Olin Freshman

The day has finally arrived. Our youngest child is off to college. Jeanine, Kyle and I helped Maya to move into her dorm at Olin College of Engineering. Somehow, knowing she is only 30 minutes away made the occasion less traumatic than it was for the boys who chose schools half way and all the way across the country. After initial setup, I returned home to build a two-step ladder so Maya could climb into her ridiculously high bed, a 46-inch tall, 5 shelved, night table to augment the limited room storage, 6 drawer dividers, and a perfectly dimensioned piece of lumber to prevent her poorly designed dresser from tipping over with a drawer fully extended. I used up all the leftover plywood from the tiny house project and finished just in time to arrive late for dinner with her roommate and her parents.