By junior year of college, most students have lived with a roommate. It is a unique experience; this person will watch you sob into a dish of hummus because you do not know how to force yourself to study any longer. The best part? They cannot judge you because you keep track of all the stupid stuff they say, both awake and sleeping. I sincerely hope it is not just me who keeps a note in my phone containing all “the ‘crap’ my roommate says.” Regardless, it is the best feeling to get along with your roommate. I am lucky to call my roommate by another name, best friend. We study together, even though she is a science major and I’m an English major, and we binge watch Netflix (of course).
Unlike some roommates, we are fortunate to live in a house and our room is the largest. This was a blessing and a curse. It was a pain to figure out the best arrangement of all the furniture. To optimize the floor space meant my roommate and I opted for what we like to call “King Bed” (Trademark pending). A simple design of our two twin XL beds pushed together in the corner of the room. We still have our own separate beds but we get the luxury of space as well! It also fosters communication. We are overly-involved college students who constantly run around like crazy. The only real time we have during the week to talk and decompress is when we are both going to bed—hopefully by midnight. We have talked about everything under the sun.
- Politics
- Who upset us that day, and who made us smile.
- We question why the human race is not as rational as we think we are.
- Dog and cat videos are prevalent as we scroll through Facebook, and the silly grin her boyfriend makes whenever we show him the next day.
- People we went to high school with, the good and the bad. Sorry y’all.
- Our escape plan if the floor below our beds gave out and we went crashing into the living room—and subsequently the basement.
- What we would do with the one billion dollars of Powerball money.
- The amazing feat of people our age getting married and having children. It is a terrifying reality.
- Joe Jonas’s new band, with their super catchy music.
- How we were almost at the same Jonas Brother’s Concert six years ago, when we did not know the other existed.
- Sometimes I need to let her know that she slapped me in the face at 6:00 a.m. the day before.
- King Bed has the downside of close proximity, and flailing limbs are a thing.
- The fact that for two mornings in a row this week I have reached out to pet her hand and phone when her alarm goes off in the morning…while I’m completely asleep…I still don’t know the best way to apologize for that.
- Best of all: how we would not be fully sane without each other.
All in all, the nightly conversations I have with my roommate are weird, enlightening and completely precious to me. It is the one of time of the day that we are too tired to keep our filters up. We are candid and thoughtful in the 30 minutes before we fall asleep.
Here is a glimpse into that list I keep about my roommate. Please enjoy these gems:
- “Did you know that this year, 2,000 kids will be donated…I mean diagnosed!!!!”
- “I love you so much that I will chew in your ear. Not a lot of people have that”
- “I wonder how much of our lives we spend blinking”
What is the strangest thing you have talked about with your roommate(s)?
