graduation... and beyond.: College!!

My first day at KU... What an experience!

Early this morning I was awakened to an obnoxious beeping sound... The window cleaners across the street from the hotel. Great. I woke up, threw some gel in my hair, put on my work clothes, and went to Starbucks with my mom and sister. We get to campus and I'm immediately anxious... how am I going to get all this crap in? how are we going to get it in in less then 400 trips? how am i not going to die from carrying heavy loads up two flights of stairs (even though at the same time I sent up a quick, silent thank you that I was no longer on the NINTH floor.)

We pull up to McCollum Hall at 7:45. Thankfully, there are very few cars to compete with and we easily pull up to the curb. We had twenty minutes to unload and get it all out to the curb... Ok, so this was already better then my thoughts. But it was still a lot of stuff! I was feeling self conscious. However, as the clock struck eight, not one, but TWO guys came out to help load up my stuff in carts! I learned later they weren't supposed to do that. ;) But we got everything up in mainly one trip, which was such a relief! The room felt so small at first, but once we bunked the beds, and put away all my stuff, the room was looking much, much bigger.

Claire (My Roommate!) came after mom, dad, Erynn, and I went to lunch, so she had some time to put stuff away and get to know the (very chilly) room. We both met for the first time later after she came back from lunch and we decorated! I must say, our room looks amazing. We still have some big plans for the place, some involving christmas lights and shower curtains. We plan on making a Target run tomorrow for anything else we need. (And yes, everything of mine fit! :) With plenty of room to spare!)

Claire and I took a walk to check out Daisy Hill and see some friends. I even took her to Nunemaker (my Honors Program home) and showed her around. We only came back because it was getting a little toasty outside. Later, my friends Juli and Darshan from Orientaion came over to chat and we just sat in my room and it was great! Just like I always imagined college to be! We then had a mandatory floor meeting and we got some useful info like our mailbox combination and... well that was kind of it. Lol I knew the rest of it and/or had already done it! (AlcoholEDU...) Afterwards, we went to a block party, which was fun...but SOOOOOO crowded and overstimulating. It was just way more people then I was used to. Thankfully, a small group of us broke off to find the free food (which was excellant after the twenty-five minute walk to the union from the dorm!) and sat and chatted for a while, then we made our way back to the dorms and were going to wind down... but Claire and I decided on one last adventure for the night...

We had heard opening our mailboxes was tricky, so we decided to give it a try. Ten minutes and lots of laughter later... We came back upstairs to get the instructions and double-check the numbers. Ten more minutes later...we asked for help. Thankfully, it was an incorrect number and we weren't just stupider then the lock lol.

It was an amazing first day to say the least: lots of adventure and that's exactly how I like it. We have an excellent view from our window of lights and the stars... beautiful. Claire and I were looking out our window and I said, "Claire?" and she said, "Yeah?" and I said, "I think this is a moment."

We both started laughing hysterically. Which is also exactly how I like it... (:

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