Now, after a year jam packed with unappreciative dorm posts, one would have thought that I would be stoked to move out. Well, I'm just as surprised as you when I say that you would be dead wrong. My roommate and I have had the best last month, making it extremely difficult to leave. While attempting to study for finals, we have opened up the jar of sap, and seriously cannot imagine being apart for more than hmmm... four hours.
We were thinking back to move-in day, with our one million carts of nonsense, occasionally looking at each other both silently thinking, "Is this going to work?/ Why does she talk so much?/ Does she seriously need that fan on at night?" Fast forward nine months and we are the two best friends that anyone could have, and are confident that move out day is going to be an entirely different story. It will NOT be awkward, there WILL be music, and we will most definitely have SMILES (and tears).
Since we became pros at living with each other, I send to you the Ten Commandments of Living with A Roommate.
1. I am the roommate, thy roommate, thou shalt not take any strange naps with other people.
2. Thou shalt not turn on the light without a vote.
3. Remember to keep holy the key. (Thou shalt not depend on each other to have it).
4. Honor thy advice of each other, especially at 9:01 with a 9:00. (If thou says skip, thou shalt skip),
5. Thou shalt not judge when thou returns to thou #2 in the same spot as...yesterday.
6. Thou shalt not commit late night pizza without the other.
7. Thou shalt not steal the shower.
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against the reasoning behind thy overflowing laundry basket.
9. Thou shalt not exchange words in public. (Looks are enough).
10. Thou shalt not take each other for granted.
Read them. Study them. Live them.
The girls shutting off the lights and walking out are certainly two different girls than on the first day. We have memories on memories on memories that honestly no one will ever think are as funny as we do. Do we care? Nope. We have pictures and videos to prove to our kids that we were, in fact, huge nerds. Again, do we care? Nope. We had such an amazing year, and will probably text each other every 30 minutes this summer when it's time for our daily nap.
