On Thursday morning my family and I road tripped from my small town to move in to my college. This week has consisted of some of the hardest goodbyes including my best friends, family, my pets, and the hardest of all....my bed!! I moved into a tiny dorm room that is more of a closet than a room. I now share a bathroom with a whole floor of girls and sleep five feet away from someone that I have only met once before moving in. I am expected to survive on ten meals a week and I have to figure out when, where, and what to eat on my own. I have to make sure I wake up in the morning and get to places on time. My mom is not here to remind me what I have to do or to make me my favorite snacks. So, my point is that I am completely on my own for the the first time in my life.
Just a week ago, I was sleeping in my own bed in my tiny hometown. I am from a town where I know everyone and everyone knows me. I have known most of my graduating class since preschool and even some from before. I stayed in the same school building from kindergarten to eighth grade and then moved into a one-hallway high school. I was never forced to make new friends because I have had the same ones since elementary school. I knew the name of everyone I saw in my high school hallway and now I have learned the names of maybe thirty people. I also had my mom as my alarm clock and to constantly remind me what I needed to do last week. My dad was there to make me breakfast and dinner. I only shared my bathroom with my little sister and my friends were only a few minutes away from me. My friends now live from two to eight hours away from me and I don't know the next time that I will see some of them.
I am now on my own and yes it is very scary, but I am also starting one of the greatest chapters of my life. There are many positives to my new experience. I have received more free stuff than I could ever imagine and I've only been here for less than two weeks. I can take showers as long as I want and I don't have a curfew. I can walk to Starbucks every day and it fits into my meal plan! One of my favorite things is naps and great news..I can take one in between my classes every day! In college there is never nothing to do, there is always something going on. I already miss my family and best friends, but thank God for Snapchat and FaceTime. Melatonin has become my best friend and my mattress topper is saving my life. College has taught me something new everyday and I haven't even started classes. I am so scared, but also so excited for this new chapter of my life!! This is my time to find out who I am and become who I want to be!!
So here is to freshman year, college, and new friends!
