Desks, futons, boxes full of unnecessary junk, you name it, I’ve moved it in over the last week. I moved in last Thursday and that was a pretty easy process. My futon had already been in my room all summer and I didn’t have a whole lot of other stuff to worry about. I kind of just brought things in whenever it was convenient for a few days. It was pretty chill.

I cannot say the same for my other move-in experiences this week. I spent most of my day Friday, Saturday and Sunday helping friends moving in to the house or apartments. (Not complaining; it was great seeing everyone again.) On top of that, as an “On Iowa! Student Leader,” (something I’ll discuss in a later post), I was required to work two four-hour shifts moving the fresh meat into the dorms. (Of course I say “fresh meat” with the most adoring intentions). I will say though, even though I was getting a bit tired of the whole helping-everyone-else-move-in thing, my shifts with the freshmen went very smoothly. Thanks to thousands (okay, maybe a few hundred) volunteers and a newly designed move-in process, parents who may have spent hours parked outside residence halls in the past were in and out in about 30 minutes. In fact, I just found out that we moved in two students per minute throughout the day. Students were glad and parents had nothing but praise and thanks. I’ve got to say, I’m a little mad this wasn’t available last year.

-DN