The Day It Happens...

Once upon a time, there was a girl who had attended her first year of school at a local and inexpensive college, while living at home because she hadn't been sure of what she wanted to do. However, by the end of that year, she'd realized that her passion was in directing for theater. So she found a wonderful school in the magical, art-filled city of Chicago, and applied. Upon her acceptance, her life began to turn in a new direction. It was exciting, but scary at the same time. Time passed and she slowly but surely began to prepare for her first semester there. One day, however, she realized there were only 10 days left before she was to move in the dorms. One day, she realized that she still had a lot of stuff to get worked out, figured out, and settled. One day, she looked at her calendar with slightly wide eyes, and simply stated, "Well shit."





Hi all! My name is Morgan and I am that girl who is getting ready to leave the nest. What you never really hear about are the different ways one leaves the nest. Some just leave, some leap, some get pushed, and some find that suddenly there is a hole and go tumbling down through it. Let me just say, I have 10 days and it's only just setting in what's going down. (That would be me, just in case you missed the sentence about the hole in the nest.) I'm realizing just how huge this step in my life is, and am actually keeping the freak-out pretty contained. I'm way nervous, but after I went to Chicago for orientation a couple of weeks ago, I'm also way excited. The city is so beautiful and soon it will be my city.

Though I am excited, as I said, there's still a lot this girl has to do, such as:

• Get financial aid secured.
• Buy my dorm stuff.
• Replace a class that was canceled. (One of the darker moments.)
• Move

All in all, not the biggest list in the world, except for that it must be accomplished in approx 10 days. The shopping will mostly occur when I get there. So anyway, I've decided to start a blog to keep people up to date on my life, hopefully help any students who are in a similar situation, and tell my story. I have no idea how it will turn out, but life is all one big adventure, and I'm ready for my journey. (I hope!) So here I sit, coming to you from my couch with my cool glass of crisp cucumber water, a couple of mini Reese's cups, and a whole lotta "where do I go from here?"

Let me start, I guess, by talking about what I do know. First of all, I know my roommates. There are three of them, all different majors, and all different personalities. The girl that I'll be sharing a room with seems to be pretty similar to me in taste. From what I've heard she has kind of a bohemian style, and when I spoke to her of taste in decor, she said she likes earthy colors, like browns and greens, but also likes vibrant colors. Basically we're color twins. The other two are very lively and I talk with them quite often. All around I'm happy, but also a little nervous about living with people I don't know too well. They're all new students out of high school and I'm a transfer, so I'm a little unsure there. Oh well, it will all work itself out.

The next thing I know, my class schedule. Well, all except that one class. I had originally been in a class called Director's Tool Kit which I need to graduate, and there was only one this year, once a week, and for only two hours. Only four people signed up... Way lame! Other than that though, I'm pretty excited. I've got a couple of theater classes, an English class, and a math class that when I signed up, people who were helping us new students kept saying, "Oh. You're good at math." ... I'm not taking a very hard class... It's all good. It'll make me feel smart. ^_^

The final thing I know is my bill for school. 0.0
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Crap. This semester alone is about $14,000 after my grants and such. Hello student loans! My plan? I'm going to get student loans this year and attempt to get as many scholarships as possible next year. Also, to make living easier, I'm starting a business selling earrings. I'm going to try to sell some in ShopColumbia as well as on my Etsy shop, which of course, you all should go look at. Earring Rehab There's only one pair on at the moment, but I'm working on it. Just FYI. Photographing earrings is really hard. No, like, really. Wow. Anyway, I also will do custom so go check the store!

So all in all, this is what I'm up against. It's a little overwhelming but extremely exciting. It will be a challenge, but I'll do my best to conquer it. Vivo mi vida! Here we go.