Settling in the West
Posted by Andrew | Filed under General
I’ve been here since Tuesday, but not until today have I had the chance to actually sit down and do some writing. I’m nervous and have had to force myself to eat food the last 24 hours as I am now settled in my new house with my new roommates. I am the youngest in the house, and I am yet to officially move into my room as the previous occupant has not actually become previous yet. So, I am sleeping on a couch in the TV room. I don’t mind, but it will be nice when I finally get some privacy.
For the first time in my life, I am truly on my own. My parents aren’t here to help me. It’s kind of exciting in a sort of roller-coaster I can’t believe I am actually going to go through that cork screw and be upside down get me out of here kind of way. The last week has been a little off for me, I haven’t been sleeping much for many reasons, top of which is the fact that I have had to stay in some pretty lousy beds the last few days.
I never realized how truly boring trees can really be when compared to mountains. When I looked out my window in Maine, all I saw was trees, trees, and more trees. Here, I write to you with a view of about five different mountain peaks of the Wasatch mountain range. No forests disturbing my view, just the natural beauty of what some people consider to be a waste-land.
Yet, while I was in Salt Lake City last week with my dad, I saw a wonderful place. Salt Lake is very developed, nice modern buildings of various architecture, accompanied by classic historic buildings like the Temple and the Salt Lake City and County Building. It’s clean too, not something common in any city, you don’t see trash lining the streets or cigarette butts on the sidewalks. Some sidewalks near Temple Square are good enough to eat off of.
Many thoughts and ideas of subjects I want to write about in the coming days, hopefully I will be able too.
