Ah, freshmen year. Remember that freedom you felt the first time you got to live away from your parents? Even when you were crammed in a smelly dorm and had to sneak around your RA. Freshmen year was full of memories, fun, and easy living. I can almost smell the Easy Mac just thinking about it. Yeah, at times, it completely sucked, but you never know what you have until it's gone. Here are 10 reasons why living in an apartment kinda blows and makes dorm life seem awesome.
1. Hungry and lazy?
No problem. Chances are you could walk to some place to access food and, most importantly, food you did not have to make yourself. And who cares if you want to ball out on some nachos with extra cheese? Your meal plan made you feel like you weren't spending real money, so why should you feel bad?
2. It is midnight.
You are in your grown up apartment or townhouse and the only thought in your mind is chocolate. Freshmen year, you could walk (or sneak) your way to the dorm vending machine, but now you suffer because you have not been to the grocery store in weeks, and you have to settle on stale trail mix you found under your bed.
3. Being 60 seconds away from a vending machine.
Period.
4. Had a long crappy day and need someone to cheer you up?
As an upperclassman, you and your roommates are so busy it can sometimes feel like you live alone and have to communicate via Snapchat. Being in a packed dorm, you could walk down the hall and find a BFF to vent to in a second -- instant relief!
5. Sleepovers.
You got to have a sleepover with your (hopefully amazing) roomie every.single.night. It is nice to wake up with your roomie 10 feet away, after an eventful night out, and see her struggling just like you.
6. Living in a packed dorm means tons of roommates.
And even more closets to raid from. Freshman year is the easiest year to find a dress for formals by far.
7. Living off campus means being a semi-adult.
Which also means keeping up with basic human responsibilities like buying toilet paper, dish soap, and paper towels. You realize how much your mom actually had to do, and wish you could master her art of grocery shopping.
8. You did not have to go grocery shopping.
You do not know the real pain of walking around a fluorescent store until you reach the register to find out you spent another $90 on crackers, frozen Lean Cuisine, and a bag of carrots that you will find a week later at the bottom of your fridge.
9. Have an 8 a.m. class?
Sucks, but at least you could literally roll out of bed at 7:50 a.m. and sprint across campus in a sweatshirt, no bra, and still make it to class on time. Have an 8 a.m. when you live off-campus? Haha, that's a joke-- and it is a miracle if you ever make it.
10. You only had a small space to keep (or try to keep) clean.
You probably did not even have to scrub your own toilet!
These reasons made your freshmen year seem like a breeze, but can you put a price on walking around your own college home naked -- without any penalty!
