I don’t know where the year went, but I move out of my dorm tomorrow. Both of my roommates have moved out already, and I’m spending my last night in room 509. This room has stressed me out and calmed me down. It was my home away from home, even if it took awhile for it to feel like that.
I’ve amassed copious amounts of stuff and finally figured out a way to organize most of it, only to be moving out now. Living in a dorm was definitely an experience I was glad to have, yet I’m grateful to not be repeating. One year has been enough. Here are the top ten things I will definitely miss the most about my room.
1. Indecisive showers
This is the only shower I’ve ever been in that is always too hot. Running out of hot water was never really a problem. The shower was either scalding hot or lukewarm, there was no in between. Cold shower after a long day in the sun? How about burning water, no matter where you turn the handle?
2. HUGE desk area/wardrobe
Too much space? Not a problem! I never had to worry about having enough room for all my belongings, because my furniture was as small as possible!
3. McDonald's
Our room had a lovely view of the McDonald’s behind the building. I will definitely miss the constant line of grumbling cars in the drive-thru and the sound of the employees taking people’s orders.
4. Window whistle
There’s a beautiful whistling noise that doesn’t go away in our room. We thought it was the air conditioning, or the room next to us, or the pipes. Turns out it was our windows, which never shuts completely unless you slam it and lock it immediately.
5. Paper thin walls
I’ll miss hearing the conversations between my neighbors and their moms when I’m trying to sleep.
6. The door
Sometimes our door doesn’t close all the way, and people can come in when they want. Sometimes, when we got used to it not closing and locking, we would leave your keys in our room only to have the door actually lock.
7. Room 609
I don’t know what exactly they are doing, but room 609 knew how to have a good time at all hours of the night.
8. Layout
The ladders on our bunk beds were always in the only open space we had in the room, ultimately making that space completely useless and resulting in many stubbed toes. Our room was too big anyways.
9. Hardwood floors
We had so much fun seeing how much dust and hair could accumulate on the floors before our hardwoods became carpet.
10. The bed
Last but certainly not least, my personal favorite part of my room that I will certainly miss. The sound of my bed squeaking every time I breathed was just music to my ears, and my roommates loved it too when it woke them up every time I turned in my sleep. No matter how much WD-40 we put on that bed, nothing could stop that sweet sound.
A lot of students are very jealous of me because I live in the brand new building. And they should be. Because even though it was a brand new building, it had all the quirks that a good dorm room should.
