Thursday, August 20, 2009

Bayley Goes To College

Hey family! Well, it's official, I am a college student at Minnesota State University-Moorhead. My new mascot is a dragon and I'm living in the second oldest dorm hall in the history of MSU (Dahl Hall). Moving Day was fun; Mom, Dad, Braxton, & I left the house at 6:40 am for the 4 hour drive to Moorhead. David, Zoe, & the dogs were there to say goodbye, and I started crying.
Because of the awesome traffic, we made it to Moorhead in 3 hours, where my roomate was there waiting for me AND holding a parking spot in front of the hall (how awesome is she!?). We unpacked everything from the van and started unpacking in my room. But then Mom went to go get a tour of the childcare center that she worked in as a student, and then the 4 of us went to Fargo for lunch at AppleBees. And guess what! There's a toll booth at one of the entrances to Fargo! People have to pat 75 cents to get into North Dakota! Mom and I thought it was both funny and stupid, but we were easily distracted by all there was to see in the Fargo-Moorhead area, including a Target in both cities (yay!) and a Well Fargo bank only 10 minutes away from campus (double yay!!)
After a Target run for last minute shopping, I was taken back to Dahl Hall where everyone said their "goodbyes" & "I love yous." I returned to my room to keep unpacking and was shortly sent off to orientation which was full of corny ice breakers and TONS of introductions.
But I am very excited to to be here, the atmospere is so warm and full of new experiences. My dorm room is now liveable and it looks awesome, there a lot of organizations/clubs that I can join, including on-campus Bible studies and service projects. I love this campus, and I excited for classes to start on Monday, Love you all!
The newest college student, Bayley =)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats on being a college student! Life will never be the same. Do you have an address?
Aunt Pam

Anonymous said...

This will be one of the best times of your life--enjoy it, but don't forget why you are there! Good luck! Last weekend I drove to Springdale, Arkansas, with one of my college roommates to be at the memorial service for the husband of another of our roommates. It was a wonderful way to express the lifelong relationships that we had formed in college. I wish for such blessings for you. Aunt Wilma