Last night I logged on to the library system's Web site to see which items had due dates coming up soon. One title caught my attention. "Uh-oh," I thought.

I got out my cell phone and texted my son, Mikel: "Yo, where is that library book I checked out for you, 'Getting Ready for College'?"

He responded just a couple of minutes later. "It's here in my room."

That's what I was afraid of.

You see, Mikel moved last week, to start his freshman year of college at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He must have really found the book useful, since he thought to pack it, but he wasn't even going to pack a heavy jacket for the colder winters there!