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The moving-out process was daunting to say the least. The 80 degree weather combined with everyone moving out at the same time made things a little, or a lot, stressful. It was hard to find a laundry cart, ad half my stuff fell of the cart that I did use. Luckily, I had my parents to help the process. I would recommend that you try to move out before the last day of finals week. With some finals, it may not be an option to leave before then, but it is a lot easier on Wednesday or Thursday. We made several trips to a storage shed and then we were good to go. Our storage shed, however, is SUPER full with furniture for our apartment.

And then I forgot that I would have to move back IN my house. Thus, I got rid of a whole bunch of stuff in my room (I hadn’t done that in several years) to make room for my college stuff. It took the entire weekend to move back into my house. It made me think that I had way too much stuff. However, it does feel good to be home. I now have an entire summer to relax (and work a lot) at home.

My summer plans include working at a local restaurant and taking a couple of summer classes. It will be busy, but hopefully I can get a few credits out of the way as well as make a bit of money. Let me hear about what you are doing this summer before college. What are you all up to?

Moving out is a big process. As I finished up my last final, the thought then hit me on how to move out all of the stuff from my room. I have been packing for a couple of days and it looks like nothing has changed. The walls look a little barer, but other than that, I have so much stuff. I can’t believe that I’ve accumulated so much—and that it fits in my small dorm room. But I figure that I’m living here more than I live at home, so it is totally worth it to bring more stuff to make Mizzou home.

My parents will come tomorrow to pick up my stuff. So far I have rented a storage shelter (Storage Mart to share with my friends to keep the things I need for next year. It is kind of pricy, but I don’t need a lot of this stuff at home anyway. The dorm checkout process is pretty simple, except the fact that we need to bunk our beds and clean everything really well. If we don’t clean, then they charge an hourly fee for a cleaner.

The rush to get an elevator is a bit challenging, and there is usually a battle for the laundry carts, but a little endurance will go a long way. Moving out will feel really good when done. The hardest part is saying goodbye to all of your friends. At least knowing that you will be back in three months to see them helps.

One of the advantages of living in the dorms is the free food. And you can never deny college students free food. Tonight in the lounge, we have Panera bagels. Tomorrow we have Jimmy John’s subs, and Thursday we have Gumby’s Pizza. The food comes from the activity fees from the beginning of the year (since I am in the Journalism and Communication Community).

Then, we have a school-wide midnight breakfast at Brady Commons tonight AND one in the dining hall Wednesday night. And these are open to all students living on or off campus. It is great to have these kinds of opportunities for students to be able to take a break from studying for finals. This week we don’t have classes, just lots and lots of tests. I have two tomorrow and one on Thursday. So I plan on taking a lot of food breaks.

I like free stuff. I especially like free music and free food. When they are culminate in a wonderful event, I get very excited. MSA (Missouri Student Association) put on the Little Big Free featuring the Foundry Field Recordings. We were serenaded by some mellow tunes while videology played in the background. Last year the Big Free featured Three 6 Mafia. There were no big names this year, but it was still worth it.

While listening to the tunes, we were able to eat a nice BBQ dinner. After our meal, I decked out a snow cone with both blue raspberry flavor AND cherry. It was a delightful treat.

I was also able to tie-die a shirt, which was a completely new thing to do for me. My inspiration was the sunshine. I chose orange, yellow, pink and red in a sunburst pattern. There also were painted tattoos and balloon animals. Unfortunately, the line was quite long for the balloon animals, however the balloon man was very talented. He made palm trees, parrots that stood on a shoulder and special hats. I missed out, but I got a lot of free stuff.