This is going to be a good life

Tomorrow is the official move-in day. Tomorrow, I am going to meet my roommate and a lot of other people who I am going to spend the next 4 years with. Tomorrow, I will officially become a proud bantam rooster. Am I nervous? Excited? Have mixed feelings? The answer is D, all of the above.


This week has been amazing. Quest introduced me to a lot of freshman and upperclassmen but Hurricane Irene made me friends with the people I am friends with right now. I got to share a quad with 2 girls from China, one of whom is in the cities program with me and we had fun. A sophmore international student who took us under his wing when the hurricane happened went with us to the mall and spent 5 some hours there. I don't think we actually bought important things there but we, as in 10 students got on the city bus and went to the mall for several hours. The International House has been our hanging out spot. We've had our meals there but also played games or watched movies. I taught us how to play Bible Study and ERS but I also learned how to play B.S. the Indian way. We've played Mafia. We watched MTV's Music Video Awards there. This place has been our home for the last week. Tonight, we had a big dinner to celebrate. The I-house, even if I am not international will be my second home. This placed has helped my transition from Idaho to Trinity College easier.

I've noticed some things while hanging out with the International students. First off, a lot of people think that I'm international, which I am okay with, until I explain to them my story. Second, compared to the accents I have heard, I do not have an accent. I may speak funny but my accent is nonexistent. I love the different accents that I have gotten to hear. The indian accent makes me smile. When people from Trinidad and Tobago speak, it's like music. Anyway, I could go on all day about how awesome accents are and how I want a better one. It's so great to see how we're all different yet connected by ending up at Trinity.

Enough about the great fun I have had at the I-House, it's time for a new topic. I am all moved in into my room. I have rearranged and things are out of the suitcases. My side of the room says Salima Etoka lives here. I am a very simple person and my side reflects that. It feels like I am at home but I am just sharing a room with someone else. This brings me to the point that I feel like I am in Boise, except for the fact that my family isn't here and I can't go everywhere by bus because Hartford has dangerous places. Everyone has been nice though, just like at home. The students here are like students everywhere. Basically, I am adjusting to the college life and I am ready to be a bantam rooster.

Again, tomorrow is the day when I officially become Trinity's class of 2015. From the people I've met, the fun I've had and the atmoshphere here, I know that this is going to be the good life, no matter what happens.