We finally made it to Daytona Beach, FL on Wed morning (4 am). Thank God. I dropped him off at his place and I went to my apartment. I was so aggravated that I couldn’t sleep. I started unloading my car at 6:30 and I was hoping I was in the right apartment. Vick called me in the morning to tell me that I needed to be at school at 8 am to go through the check-in process.

I went to school and met Vick and Luis. I checked in, got my orientation packet, and got my id picture taken. You need a state id so they know who you are. Also I saw other people I recognized. I said hi to Guillermo, Amanda, and Anita.

I finally met my roommates later on that day. I live off campus in a 3 bedroom apartment with Amy and David (Cheese). I also met them through the ERAU discussion board. We found out we didn’t get onto campus in July so the quest for finding an apartment began. After many obstacles we finally got our hands on one on the 21st of August. Actually none of us saw the apartment until we got here. Amy is from the Twin Cities, MN and Cheese is from Lancaster, PA. They are both nice.

We all went back to school and I tried to finish doing the rest of my school errands. I dropped off my medical sheet and I tried to buy a parking pass. If you want a parking pass, you need insurance and your car registration. I unfortunately have lost mine after moving around so much. I thought I had it in the car but my old one was there. When I switched the registration card, I must have taken out the wrong one. I have requested a copy of my registration card and hopefully I get it soon. I got a temporary commuter pass.

I woke up in the morning and got ready to pick up Jason from the airport. Jason is a friend that I met through the first year student discussion board on Blackboard. He just got out of the military and was going to be starting Embry-Riddle as a freshman. My friend from St. Louis backed out last minute and I was talking to Jason about it and he volunteered. I don’t feel comfortable going on long drives by myself.

We loaded up my car and I said goodbye to a couple of friends. After staying in St. Louis longer than expected, we started our trip to Daytona Beach, FL. We drove for about 4 hours or so and stopped over at his uncle’s place in Marion, KY whom he hadn’t seen in a couple of years. We ate some dinner and we were chatting away and realized that it was very late to continue our driving. We spent the night at his uncle’s house and started at noon on Tuesday.

The rest of the trip was frustrating. Jason started dating a girl after he decided he was going to come help me out. His girlfriend kept calling and making all these obnoxious and very inappropriate comments. This girl definitely has an imagination. You get the picture. I don’t want to deal with that again.

After saying goodbye to my friends in Seattle and eating some of my favorite Salvadorean food. I start my destination to Daytona Beach, FL. I leave Seattle late in the evening to St. Louis, MO. My friend, Matt picks me up at the airport around midnight. I pretty much stayed up all night talking to him and catching up. I hadnít seen him since late January.