College prep is making me bugnuts crazy
I keep starting posts and realising there’s just no good way to finish them. I’d rather not post anything for a week than post crap. I should get some extra posts lined up for situations like this, though.
I’ve been stressing a lot about the start of college lately. It’s scary. Like, really scary. Holy balls, I’m moving in less than two weeks. The only other time in my life I’ve moved was when I was 8 and my parents bought their first house. I wasn’t involved at all. I spent the summer with my grandparents.
I am, naturally, freaking out, losing sleep, and making about 17 individual lists. They’re as much lists as they are conversations to myself. Here’s a small example:
- I should bring flashlight to res
- also, over the door hooks for wet towels
- and a dust buster
- oh and some of those multi-tiered hangers would be good too
- and hangers in general
- also, shoe hangers for in the closet because they’re for more than just shoes
- and my fancy cardboard boxes for storage
- and a shower caddy maybe?
- I’ll def need an alarm clock
- should I bring my stereo? no, right? I’ll have my laptop.
That’s right, that’s me, asking myself questions. And that’s just the list to remind myself to add things to the list. I mentioned that move-in day is less than two weeks away. Well, lists are all I have down. I have almost all of my things – I want to pop in to Ikea (god I love Ikea, it’s like a field trip for me) to get things like those cheap closet organizers and a mirror since the bedrooms don’t have them.
Thank god the rooms are rooms. No sharing. You share a suite, which contains two bedrooms, a kitchen sans oven and a bathroom. Each bedroom has a double bed with drawers, a desk with drawers, and a reasonable closet. And a chair. By the way, is saying “oh my god” and “oh, jesus” swearing? My mother says it is. I think it’s not always appropriate language, but I don’t think it’s swearing really.
I’m not only worried about packing, because my room is such a mess that I need to clean before packing, but I’m worried about move-in day. I’ve never done it before, at all, much less a college move-in. I’m not totally sure where to go, or what happens when we get there, and I’m worried it’ll be hectic and painful and stressful. But, my parents and sister are coming to help out, so that’s great. I get the feeling you need to have one person stand with your stuff after you unload it because you have to park sort of away from where the residence is. Adding to that stress is that I have no idea where my room is. They don’t tell you your room, floor, theme of the floor, or roommate until you arrive. I requested my friend, and she requested me, but there are no guarantees.
So, in short, stuff to worry about. Stuff to make lists for. Stuff that I should’ve been doing all summer but did not at all.
Oh my god I’m moving in 10 days.
