Waking up to an alarm clock ringing is not what makes a good day. I groan and turn the electronic monster off before it causes my ears any more pain. I sit up and step out of bed. "Graylee, hurry up!" My mom yells from downstairs. I trudge myself over to my closet and grab a white skirt, yellow top and head to my bathroom to change and get ready.
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Once I have everything on, I hurry down the stairs into the kitchen. The smell of freshly baked blueberry muffins consumes the air. "Girls, today we are decorating your dorm." My mom hands Kenna and I a muffin as we sit down at the table. She takes a seat as well. "Okay." Kenna says with a mouthful of muffin. I roll my eyes. "I'll miss you girls, but I will send letters every week." She smiles and begins to eat her muffin. I finish the muffin and crumple up the wrapper. I stand up and throw away the wrapper in the trash can. "I'll go get my decoration bag." I smile and go into the office and grab the big black trash bag filled with my few items I want to decorate my dorm with. I grab the bag and come downstairs. My bag of clothing is already in the car, so I don't have to worry about that. I go out the front door and open the trunk of our car. I put my garbage bag in the trunk neatly as my mom and sister exit with my sisters bag. "Ready to go?" My mom smiles at my sister and I as we crawl into the car. ------ Cars are all over campus. Mom parks in a large blacktop by the girls dorms, and I hop out of the car and lift up the trunk door. "Kenna.." I hand her her two big white garbage bags and grab mine as I close the trunk. I hoist my bags onto a cart my mom brought over. We walk and listen to all the commotion around the school. I wheel the cart to the first floor and I hand Kenna her bags. "I will drop my stuff off and then come back okay Kenna?" My mom takes the cart from me. "Kenna I'll be right back." My mom takes the cart as Kenna goes in the room and plops her bags in the left side bed. I go back down the hall and then up the stairs and jog to my room my bags trailing behind me. I open the door and notice my roommate hasn't gotten here yet so I choose the left bed as well. It's farthest from the bathroom and I'm good with that. I hop on my bed and pull my things on top of my bed. I climb down and walk out of the room and down the hall to the stairs to go back to Kenna's dorm. "Graylee! Meet Mollie, my roommate!" Kenna smiles and lets me in the room. I wave to mollie and her mother whom is helping her with her sheets. I begin to help decorate Kenna's side of the room while my mother gets her bed ready. I hang my sisters pictures and a cork board of her name around her bed, I put a lamp and her books on her desk as well as a mirror. I organize her closet and put her small candy stash in her desk drawer. "Okay Ken. That's all." My mom straiten a Up and gives Kenna one of her world famous hugs. I go next and give her a little squeeze. "If you need anything come to me." I smile at her and let go. "I'll miss you mom. Gray, you can count on it." She grins and kisses my mom on the cheek. Mollie's mom is doing the same to Mollie. I do a short wave and leave mom with Kenna as I go up to my room. As I open the door, I see a girl with dirty brown hair making her bed. "Um, hi. I'm Graylee. What's your name?" I say and wave at her. She must be my roommate. "James, Ridley James. Nice to meet yah roomy." She turns around and hugs me. Her brown eyes are shining and she has very few freckles, but they look good on her. I return her hugs and then turn to my bags and begin to put my clothes in my closet. I organize my books and large candy stash in my desk drawers. I hang my pictures and set up my lamp. I tuck the bags in the drawers under my bed and begin to put my sheets, pillows, and comforter onto my bed. My mom runs in once I've finished and hugs me. She tells me to call her whenever I need to and I say I definitely will. She hands me the charger I forgot in Kenna's room and I tuck it on top of my desk drawer where the outlet is. I hug her once more and she runs out of my room as I hop onto my bed.
