Going to college as a freshman is one of the most amazing, yet scariest things you will ever do. You'll feel every emotion in the book: excitement, fear, anxiety, happiness, nervousness, and everyone's favorite... awkwardness. When you walk into your freshman dorm and meet your roommates and suite mates for what could be the first time, you'll most likely shake their hands with a sweaty palm (like me). But little do you know that that sweaty handshake is going to turn into some of the greatest friendships of your life.
Dear freshman year roommates/suitemates,
Thank you for always making me laugh after a bad day. You always helped me realize that a new day is coming and I don't need to stay in a crummy mood forever. Staying up watching silly YouTube videos is something I'll never forget. Whenever I needed a pick-me-up, you were always there to make me smile and to make stupid jokes that you knew would bring a smile to my face.
Thank you for going on adventures with me and giving up your parking spaces to go off campus. Going downtown to see the Christmas lights, going to the movies and eating (finishing) a tub of popcorn, going shopping, and going ice skating are just some of the trips I remember. Who could forget our coffee runs, too?
Thank you for walking to the dining hall with me on the coldest of winter days. Thanks for understanding my obsession with bacon and how I would get so sad every time it wasn't on the menu that day. I loved eating away our feelings together and always going up for seconds with you. #noshame
Thank you for letting me blast One Direction music through the dorm room and you have never questioned it. I embarrassed myself a lot, but you never made me feel judged.
Thank you for letting me be myself. I know I can be a handful at times, but you were always there for me. Thank you for never giving me the stink-eye when you saw me in my natural habitat. You never made me feel like I needed to be somebody I wasn't. Isn't that what college is all about? Being yourself ... finding yourself? This is why I love you most of all: for helping me grow and find myself. AAAAND for staying quiet while I took naps. Real MVP right there.
Thank you for being my friend when I didn't have anyone else. You were my first friends in college and for that, I'm eternally grateful. Not only were you my first friends, but now you're my forever friends, too. I mean, c'mon, who else would I have rather stayed up until 3 am the night before an exam to watch One Tree Hill marathons and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days with? And who could forget how much ice cream we ate.. oh man.
Last but not least, thank you for being some of my best friends. Freshman year wouldn't have been the same without you. I was so nervous on move-in day that I would get roommates and suite mates that hated me. Thankfully, I got you guys. There is no one else I would have wanted to spend my first year of college with, and now I can't remember what life was like without you guys.
Love,
Your freshman year roommate/suite mate <3
