Long weeks of Long Beach

So it’s super late but I cant sleep do what do I do? I am going to blog about the longest week ever. Three midterms, one paper, a very long doctors appointment, a full workweek, and trying to have a social life makes for a long and stressful week.

When I moved in I just got an old mattress from home that I have to say totally SUCKED, so on Monday I got a new mattress (YAYY) I was just going to put the new mattress on the old one so that I wouldn’t have to find a way to get rid of the old one. Well with both mattresses my bed came up to my hip. So Jennifer and I decided we were going to through my mattress in the dumpster.

Not knowing what our apartments rules are on what we can and cant put in the dumpsters; Jennifer and I decided we would bust a mission in the middle of the afternoon to get rid of the mattress.  Well the mattress was freaking heavy and Jen and I were laughing way to hard. We finally made it to the dumpster and so far no one has seen us, then we couldn’t get the mattress into the dumpster. (I wish I had video) So we were laughing and we turned around and we saw a kid just staring at us. Finally we got it in the trash and ran back to the apartment. 

So for i have to say this was by far the best experience of living with my best friend. We couldn't stop laughing the whole time and it gave us a small break of studying and a  hilarious  memory we will have for a long time haha. 

Most of the week I was stashed up in my room studying, studying, and studying. Gotta love college life.

But in the end I have a new mattress and I got some pretty stinking awesome grades on my midterms! J

Then…

 The weekend finally came!! 

Greetings from Jen!

So I finally got Stephanie to invite me to be a contributor to this blog. After all, the title of the blog is "RoomIES in LB" ;) So here's my first post! Stephanie has pretty much covered all the exciting stuff so far. Things have been going pretty well from my side too. Before I moved to Long Beach, I thought I would have a super easy transition into the new life. I think it's safe to say I was quite wrong. Both Steph and I had some trouble adjusting to the new life for the first week or so. But I believe that now all the move in jitters have gone away and we're settling in comfortably to being roomies :) I could not have asked for a better person to be sharing a room with. OR two better people to be sharing the apartment with. I absolutely love our other two roommates Courtney and Caitlin. We all get along really well and love to spend time with one another. School for me has been pretty hectic this semester so it has been AMAZING to be so close to school. It's literally a 5 minute drive. Score! The only downside so far is the parking. If you come home later than about 6 at night.. good luck trying to find a spot. I think I'm going to start riding my bike around. Save my parking spot and get my exercise on. Wohoo!
Well, I think that's about it from me on my inaugural post. Stay tuned for more adventures from the roomies in LB :)

Who knew Thursday was a fun day??

On Thursday both Jen and i had some friends over. She had Belinda come over (a long time friend back home) and my friend Valerie stopped by after class. It was so nice having some friends stop by and hang out with us. Well Jen and Belinda went off to the little shopping center that we live next too. Valerie and i were just chatting and hanging out when Jen and Belinda got back. Then once again our room became the hang out place. :) After a while, our roommate Cortney came in to hang out with us as well. We ordered in pizza and OMG was it amazing. We ordered this awesome family pizza Big Box haha we thought we were finish all of it.. That did not happen we had so much left over. But after dinner we just hung out and chatted, Valerie went home and Belinda stayed over, the first sleepover in the apartment, it made for a super fun Thursday night. 

Favorite Part of my Day

So the past couple of days i haven't been feeling good, running a fever on and off and a huge head ache. I spent most of yesterday and today sleeping. And i have to say i am feeling so much better but am still a little under the weather. So i went off to school this morning, and only made it through one class before i went home and slept. Then i went over to work and the girls got home. I am making it one of my priorities to sit and work with the girls everyday on their homework. I remember that was something my mom did with me and i think it really helped me in my school career and since the girls don't have their mom home with them during homework time i am going to try my hardest this school year to be there and help them.

Well i was sitting at the table with Rian and Riley and i thought to myself "wow this is my favorite part of my day" and it just made me really happy. Well they finished up some homework and i went off home. When i got home i was not in the mood to work on the paper and homework i needed to do so i just hung out and was chatting with Jen and making fun of each other when i decided that helping the kiddos with their homework was not the favorite part of my day but definitely making fun of my best friend/roommate about her day at school or about the way i talk, then having a fashion show of my shoe collection is definitely my favorite part of the day. Haha i still can't believe how much fun it is to live on my own and with some of the coolest girls in the world!!

After a while we started to calm down when our roommate Cortney came in to hang out with us. It is so fun getting to know my roommates more than just saying hi in passing or when we are making food in the kitchen. Things really are going great here. I feel like all of us are getting along so well! There are some quirks here and there but that is to be expected. We were all raised very differently but it is so fun getting to know these wonderful ladies, i have already learned so much from them!! And i am extremely grateful for that!

Calling this HOME!

So i have been in the apartment for two weeks now. And i thought when i first moved in that this apartment was just somewhere i lived at and slept at night. A place to hold my stuff. But i have to say my attitude about things have really changed. I drive home late at night from work and i think "man i can't wait to get home". I am so excited to be calling this wonderful place my home. I didn't think that would happen. But i have absolutely fallen in love with where i live. I live right next to a shopping center and i walk almost everywhere! I love being able to walk over to the grocery store or walking over to get some dinner and walking home. I brought my bike with me out here but i haven't used it yet :/ sad day! But everything has been great. All of us as roommates are getting along so well. And at least twice a week we have little roommate hang out sessions which i think help a lot! Calling this new place home feels great and i have to thank my roommates for helping with that! Oh, and have i mentioned how awesome my new ward is!!! I have been there three times and already have my records there, and i have been called, sustained, and set apart to THREE callings!! They mean business there!

September 1st, Ahh the move in!!

So on September 1st i moved into my very own apartment! It is my first time living completely on my own and i am super excited to be living with my best friend Jennifer and two of the best roommates ever! So for the months prior to September we knew we were moving and we started buying little nick knacks here and there so that we wouldn't have to go out on day one and buy everything. So i have to say before i moved i  was pretty stocked with just stuff. Haha. Well September 1st came around out of no where and it was time to move in!! I had my room already all packed up so it was a matter of just moving it. I loaded up my car, my moms car, and my grandpas truck and we headed down to the new place :) (I promise i really didn't have that much stuff) We had everything moved in and my bed and one bookshelf set up in just under two hours. By the time i was all finished getting settled Jennifer and her Dad showed up to get moved in as well! While she was getting all moved in i ran and got the last of everything i think i would need from the store. We spent most of the day at the apartment by ourselves just trying to unpack and get settled. I have to say it was not a stressful day at all and everything went super smooth :) which made me super happy! Well thats the move in day!!