And So It Begins...

Well, I've taken the plunge. I no longer live at home. Instead, I live with four girls that before a few days ago, I had never even met. But I love them. They are wonderful. I don't think I could have been more blessed when it comes to roommates. Seriously.

The Roomies with Zorn the Zucchini.

Ice skating with the Institute...

The past few days have been a little bit strange, to be honest. But that's expected, right? I'm not quite homesick, yet... I still feel like I'm at EFY or something. (My mother's doing. She kept telling herself that before I left, and it sunk into my brain.) I do miss my family. But I know I'll be visiting them many, many times throughout the rest of my college experience (and, you know, the rest of my life). The only time I've shed tears is when reading this post by one of my incredible young women's leaders from home. I was re-reading it, actually. This is something that I'm never going to have again. I miss my leaders. I miss my girls. I know I'll grow to love Relief Society just as much or more, but I think I'll still miss it. Just a little bit.

But life is so grand! I love my little apartment. It's really quite fabulous. There are even purple doors! It's great! Monday night, the roomies and I had family dinner while watching a movie. It was wonderful. Then we went to FHE and an Imagine Dragons concert on campus. I'll be honest, I've never been much of a concert or party goer. But I did have fun. Lots of it.

After a week of classes, and seeing what's in store for me, I have one thing to say: I'm glad I learned how to read before I got up here. Apparently I'm going to need that skill. Who knew?

I feel like I'm in this major transition point in my life. I can't decide if I love it or hate it, yet. I'm trying to lean more towards the love side, because I'm planning on enjoying the next few years of my life very much. After all, isn't how I feel about it up to me?