Dorm? Hotel? Dortel? (I like mixing words)

Ok, so I’m writing two posts. One for the dorm, another for today and yesterday (eventually). There are pretty much the coolest dorms (though emphasis on dorm). They're like a hotel and apartment and dorm all rolled into one.

Before I go any further though, I’m going to explain that I actually moved into another building from the one they originally placed me in (pretty much the same dorms though). The 5 roommates I had were good people and a lot of fun…and partiers. Obviously, I have no problem with them partying, but my dorm became the designated party room of the hall and so I haven’t been able to get much sleep since I got here. After last night I asked if I could be moved to the building next door (also an international student housing area) because they are 4 bedroom dorms, and the hope is a little quieter. I guess we’ll find out by this weekend. I just felt that 5 people should have to adapt to one person, especially not in a three week period. Though, I also felt that I should be allowed to get some sleep. Now I live in Heather instead of Bluebell.

Anyways, the dorm opens into a hall of doors, and then we all have our own rooms and bathrooms. Then there is a common room that has a balcony and a kitchen at the end of the hall. Every day they give us food for the next morning to replace whatever we’ve eaten the morning before (cereal, yogurt, apples, oranges, bread, butter, jelly, sugar, tea, milk, orange juice, and I’m probably missing something), and they clean the common room and kitchen for us (even our dishes!). The kitchen comes with pots and pans and dishes, etc.

Our bedrooms don’t really have closets, but shelves and a little alcove with hangers. One wall is just shelving, the desk and the closet area (for lack of a better term). My bathroom in my old dorm was small, but more than functional for one person; however, now I have a handicapped accessible room, so my bathroom is huge, the sink is low, the toilet has bars around it and a cushion on the back, and instead of having a separate shower the shower just goes onto the floor with a little door thing around it and a curtain.

Here is an overload of pictures:

Take a tour of my dorm, first by entering the hall of doors. My room is the second door on the left. The open door leads into the common room and kitchen.

Now that you're in my room, turn around and look at the door. You see my bathroom on your right and my shelving and closet area to your left. My bed is to your right of the picture and my desk to the left.

Turning to your right, you see my bed with it's random blue wall (all the others are white).

Backtrack until you see the bathroom door. Don't worry, there's plenty of room for your wheelchair. My shower is to the left of the picture.

Backtrack some more until you get into the hallway again, then go through the door into the common room. Hey look! My Name is Earl is playing! (PS: hideous curtains)

Turn around and you're in the kitchen! The table is full of breakfast food, the fridge is the cupboard against the wall (not the silver one, that's just the freezer). The fridge is in disguise.

Don't forget to take a look out the balcony when you head back, so that you can see Cappavilla Village, where I live!