With a room full of stuff, clothes, shoes, posters and drawers full to overflowing,
what do you take to an unknown dorm that will be your place for the next year?
You start whittling it down to basics. . .very few basics! Then you begin to think
you don't care, you'll just go and leave it behind, but maybe, Adam thought, I will need a few things and maybe I'd better start with a haircut!
Wednesday, Sept. 19 was the BIG moving day to Portland State University, downtown Portland. The adventure has started! And Lori, Grandma and I followed along to help. We were soon reminded what the big city is like: construction everywhere, one-way streets, stoplights, people everywhere, no parking places unless you get a paid permit. Concrete is everywhere! In the middle of all this is Portland State. And at building 625 on the 4th floor is a small room that has become the home of Adam and his roommate. Most of you have left your children somewhere under the watch of someone else but college is different. It's the first push towards independence and the safety and comfort of home. As we left Adam in his new 8 X 16 foot home, aloneness set in for all of us and a deep sinking feeling as we walked down 4 flights of stairs towards our car, prolonging our departure as much as we could.
