I’m so anxious to leave for college. It’s 12:45am and OFFICIALLY, I have 11 more days. :D 10 if you don’t count the day I move in. I’m almost in the single digits, bay-bay!
I’ve got most of my dorm shopping done. I have little things like pads, ibuprofen, surge protector, etc. My family has a bunch of surge protectors but heres the story. The garage of the house we live in was never a garage. It was converted into a room. It was supposed to be a three car garage. Two cars of it is a giant living room, the second car is split up into two rooms of equal size. All that space is mine (yesssss!). The two smaller rooms are my bedroom and closet.
The thing is… there is officially ONE outlet in my room. So we bought one of those thingies that makes six plugs out of one. Then I’ve got one short extension cord with 3 plugs coming out of that. Then I’ve got a surge protector coming out of that. Then another one. Then another one. Then another one. Then one more JUST for the organ in my room. So that’s 5 plus the extension cord. It’s kind of insane. I can’t unplug any of them because everything electric in my room is needed. I’m going to list all the stuff connected to these surge protectors so skip the next paragraph if you really don’t feel like reading.
The first one has my fish tank, my tv, my dvd players (one of them I use for the VHS feature. I lost the remote to it so I use the other DVD player. Along with surge protectors, our family has a bajillion DVD players too.) I see a couple of other things plugged into it but I have no idea what they are. The next surge protector has all my game systems connected to it, plus my iPulse. Then my next surge protector has my Clavinova and a lamp connected to it and the next one has my organ attached to it. Damn.
Hm. So 345 words later, I’m getting to the point of my post. I’ve got all my dorm shopping done and now I just have to pack. I know if I pack now, I will be living on practically nothing for 10 days. But I’m so flippin’ excited to go through all my stuff to take with me. I have no idea what personals to take. I’m going to take my favorite books, maybe a couple of DVDs, a couple of board games… I don’t really know what else. To be honest, I think I could fit all my stuff into my closet and like, 3 under-the-bed storage containers. I don’t know why everyone is freaking out about dorm space. I feel like I’m missing out on something BIG that I’m supposed to take with me… What else should I take?
Oh, I intend on taking my flute with me. I want to get better at it so I’m proficient at a wind instrument. Then my options for ensembles definitely grow. Concert bands/orchestras/whatevers usually need only a small number of percussionists. You can’t have too many people standing around back there. So now I have my flute. I’m also going to take my violin and hopefully get some student to teach me how to play. I need to be somewhat proficient at the violin to take lessons from instructors at the university.
What else should I take that’s personal… Freaking, I have no idea. Of course I’m going to take picture frames… what all is everyone taking that they need SO much space for?!
Edit: By the way! I rushed out, an hour before they closed, to a Borders in a city 30 minutes away just so I could buy one of my $16 memoirs for my english class. My coupon expired tonight. Saved $6 with my 40% coupon. I rushed to the Borders near my house and I got there 8 minutes before they closed. I couldn’t find the last memoir that I needed even with their help. Apparently they had four copies and we looked in two different sections. Oh well. I had two 40% coupons (from two different accounts, mine and my mom’s) and I wanted to use her coupon. The book is $9 so I suppose I can just buy it retail whenever I can.
Editedit: I just got a 30% coupon in my email 14 minutes ago. Damn, son. These people are seriously lean-mean coupon sending machines! It’s like freaking JCPenney. There’s ALWAYS a sale!
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