New Year, New York!

     So on the 1st of the year, my dad and I made the long trek out to New York. We left about 1:30 pm and arrived in Poughkeepsie close to 1 am on Jan.2nd. We took turns driving and napping, plus a few stops for dinner and gas. We spent that night in a hotel. Later then that morning, we got ready and went to go get lunch. I found this sandwich shop using my phone called Rossi's Deli. Let me tell you it is absolutely delicious! My dad and I went back the very next day and then I went back again the following Monday. It's a little family owned Italian deli. their sandwiches are hugeeee and just utterly amazing. Like words can't describe...so anyways we had some time to kill before move in so dad and I went to walk around the Vanderbilt Mansion. It's pretty neat. 

      2:30 rolled around, and there was no more putting it off, t'was time to move in. We parked the car near my building, and started unloading. They checked me in, gave me my room and bathroom keys and a cart to move my stuff. I live in a two-person room with communal bathrooms down the hall. My room mate is a current student who started the culinary program back in October. So her stuff was already moved in. 

Here are some pictures of my room once it was all set up:

Later that evening I had a building meeting with all the RAs (resident assistants) and the RD(resident director). They took us on a quick tour of campus while the parents had a meeting then we had a pizza dinner. I decided I wanted to stay back at the hotel one more night so I packed up some clothes and went back with my dad. We stopped for a quick bite on the way back since he hadn't eaten. 

     The next morning I had to be at registration by 7:30 So my dad dropped me off. Okay, so if I told you every detail about my orientation I'd bore you to tears, or worse you might throw your computer across the room and never read my blog again. It was essentially two straight days of being shuffled around from speaker to speaker while they threw a huge ton of information at us. It probably took a good 24 hours for my mind to sort through and organize everything they said.