Learning to Live Alone

As most of you know, this is the first time I've had an apartment and the first time I've lived alone. As most of you know, I'm not really the "alone" type so the past few days have been interesting. I cleaned my apartment several times, spent an entire day cooking various things, caught up on tv shows when my Internet was installed, applied for a job, and walked around the neighborhood.

Now, you may be thinking, "well that's great, you got so much done," but I still have an entire week until orientation begins. Luckily, one of my friends I met at General Conference paid me a visit the other day. We caught up, enjoyed the dinner I cooked, had a sleepover, and walked around Evanston.

Today, I got to meet my "companion" from Garrett's new program, "Companions on the Journey." It was designed to pair up incoming students with current students. My companion had been very helpful as I was preparing for seminary, so I was very excited to meet her. We went out for lunch with her boyfriend, a recent Garrett grad, and she made sure I was adjusting to the neighborhood ok. She also gave me different tips on how to get places (Target, the big grocery store, etc). I am really grateful to have her as my "companion" and she even lives in the same apartment complex I do.

So before you all worry that I'm having a hard time living alone, I'm actually doing alright. I know that in the next few months when the workload piles on, I will long for the days I had nothing to do. I'm very excited for school to start and to meet new people, but I'm just going to have to play the waiting game for now.