Here are all the things I wish I’d thanked you for throughout the course of our first year of college:

Firstly, thanks for all the laughs. You’re hilarious, not a day went by where you didn’t make me laugh. From referring to our professors by their first name and pretending they were our best friends (although we rarely made it to class) to making up bedtime stories about our floormates when we couldn’t sleep, we found ways to keep life entertaining. To be honest, those laugh attacks were the only ab exercises I did all year, so thanks.

The second week of school I started crying (weird, because normally I don’t get the feels, I know), and you took me to get crepes in the middle of the night. Let’s be real, ain’t nobody got time to wait in that line, but you did for me. I'm truly touched by the sentiment, you're the real MVP.

Speaking of food, a huge thank you for sharing your food with me, especially the boxes of Annie’s mac and cheese and your mom’s amazing home cooking.

Additionally, your DJ-ing skills are unparalleled. Thanks for providing me with endless music the whole year. Whenever I hear One Direction,I'll always think of you.

Thank you for always being the ray of sunshine to my cloudy day. You managed to stay upbeat and look at life in a positive light, never allowing things to cloud your happiness for long. I’m fortunate to have had you in my life when I needed you most. I never wanted to admit it, but I kind of hate adjusting to things. Therefore, I really hated having to deal with starting college. So many people are excited and happy twinkling little stars the first couple weeks of college, but I just wasn’t. It was a brand new environment, the sophomores and upperclassmen resented the existence of our entire class, the courses were harder than anything I’d ever experienced, and I wasn’t going to be able to see my home friends until Thanksgiving. You immediately seemed so comfortable in college, which was astounding to me. You taught me through your perseverance and courage that it’s okay to be a little crazy and be yourself.

There’s a certain relationship that develops when someone is exposed to every side of you. You’ve seen me in my best moments, my worst moments and everything in between. When living with someone, you start to have a deeper understanding of the person, on a different level than just friendship. I’m an only child, so I can’t know for certain, but I imagine this is what having a sibling is like. You were like a sister to me, giving me advice, supporting me and sharing your life with me.

You taught me to love myself and not care if I’m not the size I used to be in high school. You told me that in the grand scheme of things, some things just don’t matter that much. (Fries over guys, am I right?)

You never pushed me to talk about anything I didn’t want to, but you always made sure that I knew you were always there for me.

Thank you for the countless hours you spent coaching me on how to deal people and life in general.

Thank you for writing my texts for me when I couldn’t get the words out myself.

Thank you for being my personal therapist, and I'm sorry you had to be on-call 24/7.

Thank you for letting me crawl into your bed and snuggle with you when I felt lonely.

Thanks for the hilarious bedtime stories.

And most importantly, thank you for always being a genuine person and keeping it real, in the truest sense of the cliche phrase.

Xoxo, your freshman roommate <3

P.S. Thanks for putting up with my Gossip Girl obsession first semester, I can’t even imagine how annoying that was.