Dorm Life 2026: Alec's Junior Year

Alec's drop off was on Saturday and we knew with his giant pile it was going to take both of our cars to get all his stuff there. He needs his car on campus anyway since he opted to skip the dining plan entirely this year and just use the kitchen in the apartment him and his roommates picked out. 

Alec's dorm this year isn't much different from last year's. In fact he's only one building over and 2 rooms down from where he spent last year. We were warned that Providence was braced for some severe weather on Saturday so we were just hoping it wouldn't be pouring when we arrived and that we could find parking close to his building for both cars. Thankfully the weather held out and parking was nice and close. It's always a whirlwind process getting the car(s) emptied out, walking up those 3 flights of stairs over and over, and then moving the cars into a longer term parking lot but we did it and then settled in to help him unpack.

We had a few hiccups with a broken shower curtain rod and his closet door was off it's track. Luckily my husband could fix the second and Alec put in a replacement request for the first. But that meant his bathroom was still not put together when we left. 

his room mostly done' just waiting for the command strips to "set" so we could put his pictures up

We put together his new plant stand for the living room. But most of the common spaces were a mess when we left as no one wanted to tackle the kitchen alone and take over so they were all waiting for a time they could work together to get it done.  

He's so excited to be sharing this apartment with 3 friends this year and they already have grand plans to make a huge "back to school" dinner with a bunch of their friends using lots of ingredients Alec picked up in Greece with this plan in mind. 

Alec's move in time was 10 am and we were leaving Providence by 2 or so (most of that time was spent on lunch). But we knew we'd see Alec again on Sunday since he forgot his culinary jackets hanging in his closet (he thought they were in the bag already but that turned out to be his aprons and chef hats).