lots of changes...

Heyy!

Well as all of you should probably know, I'm here in sunny So Cal attending BIOLA. :) I packed up last week and flew down with my family this past Tuesday. Wow - it's been so crazy! Saying goodbye was reallllly hard... Monday morning I said goodbye to my Shanna which was really hard... It was a little too reminiscent of another similar goodbye 11 years ago... :( SAD DAY. The rest of the day was good though... Arthur came over and distracted me from the sad part of the day... we gave gifts to each other :) and talked, then went out to Rositas (my favorite restraunt ever) for lunch, then headed home to pack more. We basically just relaxed and hung out, listened to music, sat on the dock, hung out with my family etc. It was very sweet. Tuesday morning I flew out at 8 am. Arthur was able to come to the gate with me (we learned something about the airport - if you don't like the answer one person gives you, go try someone else till you get the answer you want.) and it was really hard to say goodbye... :( I miss him so much!

But the point is, I got through the goodbyes alright so far. Not TOO many tears... so far. Wednesday we went shopping (we being mom, dad, and I - Grandma, Grandpa, and Sarah stayed at the hotel) for dorm things - by the end there was hardly enough room for me in the car! Then we met up with some of my FAVORITE people ever - the Tullsens! HOOORAYY! I finally, after almost 13 years, get to live in the same state as them! Only 2 ish hours away too :) Some things just never change. Wednesday was Disneyland day! My cousin Will has been working there this year and he and a buddy of his were absolutely AMAZING and awesome and got us all (all 6 of us) in for FREEE! We had a blast. :D

Yesterday was moving day! Ahh I had SOOO MUCH STUFF!!! I felt sooooo self concious! But it's alright now - everything is packed and organized and there was actually an abundance of room for all my mountains of clothing :) I was quite pleased. I found somebody else who also brought 7 pairs of jeans, and 5 pairs of shorts, and about 6 dresses... I'm in good company here. :) I LOOOVE my roommate too - Mary is the best. We both had our first night in the dorms last night.. just talked and set up our room some more... turns out we have a lot in common :) I also got to go out to Newport Beach last night, and we all had dinner at the best place ever, BJ's, with Will and his girlfriend, Vicki. We had great conversations and lots of laughing - it was very nice. :)

Today was the first day of Orientation. I got my student ID this morning, then went straight to the Gym for the SOS kick off. (still don't know what SOS stands for.. but it's about orientation week I know! :P) The leaders did a skit, then we broke up into our SOS groups and got to know each other a little bit. I met several really nice people, even one girl from Seattle! I'm really very happy. It's going better than I thought so far.

So I will try to keep this updated. And I want you all to know that while I'm having fun, I'm still missing all of you, my friends. I love you guys. You're probably all up on my wall - I have a lot of pictures to put up! Can't wait to be reunited with you all in December. Till later!