Move In Extravaganza

August 22nd, 2009

Ithaca, NY

After a lot of Philip Pullman books on tape over a 14 hour drive, my parents and I arrived in Ithaca for the big move in.  Since we came a little early, the whole process was fairly simple without the usual crowds.  This year, I'm living in a dorm again, but this time it's in a suite with 5 people sharing a common room and bathroom.  Having our own space is amazing-- we are still working on the settling in process and making the suite really feel like home.

Largely, the messy process of unpacking and organizing was something that people weren't psyched for me to take pictures of, but here's what I got:

I moved in before my room mate, Illika, so I took advantage of the extra space and spread my bounty of stuff over her bed as I tried to organize.  Sorry, Illika.

Hillary rocking out to some music (after finally unpacking her ipod speakers), while trying to sort through her mountains of stuff.

Melissa spread pretty much everything she owns across her floor.  We have a phrase in Cornell Outdoor Education for when you dump out your bags after a trip-- "exploding your pack."  We decided this was "exploding your life."

Tahra's very happy about her bird, Pedro, that she just hung from the ceiling.  (not a real bird, incase you were wondering)

Tahra displaying our mood magnets (she's portraying "ecstatic")

The process of mounting posters and pictures and making the rooms personal was a lot more fun-- everyone has a lot of personality that they are proud to display on their walls.

Tahra spelled out her name and Cornell on her walls in Arabic using wall decals.

Tahra's pictures and decals add a lot of color

Hillary put up her foam finger to point people to her room....

...Unfortunately, command strips apparently don't stick to foam fingers.

Hillary's poster spread.  She has a lot of them.

Some of my posters/pictures.  Sadly, at this point, I couldn't put them all up yet because I planned to loft my bed up and maintenance hadn't got around to it yet.

Our common room, complete with my quilt, a kitchenette (aka, a fridge, microwave, and toaster oven), and a world map with pins in it for where all of us have traveled.

We put up ribbons in the hall way to use as little clothes lines for communal pictures.  The tiny colorful clothespins were an awesome AC Moore find.

The amazing view from my window-- you can see Lake Cayuga, as well as some amazing sunsets.