In about four days to the hour almost, I will be taking a drive down to Tempe with my parents, and staying the night. The next morning BRIGHT and early, I will be moving into my small little dorm room in the Arcadia community on campus. Moving is another new experience for me; I was far too young to remember the one and only move I have ever been involved in - Chicago to AZ. This is different: I'm not sleeping, playing around in the kitchen, or eating, and letting my mom pack for me because that's what a 3 year old has to do. Nah, I'm packing my clothes. I'm getting a first aid kit together, picture frames, ironing all my clothes! You don't really realize how much work moving somewhere else is, until you actually do it. I never thought it would be hard, and I certainly didn't think I'd have to start packing a couple weeks in advance. I only really, really starting packing maybe one or two days ago, and I am feeling really behind. I still have to get a substantial working (hopefully better than average) bike lock, insurance, bus pass, the list goes on. Fortunately, I got a few things taken care of today, such as 95% of my laundry, and packed all the tops, bras, and dresses I'll need for the upcoming semester. Unfortunately, this means I'll be scrounging for my not-so-fav clothing to wear for the next couple of days, haha. Beware- I may be a plain Jane! ;)
For a weekend update: I was at the Arizona State University campus on Friday, and we paid off my tuition - another thing checked off the list!
We had quite a fun experience while there: we thought we were being rather 007'esque, "sneaking" into my future dorm's back door (thinking it would be locked!), "sneaking" into the elevator onto the 2nd floor where I will be staying, and then successfully and surprisingly being able to sneak into the EXACT dorm I will be living in, in a week. We wanted to see if the lock worked, so we re-opened the dorm room door to let my sister out to check, and the next thing we hear someone say, "hello! Are you going to be staying here?" and so my dad, mom, and I are stealing quick glances at each other before we decided to open the door and introduce ourselves. My "CA" (an RA at most universities) was really nice - he is the person who caught us in the act, I guess you could say :) It was also cool to see someone that I had added about a month ago on my facebook through an ASU Group on a discussion board. We found out that we were both music majors, so we added eachother. One of the people I was in contact with online happened to be at the dorm at the same time I was. She recognized me, and I recognized her face - I just couldn't remember where from! Anyway, that was a pretty cool experience. And thinking that in a week, my residential hall will no longer be so desolate, deserted, and quiet as it was when I was there visiting - But loud, fun, and unlike anything I've experienced. I'm so ready to make new friends, KEEP my old friends of course, and just soak in the whole experience.
I think I'm just about done with the packing now, after all : I've been packing basically the entire day!
xox
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