1. Tomorrow my parents and I are driving two hours to College Park - Dad wants to leave at 8 am so that'll be an interesting, and probably sleepy, trip - to move my stuff from my old apartment to my new apartment. I'm staying in the same complex, but moving from the View II building into the View I. I'm kind of excited, because I might meet some of my new roommates tomorrow, but in all I don't think it's going to be very eventful. I'll move my kitchen stuff, my winter clothes, things from my bedroom, and then we'll just get back in the car and drive home. I'll probably use tomorrow to get things set up just how I want them, furniture in the right place and everything, but I won't completely move in until the last weekend in August when I go back for the school year. It'll be cool to see the layout of my new apartment though, and my new bedroom!
2. After we move into my new apartment tomorrow, we're coming home, loading up the car, and driving another hour to Deep Creek Lake for a week-long vacation. I'm definitely excited for this one, because I've only been to the lake once this summer and I'm looking forward to getting to spend time with my family and relax before school starts up again. I'll share a room with my sister and our cousins, and I'll have plenty of time to swim, take walks, and catch up on my reading. That's one thing that I'm really looking forward to, having more time to read. I won't have internet access while I'm there, besides what I can get on my phone, so there won't be any distractions while we're there. I can't wait!
3. My parents had a patio put on our house in our backyard, and the construction workers just finished a few days ago. It isn't really big (considering our backyard is about the size of a match box) but it looks really nice. It's all brick, with a wall around it that's built so you can sit on it. There's a walkway that goes through the yard and connects to the walkway at the side of the house, and when we get back from the lake landscapers are going to come in and put in lots of flowers and a tree. My parents are really excited, they've wanted something like this for a long time. I really like it too, ever since we had an addition put on the back of the house when I was about 13, we haven't had a porch or really anywhere to sit in the backyard. Now there's a place to sit out, enjoy the sun, and read a good book or take a nap.
4. I really need to sort through my clothes and try to clean up my room. I don't think I really have too many clothes, but I know that I have a lot that I don't wear anymore, so I need to go through it, get rid of what I don't wear or that doesn't fit, and then count my losses and see what I need to get to replenish my wardrobe. I'm probably not going to buy much anymore this year, especially because the most that I'll be getting rid of is tank tops and tee shirts, so I'll just buy more next year since this summer will be over soon. I'm almost a hoarder with clothes, I keep things that I know I don't wear, "just in case" I ever need it for some certain situation. It's kind of ridiculous, really. I just need to get rid of it all, and also keep in mind when I'm shopping not to buy things that I can't see myself wearing a lot. There's no point in wasting money on clothes that I won't wear enough to warrant actually buying it.
5. My dad is the big gardener in our family, and he loves filling the flower beds in the backyard every spring. This year he planted one bed to be Maryland themed, right down to the Black-Eyed Susans (our state flower). I think it's pretty cool, not only because I go to the University of Maryland, but also because I just think that the Maryland flag is so cool, and the colors look great together. Some of the flowers are starting to wilt, so I made sure to instagram a shot of them before they're gone for the season!
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