AND THEN THERE WAS ONE!

ONE more day remaining between me and one of the biggest changes thus far in my life...COLLEGE!!! Or more specifically, THE Ohio State University!!! Sorry for all the caps and exclamation points; can you tell I'm excited?!

It's totally unbelievable that it's finally here. After four long months of summer, and eighteen+ years, I'm actually going to college! After hunting down extra-long twin sheets, buying far too much food for my dorm, and ultimately packing up my life into the back of our mini-van, I'm sitting here watching my dad make his famous popcorn for the last time. Okay, maybe it's not famous, but it's delicious and made on the stove, and we eat it almost every Friday without fail for family movie night. Yumm :9

In fact, he just asked me if I'm starting to get nervous. Weirdly enough, I'm not. Maybe it hasn't quite hit me yet that I'm really leaving now? Not too sure on that one. I've tied up most of my odds and ends, and tonight we had a small family get together that lasted for hours so that everyone could say goodbye. One of my best friends' mom even brought me a college survival package with pretty much everything that I didn't get around to packing. How sweet is that! I had just been planning on picking them up in a week or so on campus, but now I'm all set. Thanks, Mrs. Heppner!

So. I should really be getting to sleep...but I think instead I'll blog - you know, let you know what's going on since I probably won't be able to write again til after move-in. Also just get rid of some excited energy and wait for this popcorn ;)

Thursday, my mom and I packed up the van. But first, I made sure to get some lovely pics for you all; hope you enjoy!

Ridiculous, I know. It looks like so much...and is quite possibly too much,
but I figure I can always send some back with my family! Plus this
is everything spread wayyy out for photo purposes :)

Alternate view of "the Pile".
Includes footlocker trunk full of clothes in the back...

Yes, this actually is everything previously pictured!
I'm a pretty good packer if I do say so myself ;)
Now this looks a lot more manageable, right?

Have faith people - it can be done! My mom and I were extremely worried about everything fitting in the car because, well...it just looked like so much more than I thought I had to pack up! But in reality, it probably took us about twenty minutes to fit everything in. (We have a Grand Caravan and removed one of the backseats so that we would have more room). It was much easier than expected! A little shuffling of objects here and there, and it all fit in pretty nicely. I'll try to remember to take a picture of it all in the car tomorrow!

Now onto the logistics of it all. I'm planning on leaving tomorrow morning so that we can get down to campus and spend some time there walking my class schedule, eating some local food, and enjoying Columbus for the day. After a night in a nearby hotel, move-in begins bright and early (in comparison to my sleep schedule) at 8 A.M. I'm hoping to get there pretty early so that I can move everything into my dorm and have time to set it up & such. I love things like that :)

It's going to be very weird/sad to say goodbye to my family though, of that I'm certain. We're a pretty close family and spend a lot of time around each other, so leaving that will probably be a bit of a culture shock. I'm just trying to look forward to all of the great things ahead of me...plus I'll be home in a few weeks for Thanksgiving!

Well, I guess I'd better get some sleep before the big day tomorrow, but best of luck to all the other Buckeyes moving in this weekend! I'll be seeing you real soon :)