We are safely back from OSU.  My son is safely installed in his dorm, classes start today.  He managed to get all his books but one used so it only cost $350 dollars.  His Calculus II book is about to be fazed out so it only cost $20.00.  Can you believe that.  He wont be able to sell it back but that's ok.  If he really wants money for it he can sell it on E-bay or something.  Surely he can get his $20 back. 

The one book he couldn't get used is one they ran out of.  It's for an intro to engineering class that he is required by OSU to take but that they didn't offer at the communtity college.  They ran out of the text at the book store and are ordering it so he will have to buy a new one.  On the other hand it's only going to cost $20.00 so if he had to buy a new book, that was the one to get.

It would appear that almost everyone on his floor is an engineering major.  One of the few exceptions is his roommate.  He is a history ed major.  I'm not too sure how happy he is to be stuck on a floor where he is surrounded by so many geeks but so far he is tredding water.  My son had me put skype on our computer so that he could talk to us without spending minutes on his phone.  That means that his roommate gets to listen in on our conversations though.  He got a real laugh out of my telling our son that he needed to be nice to him since he was all alone on a floor full of engineers.

As for the other boys, my second eldest, (I really need to work on a better way to refer to the boys,) is buying books today after work.  He managed to get all his class schedule for Tuesday and Thursday.  That is a mixed blessing.  It allows him more hours at work, but it piles all his classes into two days.  He can be rather prideful, I hope he reaches out for help if he needs it. 

The other boys are doing we so far too.  The older of the two participated in a mass casualty exersize with his CAP squadron.  He had to give up his shoes so that they and he could be decontaminated.  They sent him home with a pair of those treaded socks that they give patients.  Oh they also fed him which is very important to a teenage boy.

My youngest has started doing multiplacation.  He became sick today.  I'm not sure what is going on.  He had a feaver of 104.  But that and a head ach is the only thing I can see wrong.  I think that he will need the day off tomorrow.