This was a very exciting and emotional day – our second in line went off to college and moved into her dorm.  A recent homeschool graduate, Nina is now off at the University of Pittsburgh studying languages.

Given the large number of students moving in and about Oakland, Steve and I were a bit apprehensive about the actual move in. Amazingly, it took less than ½ an hour! 

Part of this is that Nina redefines minimalism when it comes to wardrobe, but Pitt was also very efficient. They had these little wheelie carts all ready for us and with two of them and 5 of us (Steve, me, Nina, Kayla, and cousin Cassie came) we managed to get it all up to her room in a single trip.  That was probably just as well for Steve. Since we’d been up at a ridiculous time of morning, he’d had a few cups of coffee at Nana and Grampap’s before heading out. While that seemed a good idea at the time, it seemed less so after learning that Nina’s on the 7^th floor of an all women’s dorm and the nearest men’s bathroom was 3 buildings away!

After move in, Nina went off to an orientation session and we took Kayla and Cassie to the Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History (less than a 2 block walk from Nina’s dorm). Then we all met up for lunch.

Probably the funniest part was at the end of lunch when Nina dismissed us. I think her exact words were, “I think I’m ready to be a college student. You can go now.” 

Go get 'em NINA!!!!!