melissa will be happy.

here i am, at home, eating sunflower seeds. one of my favorite things. and my mom made me a bowl of chili :)
I have concluded my first week of college. (LE GASP). If I had to sum it up in one word, it would be....fresh. why, you say? i think because college is more of a "fresh" start to life than anything else. it's a chance for me to live on my own (sorta) and to operate with more freedom. it's lovely.

i had the chance to move in a week before classes (yes!) so i could settle in and go find my classes. Alison and I have been eating dinner together almost every night, and it gives me the opportunity to stay connected with my best friend even though our schedules are completely different. we also end up attracting people who come and sit next to us and introduce themselves, which is great too.

and of course there are cute college boys. who wear dunder mifflin shirts. <3

classes have been incredibly easy as of yet. i have a precalc class, advanced english, intro to social and cultural anthropology, biology 101, ASU 101, and the Human Event for the honors college. phun. seriously, though, everything is going very well. in some classes, i'm bored to tears, but if i raise my hand to ask a question, i wake up. :P

anyways, the week has been great, my roommates are awesome, and there's lots to distract me. i'm hoping that everyone who reads this is well and that everything continues to be as fun as it has been. much love!

I'm tired beyond reason..

But i feel obligated to write this. I moved into my dorm at the Barrett Honors College community at Arizona State University today. HECK TO THE YEAH. I'm very happy with my situation at the moment. My roommate Sonal is a doll, and her parents are funny and sweet. My suitemate Kathryn is HILARIOUS. She and I are two peas in a pod. And Jessica, my other suitemate has been kind of M.I.A. Her family is from Wisconsin and they're visiting to get her all moved in and I suppose they'll only be here until Sunday. So I completely understand her wanting to spend as much time with them as possible.
There was a dance/rave in the second floor of the "Great hall" (wth is up with all the harry potter references here at Barrett?) and Sonal and I went to that for a while. It was hot...and sweaty. I met a guy named Shawn a few months ago at this extremely professional dinner at the Honors College, and he was dancing his little heart out at the dance tonight. Kinda made me laugh.
YEAH. More tomorrow. I'm exhausted.

yesterday was extremely uneventful.
i thought it would be a good idea to post my ASU address so I can get some secret packages :P

Ashley Mentzer

4071 Sage South

789 East Lemon Mall

Tempe, AZ 85281

Love love love. My mom's telling me to load up with trunk with all my stuff, so I had better get to getting....

whoa whoa whoa

crazy times. i haven't blogged since May.....and i'm moving into my dorm in a little more than a day. WHAT THE....where did time go? i haven't been documenting any of it either. i guess if i had, then i would know what i did this summer.
things i finally did that i've always wanted to do:

• read pride and prejudice. (cha-CHING!)
• ate an M&M. (hell yes!)
• ate a doughnut.
• got a credit card.

I'm sure I've got a million more...but whatever. Hopefully I can update this much more often so my faraway friends can read this.<3