A New Start

First I would like to start with a few things about me, because after all this blog will be about me and my life here at Brigham Young University in Idaho.

My name is Mariah, I paint, draw, read, and on occasion I write short stories and poems. I come from Atlanta, GA, I have moved several times since I lived there but I will always consider Atlanta to be my home. I have bad hearing (like really bad, I can’t do anything without my hearing aids), my roommates are still trying to get used to the fact that I don’t hear them very much. My professors try to be understanding with it like the fact I can’t be in class without my laptop, because I have transcribers who type what’s said in class so if I miss something I can just read it on the computer. I am a Psychology major with a cluster in Pre-Law (a cluster is like a minor but smaller), I would like to transfer to law school after graduating here, and then one day become a Child Advocacy Lawyer / Mediator. So there’s a little about me you will learn more as I get further and further into the blog.

I am writing this blog to help students like me who move across country for school. I moved to Idaho from Tennessee so when I got here I had to get used to many different changes like; the altitude, the dry-ness (where I come from everything is green not looking like it is about to wilt if it doesn’t get water soon), the culture, the people. I moved out here alone so for anyone who moves like this without knowing anyone just be patient you will get there.

So some pre-travel tips

Pack your bag as tight as you can just because it looks full doesn’t mean it really is, now I am only talking about the bag with just clothes in it because we don’t want to break anything. When I packed my suit case that only had pillows and clothes in it when I closed the top it was still open like 8 or 9 inches maybe more, I had to sit on it to get it to clothes and when I got to the airport it was only 48 pounds which is within airline limits.

Pack everything else you need in one bag and stuff your sheets and blanket and such around them so they are cushioned and will be less likely to break or move on a plane. I found this to be the way to take things because I had to take as much of my stuff as I could using only 3 bags and I had fragile things to come along with me and I didn’t want to take the risk of breaking anything or ruining anything.

Put whatever money you have with you in a spot where it won’t be easily accessible to avoid the case of it being easily stolen by someone along the way to your destination.

Security will of course tell you to never leave your bags unattended, which, if you are traveling alone, this also means taking your bags into the bathroom with you. I thought this was very odd at first because normally you don’t take anything but a purse in the bathroom, let alone big bulky luggage.

I have been here for a week now and adjusting has been weird and traveling was rough but I feel sorry for the ones who drove here from the east coast because it’s rough. Being here has been kind of fun minus the stress of trying to figure things out and occasionally failing at it, but like it has been said by many people throughout history (maybe not exactly like this) success doesn’t come without failure.

My next post will be about my roommates and a few tips about how you can make things work with your roommates.