September 23, 2016

So I moved in. My university’s dorm move-in process is a two day ordeal; students have an assigned date and time in which they are able to move into their dorms. Mine was on the 23rd, at 8:30 am. 

I expected it to be really busy and hectic, it was actually really smooth and easy (possibly because we got there half an hour earlier). There were students volunteers with large cart who would help families carry their stuff up to their dorms. We had about a cart and half of stuff to carry up to my dorm room, which sounds like a lot, but we actually had a lot more space left over than I thought. According to the volunteer that helped us move in, it takes some families three heaping car-fulls to move all their belongings into the dorm. 

I actually had enough space to fit the small shelf I wanted so I ended up getting that, along with another storage bin. 

I rented a microfridge from Collegiate Concepts but one of the front feet were missing so I couldn’t open the fridge door properly. My dad put some castors on to elevate the fridge properly until they cane come and fix it. But other than that everything was okay. 

My roommate is really nice. I met her briefly while I was moving in, but in that time she was really friendly and considerate. I think we’ll get along well, although I think I’d be the likelier to become the annoying roommate, so I’ve got to be careful of that. 

Overall, moving was a pretty great experience. No wait and really not as hard and stressful as I thought it would be. Even shopping was easy. Washington has a lot of big brand stores so it was easy to do a lot of my dorm shopping in one store.