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I’m finally at Simmons. Right now I’m supposed to be eating at Bartol but there’s a huge line because we’re all supposed to eat right now. I have so much food in my dorm though it really doesn’t matter. Speaking of my dorm! I was unpacking/setting up my dorm from 9:30AM till about 3:00 PM & I am still unpacking stuff. I have two suitcases under my bed FULL of clothes. I REALLY need to go to Target or Target.com & buy some boxes for under my bed && a lot of hangers. I don’t think it’s quite hit me yet that I’m here. At college. Without parents. The visitor policy seems so loose. I don’t have any forms to fill out, I don’t have to do anything but ask my roommate, see if she agrees & then have someone over. It’s pretty sweet. Well, I am off to go eat & then see what’s going on with my orientation group. I’ll write back later!

So, the first week. Here’s my top 10 rules to the Simmons life!

1. Make friends with Wentworth boys!
2. Start reading every day, for long periods of time.
3. Use your meal plans!
4. Do laundry at odd times, like in the early afternoon on weekdays or morning on weekdays
5. Take your shower in the afternoon, NOT in the morning
6. Make sure to go to 18+ clubs on game nights ☺
7. Make friends with Wentworth boys, especially those in suites!
8. Set your alarm clocks!
9. Check your pockets before you do laundry!
10. Use your meal plans!

My first week has been a little hectic. I’ve made friends with two groups at Wentworth & a couple of different groups here. I’ve learned that if you do your work in the dorm before you go out you will be able to go out every night! It’s pretty nice. I fit everything in my dorm. It’s pretty crowded but that’s ok. My roommate left this weekend so I had a friend over two nights ago and I went out late last night.

Here’s some pictures:

part of my dorm

more of my dorm

simmons bookstore

random hallway at simmons

simmons

a wentworth res. hall -- become very familiar with one!!

blood drive @ BU

expect more from me later this week but right now I have to write an essay about my personal identity. this could get interesting...

A lot has happened since then. The dorm room looks a bit different. I’ve done 10+ loads of laundry, visited Bryant University & used my meal plans more. I had 7 unused meal plans out of 14 this past week instead of 11. My classes have been amazing!! I really really like them. Colleges of the Fenway Block Party this weekend, I hope to meet a lot of people there.

Things that I have learned since last week…

Don’t shop in the beginning of the week RIGHT after your parents give you more money.

Laundry is expensive. Don’t use a dryer. It’ll cut your laundry prices in half. Yeah it’s a pain in the butt to dry your laundry in your room but you will save a lot of money.

Communicate with your roommate everyday. No matter how you do it, just do it.

Dorm phones have voice mail set up already you don’t ned a voice mail program on the actual physical phone. Dial 2345 from the dorm phone, then put in your ext. when they ask for your voice box, then 59 and your extension again for your password. and presto, voicemail.

It’s easy to use fenway cash/points REALLY quickly, so set limits.

3M hooks are KEY to survival

Get a T-Card

RA’s are real people, drop by their room & talk to them. They’re interesting.

Meals at Bartol are NOT bad. They’re free. That’s all that matters.

Weather can be VERY spontaneous. Find out the weather before you leave for your classes.

I’ll post pictures from this past week next week with next weeks pictures. I have lots of reading to do!

The first 25 days are done! I’m already thinking about how much I’m going to miss everyone when the semester ends. We have all bonded so much in the hall. When one of us is sick we all know and we’re all trying to help her. When one of the girls broke her foot we all were yelling at her to keep her boot on when she kept trying to take it off. If one of us is missing classes we all try to figure out why and make sure she’s ok. We’re like this little family. It’s really, really nice.

I never really thought about the all-girls aspect significantly affecting the dorms, but it does. When I go to Bryant to visit my boyfriend, I see girls parading around attempting to impress the boys. Here, we walk around knowing we look like we just woke up or just came back from the gym and we don’t care. At night when I’m at Bryant you hear boys partying, knocking on doors at 3AM, and absolutely, positively DESTROYING the bathrooms. They’re blasting music unnecessarily loud, leaving the seat up in the bathrooms, leaving nasty presents on each others door knobs and at others doors. Here, quiet hours means quiet hours. It does not mean we’re all just studying after 11PM or we don’t have fun after 11PM or we’re boring. It just means that we are respectful of each other. We clean up our hallways, keep our bathroom clean and smelling fresh. We leave notes for each other on our whiteboards about how much we <3 each other and when we want to go out the next day with each other. Our dorms are relaxing, an oasis, and homes. We come back to our dorms, our homes, our families. There’s always a “male visitor” in a hall. I will not deny that. Because he doesn’t live here though, he doesn’t trash our home.

The dorms are like ovens during the day and freezers at night. Only they have to cool off from baking all day. And heat up in the morning from freezing all night, on good days.

My classes so far:

• Fun

• LOTS of reading

• Interesting

• Different

• (in an odd way) relaxing

  The teachers here care about the material they are teaching and how well you learn it so much. It’s like having the father of psychology teach my introduction to psychology class. He is always pumped to tell us about some exciting part of psychology. Their enthusiasm keeps me interested during their classes.

  The FOOD! Bartol is interesting. The different meals offered are SO varied. It’s really different from many cafeterias. The stir-fry/sauce pan lady is really funny. The food is decent, some nights and it’s good other nights. You will always find something to eat there. And stealing food from Bartol is not that hard.