Dorm rooms

Alex and Caleb have been living in the dorm for 2 whole weeks now and they are basically settled in. Jake and I went to "cowage" yesterday to eat lunch with the big kids. We ate in the cafeteria, which is Jacob's favorite thing to do, btw. Afterwards we went to Alex and Caleb's rooms to hang out for a bit. I didn't end up bringing my camera because I had to much other "crap" to bring....so use your rusty old imaginations!!
First, we went to Alex's room. Jake immediately took his shoes off and climbed up on Alex's top bunk to play with her stuffed dog. He looked down and said, "I can't jump from here or I will die and break my knee". LOL He came down and rolled around on the carpet for awhile and then played with the refrigerator magnets and admired all the pictures on the walls and doors. It was such a "girl" room. They have coloring pages taped to the walls and little decorations scattered all around to make it cute and homey. Their comforters are bright colors and the doors are covered with little foamie people or animals bearing their names. (the get a new one each year, but like to save the old ones and hang them up together) The 8 "girl" suite shares a common room that is neat and tidy and rarely has anyone lounging around. Most of the girls are in their rooms studying or at class when we visit.
Caleb lives on the same floor, but in an 18 "man" suite. He has one room mate, just like Alex has. We walked all the way around the floor to get to Caleb's room and one minute after arriving Jake said, "I want to go back to Alex's room". hahaha It's such a BOY room!! They don't want a carpet, so they just have the bare linoleum floor. The room looks exactly as it did the day we moved Caleb in, except for the addition of his Arsenal soccer poster hanging on the wall. He and his room mate have solid dark colored sheets and absolutely no decorations or things that make it "individualized". Not a single toy exist...no stuffed animals...no pictures to look at, except for the single shot of Micah playing soccer that is magneted to Caleb's fridge. Micah should feel REALLY loved!! The big difference is the common room. The boys are lounging in there all over the place. They are draped across every chair and couch watching each other play video games on the communal tv. There is a Rock Band set of drums in the middle of the room with tube socks rubber banded to each drum head. Apparently, they are trying to muffle the sound, but it looks more like someone is drying their socks. It has such a boy "feel" to the room....stinky and messy. LOL They all looked pretty happy though, so I guess it suites them fine.
We walked back to Alex's room where she promptly sat at her desk and got her biology book out to study. I just had to laugh on my way home with the final sights of dorm life. Alex at her desk with her Little Mermaid light up pen and Caleb in front of the tv , playing some crazy Lego star wars game on X-Box. They are no longer living at home, but they haven't changed a bit!! Caleb will probably have all his books and projects strewn about his bedroom floor late at night. He's always done that...covered his bedroom floor with his homework at 11pm, he's a late night crammer. Alex isn't willing to give up her precious sleep for study time, so she does it in the day when she's "alert". heehee
That is my story...hope you had some nice pictures in your mind!