has finally started for me.





As I'm writing this, I'll have to admit... I'm rather melancholic at the moment. I've been fine all Azusa Pacific University 2009 Orientation weekend (parents/guests were welcome to come with incoming students) but now that my parents just left about an hour ago... I feel just a rush of emotions now. I'd probably would feel fine, but then my dad cried and whenever any male figure I look up to/care deeply for cries, I always cry too.

And now it's like... I'm not sure. I know I'll probably see my dad at least once a week since he'll start prospecting and whatnot up here and I'll still be going down there for church and training and whatnot, but I'll probably only see my mom once a week or once every other week. I'll still be communicating with them obviously, and I know (logically speaking) that they're still going to be my parents and they'll always be there and that I'll be going back in the winter, and then next summer, so on so forth. But it's like my emotions are just all screwed up and don't really know what to do. I'm more or less excited for everything, not too nervous about anything, but... I don't know. Maybe I'm just tired. Maybe I'll go mix some Monster with something :S

I'll be fine, I know I will, I'll settle in, but just right now... I'm a little melancholic, I guess.

Alright, so finally, about what's actually going on in my college experience.

First of all, I don't have a roommate (currently). I live in Engstrom Hall, in which all of the rooms are suite-style where every two rooms are joined by one bathroom, two people to a room.

So I have suitemates, and they're uber awesome B)

But no roommate. I had a roommate and we were talking earlier in the summer, but she canceled, but then didn't officially cancel with the school until a week and a half before Orientation weekend so I don't have a roommate. If no one new moves in by a week or two, I will be officially without a roommate. If that happens, I'll be alright. I mean, I'm an only child, I'm independent... And I have 2 suitemates and a whole Alpha Group (that's made of pure win, I LOVE dem peoples), so if I get lonely I have people. At any rate, if I'm officially without a roommate for the rest of the semester, we're going to turn the other bed into a couch and reorganize stuff so I can host stuff all the time (it helps that I have an electric tea kettle and stuff for coffee, tea (I have 10 different flavors lol), hot chocolate and hot apple cider)). I got a fridge from a friend and it's pretty awesome (I actually have Outback leftovers inside it right now (3 meals worth) ;] ).

I have my computer up and running, and the Clean Access Agent installed and working on both my desktop and laptop so I can access the internet. A battery for my laptop is being shipped... My dad made a ton of upgrades to my room, like corner shelves above the sink, a curtain for the closet so I can change in there, belt/sweatshirt hooks and towel racks in the closet and a mirror in there... So yeah, it's pretty awesome.

As for classes, they start on Tuesday. But I have... A couple business classes, an English class, a couple Bible/Christianity core classes and the New Beginnings class. So yeah. Pretty cool.

At the moment, I'm just kind of hanging out; waiting for dinner at six. I might do some drawing to kind of lighten my spirits a bit, but I'm pretty sure I'll be okay.

OH, oh yeah. My bed = made of win.

My color scheme was bright purple and blue over black (with some darker blue that goes with it), and my bed just looks... cool. So yeah. Furry pillows are win. And my bed is uber comfy o3o

Eh... that's all I can think of for the moment.

Now about that Monster mix...

♥ April

(The drink is 1/2 Monster (original citrus, used as a base), 3/8 Mountain Dew Code Red, and 1/8 Powerade Mountain Berry Blast (topper). It's actually... extremely good. Let's see what the kick does later, but uh... Really yummy. o3o Oh, and stirred, not shaken)