Our roommates are our closest friends, the keepers of our secrets and our families away from home. For the months we are at college, we see our roommates at the start of each day and before we go to sleep at night. They are the ones who help us adjust to living away from our parents and the ones who cried with us that first weekend on our own. After a few months, the relationship between your roomie and you is the norm. We are so used to the things they do for us that sometimes we forget to thank them. I want to thank my roommate for everything she does to keep me sane and breathing.
1. Making sure I wake up for our 8 am PE class.
2. Always calling me before you get food in case I want something.
3. Random Chinese food runs.
4. Telling me if my outfit / hair looks awful.
5. Understanding when I am in one of my moods
6. Movie nights that last until three in the morning.
7. Letting me borrow your clothes.
8. Going to the vending machines with me at 1 am.
9. Dealing with the fact that I like the room to be like a freezer.
10. Taking short showers when you know I need one.
11. Obsessing over shows like The Bachelor and Keeping Up With The Kardashians with me.
12. Listening to me vent about everything in my life from family problems to what happened on last night's The Walking Dead.
13. Listening to my favorite songs so many times that you have learned to love them.
14. Sharing my love of celebrity gossip.
15. Sending me snap chats of me in my room.
16. Not making me feel guilty about my Reese's Cup obsession.
17. Being my support every day.
18. Late night talks.
19. Not judging me for sleeping until 12 every Saturday.
20. Studying with me.
21. Exploring new places in our new city.
22. Not taking pictures of my first thing in the morning before I put myself together.
23. Going to the dining hall and food court during those first weeks when we knew no one else.
24. Excepting the things I decided to get involved with around campus.
25.Telling me to do my laundry.
26. Making my introverted self go out and socialize.
27. Keeping me grounded and reminding me why I am in college.
28. Making sure I am always safe.
29. Listening to stories about people you don't know.
30. Wishing me good luck before tests.
31. Knowing my Starbucks order and bringing me one during finals week.
32. Reminding me that "I don't need no man" because I am strong enough to reach all my dreams on my own.
33. For taking care of me when I am sick.
34. Planning roomie nights when we've been busy and not seen each other.
35. Telling me when I am about to do something stupid or embarrassing.
36. Not complaining about my room being a disaster 80 percent of the time.
37. Listening to the plans I have for the future and never discouraging me.
38. Telling me I look slimmer after two days of dieting.
39. Understanding my Pinterest obsession.
40. Knowing every detail about my future wedding.
41. Encouraging me to go the church on Sunday mornings.
42. Helping me google answers when I realize my homework is due in five minutes.
43. Not judging my singing and dance moves when we jam out in my car.
44. Accepting the new people I become friends with and never getting upset when they visit our room late at night.
45. One day being a bridesmaid in my wedding.
Thank you for being my best friend, Netflix partner and family. Thank you for accepting every one of my flaws and odd tendencies. You have never told anyone my secrets and I will take yours to the grave. I cannot imagine ever not living five feet away from you. Being roommates is truly like living with your best friend and I would not want it any other way.
