The comforter is reversible with zebra on the other side.
If she gets a notion, she can whip it over,
and turn all the pillows to the solid side for a whole different look.


(I'm actually a lot more jazzed about that than she is. Sometimes my girls just go with my flow...)

Can you see that annoying little jut out beside the bed?

It kept us from being able to put the beds in a "L" shape
which really irritated her  us  me.

She just put her tall skinny cubbies there.

The lamp was a graduation gift.
It was amazing how many gifts she got for her room which matched.

 

Adding a little wall cover

She set her desk up on the wall opposite her bed

It sits between their closets and the bathroom

Adding yet more wall color.
And even a picture of the family.

This shot shows just how close are the quarters.

That's their microwave resting on top
of her downsized dresser
under the bed.
She also has several black storage bins.
Fortunately, it all sort of disappears into blackness.

Here's the view from the other side.

The cubbie nightstand has canvas drawers in the bottom.

She's going to keep edible stuff in there.

since the refrigerator opens to that side.

Finishing touches...

Some flowers, just because...

 And a canvas covered with her favorite scripture.
It was made by a younger girl in her youth group.

It says,
My heart is confident in you O God;
My heart is confident.
No wonder I can sing your praises. 

So there you have it. All moved in with her pink and green and zebra.  There is still a lot of blank space, but there will be plenty of time to fill it up.  I will add one update  for those who have been following the story: The roommate assignment was modified. She is not rooming with the bear hunter after all.

I'm pretty sure the zebras were relieved to hear it.