I moved in yesterday around 10:15 am. My dad and I got a bit lost trying to find where we were supposed to go to drop off my things, but fortunately we got some instructions that were only mildly confusing. Once I finally got up to my room with all of my things though, I was disappointed. My room was not like I thought it would be and it was ridiculously small.
Fortunately after I unpacked everything, it seemed much bigger. I'm not sure how that works, it's sort of counterintuitive, but I ended up having more space than I needed and everything ended up working out pretty well. I admit, I would have appreciated more than three drawers for all my clothes, but all in all my complaints were fairly minimal. The more things I unpacked, the more it felt real, like I was really here. After such a long wait, one that seemed to stretch forever during my summer of working, I was finally moving into college. But anyway, I'm really pleased with the way my side of the room looks.
After about an hour and a half of unpacking and organizing, I was starving. So, I wandered around campus looking at markets and restaurants for a while before I got some soup. I also picked up some dried soup (the kind you add hot water to) for when I'm to lazy to go out and get food. I wouldn't be surprised if that happened fairly often.
By the time I got back, my roommate had almost finished moving in all of her things. We'd talked before through texting, but never in person, so I was slightly nervous to meet her. I purposely left when I knew she'd be arriving so that I wouldn't feel like I was in her way the first time we officially met each other. So far though, we've gotten along really well. I'm glad that I knew somewhat before-hand because I think it made the whole "sleeping with a stranger" thing a lot less uncomfortable.
After Emma (my roommate) and I chatted for a while and got our room looking relatively organized, I went out to dinner with my dad. He was going to go home after he dropped me off, but his car had been making really odd whistling sounds on the drive over to Seattle and they were getting increasingly more annoying and worrisome. So, he took his car to a local Subaru place and they determined that the ball bearings for his wheels had frozen, which was apparently odd because they had just been replaced. So, while he waited for them to replace the ball bearings and for the insurance to figure out just who was going to pay for it (which was apparently a rather complicated and frustrating ordeal) he hung out in a nearby pub for about four hours. He told me that while he was there he made friends with the owners and the kitchen staff. The owner's girlfriend gave him lots of tips about how to run a pub and so my father has decided that once he wins the lottery (or perhaps even if he doesn't), he is going to open his own pub.
Once they finally got done with his car and the insurance company was satisfied, my dad came by to take me to dinner. We first went to get some groceries. I mostly got breakfast foods and also soap because for some stupid reason there was no soap or paper towels in our shared bathroom, just toilet paper. Then we went to an Afghan place called Kabul and the food was amazing. I had never had Afghan food before so I was unfamiliar with the flavors, but I was pleasantly surprised. We had a soup with beans, noodles, and lots of dill, as well as a mushroom dish with a yogurt dressing and bread for appetizers. Then we shared a dish with baked cauliflower, baby carrots, potato, and a side of rice with carrots and raisins. Again I was unfamiliar with the flavor profile, so I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, but I suppose I'll just say that it was rich and delicious without being heavy.
My dad dropped me off in front of my dorm around 8:30 and I hung out with Emma and read a while before going to bed sometime around 11:30.
It was a very long day, but as far as first days go, I would certainly say that it was a success. None of the major activities started until the next day, and it was nice to be able to ease in to the college life rather than being thrown into the social aspects at the same time as the whole moving in deal. What I have seen so far of this campus has been amazing and I cannot wait to explore it further.
Great Blog Lina! Have a great school year and keep writing :)
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