Moving In

Today was the first day of my college days and amazingly it went much better than i thought it would ever go. As i sat in the car on the four hour drive down i couldn't help but wonder if i was really gonna enjoy being this far away from my family. When the time came for me to finally get out of the car and start moving in, I admit i was way nervous. But as the older students helped carry my luggage up the three flights of stairs i started to realize how wonderfully nice these people were being to someone that they just met like ten minutes ago. i then began to realize that they weren't being nice because they had to be but because they wanted to be. They understood that being a freshman is stressful enough and that when you go somewhere completly out of your comfort zone it is nice to have someone that can relate to you.

So when i was finally unpacked and things were somewhat neatly put away my parents took i and my two roomates to find something to eat to fill out empty stomachs. As we were sitting in a Dairy Queen talking about our interests and just getting to know each other i realized that these once strangers were now becoming some of my new best freinds. As the day went on we became closer and closer to each other finding out our likes and dislikes.

By the end of the day when my parents finally departed i didnt feel like they were abandoning me like i thought i was, but more that they were leaving because they new i was ready to be left alone for once and that they wernt going to have to give me a curfue or tell that i need to behave. They new that i had finally turned into the young lady that they always hoped i would. And even though it may have happened way to fast they are proud of me and they will always be.

For all of you out there reading this i hope that you have or had amazing parents like mine. and for those of you who dont know your parents they are in your dreams right between waking up and falling asleep. May someone special be in your dreams tonight and i pray taht they know how you feel about them, if they dont tell them because you never know the last time you may see them. As for me the special on in my dreams may be four hours away but his picture is on my desk and his love will always be in my heart.XOXO

leaving the nest

As many people realize there always comes a time when they will leave the nest and venture out to a new stage in life. For some it may be finding a job right out of high school, and for others it may happen when they are 18 and finally can move out or away from their controlling parents. But for me leaving the nest is an experience that most people have gone through, and that is going to College.

Don't get the wrong idea i mean i am very excited to be going to college, but i am not sure if i am ready to be leaving everything that i have come to know and love at home, four hours away. as i sit here surrounded by boxes full of things for my dorm room i can't help but feel that i am leaving something behind. Is it that i feel that i need to bring my family along with me on this journey, or am i just not ready to leave my friends behind? I think about all the memories that i have made with my friends over the years, and i'm not sure that i want to go on this journey without them.

But then i look at pictures of my new roommates and i realize that they are part of my new journey. They will be my friends that i will make new memories with and the ones that i will not want to leave when college is finally done. i guess this is the big step in life that i have chosen for my self, and although it may take some getting use to i knwo deep down that i can do it.

So this is it. I leave the nest tomorrow and im not sure when i will return for visits but this is where my journey with my family ends and my new journey begins. wish me luck, and always remember that if you can dream amazing things you can make them become reality.