BYU Day 1

On Wednesday I packed up all my stuff and moved down to Provo to attend BYU this school year.
It was really weird to be putting all my stuff in boxes and preparing to leave home for the first time. It's not like going away to camp. This is a huge life changing moment. I'll go back home and live there during summers, but living at home is not going to be the same again. Some of my sisters were in denial about me leaving home. It's not that bad, I'm only about an hour away, a short train ride, or even a phone call.
Wednesday morning I loaded up my Jeep and drove down to Provo. My dad drove his car and my mom rode with me in my car. It isn't easy to describe how it felt. Empty I guess works. I love my mom and dad so much, and here we were, going to drop me in a place full of thousands of strangers for me to live on my own.
We drove up to Heritage Halls and I jumped out of the car and went to the check-in spot. I got my keys and learned the rules of Heritage Halls. Then me and my parents starting taking all my stuff up to my room. Next came the unpacking. We quickly got my things in order and even met two of my roommates.
After moving in, we ran to walmart to do some minor grocery shopping. I only got a few things because I was going to see my mom again on Friday. Mom thought I should have a nice dinner for my first night in so she bought me a steak and some potatoes.
All too quickly the time came to say good-bye to mom and dad. Not gonna lie, it sucked.

Later in the day I decided to walk around campus and start to figure out where things were. I walked out of the building, past the bell tower, across the bridge, and then wandered around campus. On my way back to my apartment, I noticed a cool looking building right by mine. I went inside. I was shocked and intrigued by what I found inside. Imagine killing every animal in the Hogle Zoo and putting on display. There were some cool animals in there, but a lot of it is taxidermy. As I was walking past the bell tower later that day, I mean I was right underneath the thing, the super loud bells sounded and scared the heck out of me! I was really loud. Every hour on the hour it will play part of the chorus from "Come, Come Ye Saints" followed by the strokes for the given hour. Before I knew it, I had been walking around campus for 2 hours.
After I cooked myself a wonderful steak and baked potato, there was a Heritage Halls social thing going on outside. There was a contest to build structures with cardboard, mini golf, food, dancing, and people EVERYWHERE. I'm not crazy about crowds so I didn't stay a very long time. It was fun enough. It would be more fun at the end of the year when we aren't strangers anymore.
Day 1 at BYU was quite a day. It was a huge milestone in my life and I know I won't soon forget it.