You've definitely heard those awful stories about freshman-year roommates. I mean, living with a complete stranger who you were randomly paired up with after a few survey questions in a 12 x 15 room doesn't sound like an ideal situation, right? Sometimes people end up with a roommate who is the complete opposite of them--a huge partier, a book worm, an introvert, a slob, an early bird, the list could go on forever. These types of roommates usually don't speak much and only share a few words per day. Still, believe it or not, other people get lucky and end up with the perfect roommate. I was fortunate enough to get the latter.

If you are lucky enough to be paired with someone who turned out to be one of your best friends, then you have many things to thank them for. After all, it's almost Thanksgiving!

Dear Freshman Roomie,

Thank you for always waking me up in the morning and being my alarm clock. I probably would have slept through many 8 a.m. classes if it wasn't for you.

Thank you for keeping your side of the room clean. You know that I'm OCD and I know that it annoyed you at first, but I'm grateful that you accepted my neat freak side.

Thank you for always being my shoulder to cry on. I could always count on you to be there for me to vent to about absolutely nothing or absolutely everything.

Thank you for not caring when I came home at 3 a.m. when you had a game the next morning.

Thank you for always being my dining hall buddy even though I ate hourly.

Thank you for being my college mom and giving me wise advice (aka, telling me not to go out to a party when I had a paper due the next morning).

Thank you for not disturbing me through my random naps at 1 in the afternoon.

Thank you for always letting me have my friends over and making them feel like they were your friends too.

Thank you for helping me pick out every outfit that I ever wore.

Thank you for forcing me to do my laundry after two weeks.

Thank you for accepting me and all my weird qualities. I know that you loved our Broadway sing-a-longs.

I have a million things that I could thank you for, but most importantly thank youfor being the most amazing freshman-year roommate that a girl could ask for. I truly don't know how I would have survived freshman year without you.