Homesick-The state of missing my Orem

Leaving home, i never thought would be as hard as it is. I was excited to live on my own and make new friends, live in a new city, go to college, and have (what everyone is telling me is) the time of my life. Don't get me wrong, i really do like it here, i just am missing everything Orem.

Dad- the ability to talk to him, the best shoulder to cry on, his peanut M&M's, his laugh that makes him bounce, his inability to say the word aluminum. I love you dad

Mom- her advice that i wouldn't always listen to, her yummy food, her care, her stories, her funny sneezes (hesh) i love you mom

Ash- her boy advice, our laughs, our movie quotes, our adventures, our photoshoots, teasing her about getting married, what she always says when i tease her about it. I love you ashleigh

Q- his youtube videos, his strange voices, how he says goodbye, his jokes, his ability to make me laugh even when i am mad at him, his sporting events, his annoying friends. I love you Quinton

E- her wanting advice, her love of romance novels, her asking me to take her places, our bachelorette watching parties, her willingness to take all my junk (:P) I love you Emilie

Kandi- her kisses, her protection, holding her, how easy it is to tick her off, all the nick names we have given her. love you chubbs!

Brayden- the face he makes that makes me laugh, our talks, our random list of activities and the inability to do most of them, his computer skills, his family too. love you Brayden

Sara- her random outbursts of songs from chess, her English editing skills, calling her Papa Anne, her fashion tips, and her sarcastic personallity. I love you Papa Anne

Orem High- the stained ceiling tiles, my ghetto locker, Miss Tuttle, Mr. Downs, Yearbook class, learning days, peter the pickle, the beloved lunch room table, sluffing class to go to the zoo or the movies or to lunch or wherever, being able to miss class and still survive, the old building that i'll never see again, all my friends and most of my acquaintances there. I love you Orem High

home cooked meals- not having things from a box, not cooking it myself, coming home to the smell of a great dinner, the ability to make something at want.

my own room- my orange wall and closet, the pictures from my wall, my bed, being able to leave stuff out, privacy. I love you room!

having a vehicle to use- being able to drive and not have to take the bus, being able to go places further than campus, visiting places. I love you van!

having a job- I complained about my job. It really wasn't that enjoyable most of the time. But now i can't find a job and the money that isn't coming in anymore is so scary! I understand the reason why college kids eat top ramen all the time!

SOARin'

Graduation has come and gone & i've decided that i'm going to start blogging again..... okay so maybe attempt would be a better word for it. I've never been good at it.

I went to SOAR (student Orientation advising and registration) at USU on Wednesday. It was:
1. Uber (isn't this a fun word?!) informative.
2. Ridiculously tiring
3. A relief in many ways. but...
4. Pretty dang fuN too!



The first thing we got handed was THIS sucker. the guy told me be prepared to read the whole thing during SOAR and that's why it was 6 hours long. Okay well me not understanding his sense of humor i'm sure i looked frightened and then he laughed and i took it as a mighty relief. Dumb kid. way to make me NOT want to go college. gee whiz.
basically this whale of a book has a description of every class, every major's requirements, every rule, every EVERYTHING that the school offers. so i guess i shouldn't complain. I'll probably become BFFFF's with this book between now and four years.


I also got my picture taken for my ID card!! alright so what might i be able to do with said card? not much until school starts...... but i am looking forward to being able to whip this baby out at the dollar theatre (liars... they charge 1.75 now!!) and say slice the price to 1.25 baby!! I'm a LEGIT student now. And guess what?! they can't even tell me "shove it" like they did with my high school ID!! So all in all this whole college student ID thing is spectacular!


I also got USU's version of the "stocker guide". Although it doesn't have everyone's phone numbers like OHS's did but it does have useful information that doesn't include the "DRSL'S" (can i sing a song of joy and happiness?!) But it DOES however give a "flow chart" of something that i don't understand EXCEPT!!!... that it says if i got above a 25 on the math section on the ACT and my major doesn't require anymore math then I NEVER have to take a math class in college!!!! Well i thought this was too good to be true so i asked someone that looked official there and they said i was correct. So i think i might love this confusing "flow chart" after all. :D

I have one more piece of really really good news!! So some letter that some person sent from USU one day to me said that my major required art students to take twenty something credits of a foreign language. Which really made me sweat! Because i have taken four years of Spanish and all i know and understand is "mi bano es tu bano"... more or less. Well apparently they had sent me the requirement for an art history major and not a photography major! So all in all i don't have to take any foreign language credits!! This made the 4 hour roundtrip drive worth it!


after we filled out our survey's on how to make SOAR better we ate our "Aggie icecream" which is muy good! :D
then Betys and I went to this lovely children's park, ate our wendy's, and played amongst the 3 year olds out with their parents.

SO excited for the end of August!!! College is going to be a blast and a half!