People told me constantly I was going to meet my best friends in college and I didn’t believe them. I already had my two best friends and that was good enough for me. I was afraid if I made friends in college, it would take away from the friendship with “my girls.” I ended up being so wrong; I met the best people in college and created a little family I never wanted to leave. I moved into Village D Floor 2 my freshman year and it changed my life in a wonderful way.

My mates on D2 are all from different backgrounds. We all believe in different things, have opposite views, and often disagree on many things, but we all get along great! I would have never been friends with such contrasting people from myself in high school, but college changed my perspective on being open to new people. We have rednecks, we have hipsters, and we have frat. We are a little melting pot of cliques. I think the key to our successful friend group is we all offer something different and it makes things interesting.

Last year, we went roller skating, we had a tea party, we had a girls night in OKC, we hung out at the park, we watched "The Bachelor" religiously every Monday night, we helped each other on our homework, we did each other’s homework. We laughed together, cried together, and cuddled together. We had a funeral for four fish between CASNR and HS that included music, a candle lighting ceremony, and random strangers. We gathered around a toilet and sang Johnny Cash’s "Amazing Grace" at a different fish funeral (we’re not the best fish parents).

"The Polar Express" while drinking hot chocolate, we did puzzles, we decorated for every holiday, and we made birthday cakes for everyone’s birthday with sweet messages written in icing like “You’re OK.” We even traveled to the Wichita Mountains and road tripped to Houston.

You really altered my perspective on change and making friends, and I am forever grateful. I love you guys — Floor Fam for life!