My Baby is in College

We moved Mel into her dorm on Wednesday, August 24. She had a lot of stuff. It's pretty exciting to move into your dorm and start college. I'm so excited for her. We got to Helaman Halls and there is no nearby parking. Like I said, she had a lot of stuff. When I looked at it, I realized I should get help from our JFSB custodians. I drove up there and asked if we could borrow a flat bed dolly. Yeah! They said yes. I got back to Helaman and we had everything in her dorm in 2 trips instead of a million.

Then I had a meeting at 1:00 on campus. Before going to my meeting, Mel and I went to grab lunch. I still wanted to try Mountain West Burrito for my 50th Bucket List, so we went there. The service was great, but the burritos were just OK. I don't think I'll go back. Wasn't awful, but wasn't great.

When I was done around 4:00, I headed back to Mel's dorm. By that time, Allie was there and they were hanging things on the wall, etc. We went to Hobby Lobby to look for a couple of items to fill some gaps that the girls felt were glaring at them. It was a fun day. I actually didn't make it to Young Women's because I was still my with favorite Young Women.

Look! She brought her sewing machine!

We got Mel settled in and headed home. She had orientation on Thursday and Friday. She called me Thursday night and said orientation was boring. She wondered if I would come on Friday and show her where her classes are so she could skip orientation. So, we spent some time on Friday finding her classes and just being together.

She has really missed home the couple of weeks she's been gone. She says she's sad that when she wakes up from a nap, she can't walk upstairs and get food like she did at home. It's hard that when she wants a change of scenery from her bed, the only alternative is her desk. Desk to bed. Bed to desk. I imagine it's quite confining. Allie gave her good advice to get out and just talk to girls on the floor and ask them if they want to hang out.

We joke that she may have peaked in high school. The best years of best friends may be over. Gee, I sure hope not. I think she's blue because the boys are all gone on missions now. Makei left Tuesday. Levi gets his call soon and leaves and that's it. None of her squad went to BYU, so she's alone there until Scotty and Makei get back from missions and join her. Poor thing. It's good, though.

All three of my kids are in college. How did this happen? I'm so proud of them.

Taken at Razorback stadium. The three of them visited Arkansas together and road tripped home.