First Things First

Hey! I'm Jake, and if you didn't read my info, I'm a music and psychology major at Luther, and enjoy candlelight, coffee, and poetry readings. I'm originally from Cedar Falls, Iowa, which is a whopping hour and a half away. However, I've never gone to school in Cedar Falls, but instead up the road to a smaller town of Waverly. But, that's just some boring education background stuff.

I came to Luther for several reasons, the top two being their impressive music program and the financial aid I received. All in all, I applied to 15 different schools: private, out of state, state schools, and big universities. Regardless of where I got accepted, I wasn't ever treated the same as I was when I visited and applied to Luther College. And wherever you visit and go, you'll find that every campus has a different attitude - Luther's just happens to be nice. But I digress, I came to Luther because I liked it, and when you visit, you'll probably find some things you like too.

Anyway, enough about me, I want to tell all of you what an AMAZING experience I had moving in. So, I spent most of the last few weeks of summer actually preparing to move in. I was even able to move in one day early on Friday the 29th. When we got into Decorah, I just got this overwhelming feeling, and I actually missed my parents...who were still in the car with me. One good thing about living in Olson is the fact that there is a parking lot right behind the building. You don't get that anywhere else as a freshman! We pulled up to the door, and brought my 14 boxes, mattress pad, futon, rug, fridge, and everything else in in about 5 minutes. I figured if college doesn't work out for me, I definitely have a career in moving. However, it took us about 4 hours to arrange the three lofts into the best arrangement on my floor. So, when I finally got everything moved in, arranged, and unpacked, I sent my parents home. It was a weird feeling, but I felt that I had just jumped the first and biggest hurdle of college: being ok with not being at home. The next few days were spent going to meetings, meeting people, and just spending time in my AIR CONDITIONED dorm room being cool...literally.

Now I have the first few classes under my belt, and feel ready to conquer the world. Which would be interesting to see, I may add...but that's for another day.

Hope this finds you well.

Later!
Jake