More Manchester

This is Bailey. Taking a picture of me. Taking a picture of her?

I think I'm being groped?

Taryn being Taryn.

Kris came for a visit. Maybe I should have rethought that.

Oh, you jokesters, you.

Natalie and Andy being totally mosamer.

Someone, somewhere, loves me.

Wait...Did I step into Racoon City somewhere on the way to class?

This would be a great study spot if it weren't for the misquitos!

My best friend!

My other best friend!

Best. Mascot. Ever.

Manchester food!

Gabby being crazy...

I'm temped to name him Helga.

Ok, doesn't this picture...

Look a lot like this one?! It's not even Kris! It's his long-lost twin!

~Ashley

Finally Getting Settled In

So I'm finally getting settled in here. It's really starting to feel like my home away from home. The people are pretty welcoming, and I've even met some people that I knew almost 10 years ago!

I made Gabby audition for Acapella Choir today, and I've heard that she did very well! Wish us both luck!

~Ashley

Almost There

We met with our academic advisors today.
Mine happens to be my French teacher as well.
So going into the building that I will be spending most of my time in, I saw these stairs.
They had me wondering just how many people have taken the same path as me.
How many feet have walked the same steps as me?
I hope I can leave my footprint here too.
The signs here are crazy!

I spent way too much money on these. I don't even want to think about it.

I just found out today that my straightener says "push the reset button if not turn on."
Ok?

One of the SOL groups is "all tied up" during dinner.

(Haha, I made a funny.)

Crowd surfing during the graffiti party.

Thankfully, it's not me.

9:00 p.m. Apples to Apples game! :D

Helen Keller almost always wins.

I'm actually excited for classes tomorrow.

(What a dork.)

~Ashley

Busy Busy

This is my P.O. box at Manchester. Send me mail!

There's something wrong with my hamburger phone. Maybe it doesn't get good reception in the cafeteria?

Gabby eating. Corn??

Our lovely cafeteria.

A tree that reminded me of Sailor Moon's wand for some reason.

The squirrels are angry buggers here!

There were adult-sized tricycles here earlier! But they went missing when I came back...:(

Our SOL (Student Orientation Leader) groups visited the President's house today.

Our signatures in the Room of Signing. (Not sure what it's really called, but it has names from the 70's!)

My new friend Taryn.

There was a crazy improve session about rape. (No means no!) Ms. Hines would've done a lot of brown-bagging.

Ok, get this. I'm taking a picture of me on my phone with my phone. Craziness.

More tomorrow!

~Ashley

Move-In Day!!!

We got off to a late start this morning.
And for once, it was not because of me.
I was up at 5:00 a.m., trying to convince Dad to wake up.
And he slept for another hour!
Many of my friends know Dad as "Sargent Wagner." He comes and wakes us up at unholy hours.
And we needed to dissassemble our loft beds just to get them in the truck!

We did finally get there. (About an hour and a half late. Dad's distrust of GPS's didn't help.)
It took a lot of effort (and a few strong college guys) to get the work done.
But we did it. Well, ok, mostly Dad.
Gabby went nuts with her OCD vacumming.
Mom did her part mostly by bossing me around. :)

Dad finally took a breather.

And after a meal and a short speech, they were gone.

As Mom and Dad teared up to say their goodbyes, I finally realized that this was it.

I was on my own.

Ok, enough with the sentimentality.

Here's my area.

I'm pretty much amazing with my minifridge and lava lamp. And, of course, the air popcorn popper.

Pretty storage.

And here's Gabby's lair.

It's so dark and secretive!

And something suspicious happened to her lip.

I suspect vampires. ;)

What?! I have a clean, organized closet?? No way!

I'm pretty sure Link and the hamburger phone make the room about 10,000 times cooler.

Our supercomputer station. (I'm here right now!)

Our extensive DVD colletion.

And, of course, Mr. Grumpy Gills! (He says goodnight.)