Recycling, My Dorm, My 22nd Birthday etc...

Hello!!!

How is everyone on this wonderful Thursday, and the beginning of my 4 day weekend!!

This post is going to be a little on the random side :) 

First things first, HOW EXCITING IS IT THAT WE FINALLY GOT RECYCLING BINS ON CAMPUS!?! I noticed today the recycling bins made for cans and bottles outside quite a few buildings on campus. This is so exciting to me for a few reasons: for one a lot of my friends have been petitioning to get recycling to start on campus and now that it is finally happening it is nice to see their hard work paying off. Also, when I give tours a lot of people ask me about recycling and I feel so terrible telling prospective students we don't have recycling...BUT not anymore! 

UT...changing for the better one day at a time :)

So here are the pictures of my room this year...its finally all unpacked and looking good so I figured I would share them...this is an apartment on campus in ResCom:

This is our living room, this picture is being taken from the front door. We have a lot of people over throughout the week so its really nice to have a living room to use! 
This is our kitchen. I have 3 other roommates and we all cook most of the time. We all have meal plans but we love cooking on our own so its awesome to have a kitchen! 
This is our little dining room area. There is a sliding glass door right next to the table and it goes out to our porch which is also nice to use when its nice outside. 
This is my room! I always have the highest bed out of all of my roommates because I have the most stuff. There is more to the room but not much more, just a desk and a window. Its not very big but I have my own private room so thats all I care about! 

This is our vanity area. We have a lot of cabinet space and actually don't even end up using all of it which shows how much space we get when there are 4 girls sharing that area. The bathroom is just to the left of this vanity area and there is a toilet, shower and closet in there. 

 

And last but not least...my 22nd birthday was yesterday and it was great! I think its the most love I've ever received on a birthday...I'm not going to lie either...I enjoyed all the attention for the day! I think living in such a tight knight community helped too! My roommates had balloons in the living room for me, one of my best friends decorated our front door, I had happy birthday sung to me in 6 different languages at work, I got to go out to a fancy restaurant and then out for drinks with friends...it was a really great day! 

Well I think that is it for now! I am going to go to bed early, sleeping in laying by the pool and enjoying 4 days off of class!!

Happy Labor Day weekend! Be safe!