And so it begins...

I've officially been at school for two days now, and my room is still an incredible mountain of "stuff." I really can't call it anything other than that - there's a little bit of everything going on around here. This morning I had to use shampoo instead of soap because I had no idea what box the soap and soap holder were in. I still haven't found em. No lie. On the plus side, now I know that shampoo works really well as body wash.

When I'm moving into my dorm, I like to have a lot of storage boxes. I have this theory that if everything has a box to be put in, maybe it'll somehow end up there. Plausible, right? But right now my problem is moving things from big "transportation" boxes to little "living" boxes - I can't decide what little box gets the honor of holding what "stuff-y" item. It's basically a giant puzzle. And while I normally enjoy puzzles, this one's stressing me out. Meh.

Speaking of school theories, I also came up with another one this summer: if I bring a lot of cute clothes to school, I'll end up wearing them more often. Also plausible, right? Well, seeing as this is only day two, I haven't really been able to test the theory yet, but I'm already seeing some loopholes, mainly that I kind of tried this last year and it didn't work. Whilst deliberating the situation with my roommate, the question arose of why we always dress cuter in the winter than the summer. Our answers are as follows:

1) there's a conspiracy among designers to make winter clothes cuter all-around, in which case we're just kind of screwed
2) because when you walk into a room and throw off your jacket, you have more pressure to be wearing something cute as you're already set up to make a stellar impression
3) because it takes more effort to dress warmly in the winter, putting in that last bit of effort to also dress cute (cutely? eh, whatever) isn't particularly difficult.

We decided number three is the most likely, but I'm not ruling out one or two either. All I know is that it's easier for me to love what I'm wearing during the winter. Which is quite a disappointment, because winter is my least favorite season (sorry, Santa).

My roommate and I have also decided we're going to have once-weekly mandatory "look cute" days. Basically all this actually means is that we can't dress like hobos. It's a lot to ask, but we're going to try. I even came equipped with flats and sandals to wear to make me feel legit (I usually default to grey Converse, all day, e'er day). I also brought about six dresses. I never wear dresses to school. Ever. So we'll see how that goes.

Oh! Here are some pictures of Mount Stuff. I have to document the mountain moving process, otherwise I feel like I'm not actually being productive.

Last theory - if I bring a bunch of books that I know I like to read, I'll spend more time reading than on Netflix. My friend Daniel says it's not going to happen. He's extremely encouraging, as you can tell. Jill (my roommate) and I are much more optimistic.