Joel off to Purdue University

Thursday was a momentous day. Not only was it Joel's 18th birthday - it was also the day we took him to Purdue and moved him in to his new home. It took 3 cars - Joel's car with his bike on board (freshman are not permitted to have cars on campus unless they have regular off-campus appointments for a doctor or dentist....Joel still has his braces, so got permission to take his car! This will make him very popular!) In my car were clothes and some groceries/laundry stuff, Todd drove with the floor rug, the fridge, printer and microwave.



Joel and his room mate Luke Wilson (a friend from Heritage) unloading the cars at the loading dock at the back of Shreve Hall.

Joel entering his room - No. 604. Note they put the boys names outside their rooms on cars and firetrucks!! Isn't that cute!

Here are the boys in their room. Joel ordered a loft - meaning his bed is up high and he has storage under it. The fridge, TV, microwave and printer are going under Joel's bed. Luke ordered a loft (too late for installation upon move it) which will be arriving in the next week and under his bed will go a futon so they have a place to sit and if they have any friends stay they can crash on the futon. At the foot of their beds they each have a desk and behind the desk they each have a closet and chest of drawers/mirror. Pretty close quarters. The bathroom is down the hall.

This is Shreve Hall. Build in 1978. This is the boys wing - in the middle is the common area (lounge area(with a grand piano), study rooms, rec room, TV lounge and office with mail room and 24 hour attendees) and on the other side is the girls wing. Shreve does not have a dining hall - but the dorms on both sides do - so not far to walk for meals. The boys also have a supply of microwave and freezer meals in their room.

Joel is on the 6th floor (there are 8) and is the second room from the end - so you can actually see his room in this photo just to the right and above the smaller tree.

Across the road from Shreve is the Marching Band practice oval......the first morning Joel was woken at 7am with the marching band playing Revelry. I'm sure the band loves waking all the sloths in the dorms close by!

The boys are all settled in and ready for classes to start on Monday August 23rd!