Posted on: May 21st, 2009 by Famous Phil

Although I wanted to write much of the following content a few weeks ago when I was packing to go home for the summer, I was strapped for time.  Therefore, I’m making this post now.

Moveout

At the end of every semester, I always try to get out of UB a few days early to beat the last minute move out rush, and this year was no exception.  I was fully packed and ready to go about a day in advance.  After last year’s fiasco, I thought that having a covered trailer instead of an uncovered truck bed would be a much more efficient way to move out and protect my stuff from mother nature’s worst.  Last year’s move out brought thunderstorms and a lot of rain which complicated move out a lot (not to mention that I got completely soaked during the move out and remained soaked through the hour and a half ride home.  I said to my father, “never again without a covered trailer”!

Luckily, this year, we had no rain (I looked at the forecast days ahead of time and actually moved the date once) and we had a nice big covered trailer.  The move out process this year went very smooth!  Just one minor nose bleed later that night that was caused by the dry air and elevation change going home.  Unpacking was also very easy since we had space all set.

Lets move onto college text books

Every year brings the same old problem, I buy books at the beginning of the semester for my classes: cost: “arm and a leg”.  I return my books to the bookstore at the end of the semester: recovered funds: “next to nothing”.  If you are a college student, you probably know exactly what I mean!

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