college: part I

Well, now that things have finally settled down 'round here, I think it's time to share about my most recent adventure: moving up to college!

Over the course of the past weeks, I'd been packing and getting the things I need for my dorm up here. Wednesday night came and went, and was the most difficult night of goodbyes so far. Tomorrow will be hard though; Mom and Dad are going home.

Long story short, I drove up here on my own on Thursday morning with all of my belongings. The road trip never gets old. It's one of the more beautiful drives in the state, all because of the transitions. You start in the dusty ole desert, then slowly it becomes bushes, and you turn the corner, and bam! trees are there. The trees turn darker shades of green with every passing mile, and the trees grow and grow in height.

A little about my roommate: Her name is Aubrey, and we've been good friends since junior year. We went to high school together and also had English class together the last two years. She's a sweetheart and we get along very well.

She was already here when I arrived. We got everything unloaded within a half hour; I didn't finish unpacking til this morning. It's great up here...The weather is BEAUTIFUL, a whole 30 degree difference between Flagstaff and Phoenix. Being here as a whole is great, but it still gets very overwhelming sometimes. For instance: Mom, Dad and I went to Wal-Mart today to pick up the TV for our room, and get an iron/ironing board. The store was ridiculously packed with new college students and their parents, and the supply was dwindiling. In that instance, right in the middle of electronics, is when it hit me that I wanted nothing more to get out of that store, and leave the overwhelmed Michelle there too.

Our room is very cute. Everything has it's place for the most part, so now it's just up to us to play Fung Shuei and see what works best for us.

So far, it's great. Can't wait to start class on monday!

now that the tears have ceased...

i never thought that saying goodbye to your best friend could be so hard. tonight i learned a lesson about life...

"It's never 'Goodbye'; it's always 'I'll see you later'".

That's my quote for the time being.

it started with a sousaphone

it's amazing how any one thing can bring people closer. in my instance, it was a sousaphone. and because of that, i have a best friend whom i love whole heartedly.

he's my best friend, my twin, my drum major, my boots, my mime, my fred flinstone...

he's my kurt.

he's come into my life and left footprints on my heart.

i'll never be the same.