Thank you for literally keeping me sane for the past nine months. I can wholeheartedly say I have no idea what I would have done without you all by my side. We’ve talked about it countless times, but I don’t think any of us actually has considered what our lives would have been like had we not made the choice we had a year earlier.
If I chose a different school, or one of you chose a different hall to live in or if we made different connections with different people that first week, things would be so, well, different. If I didn’t walk out of my first college party with you guys holding my hand, I probably wouldn’t have made it home that night. Or if I didn’t have you all to help me pick my recruitment outfit, I probably wouldn’t have been as confident on preference night. If you didn’t have me, how would you guys get to literally anywhere off campus? Life sure would have been different if I hadn’t found you, and I’m glad I did because my first year wouldn’t have been nearly as memorable without the four of you.
Thanks for eating pizza at 10 p.m. with me. Thanks for watching a different show every day of the week with me (and never missing a single episode). Thanks for the BDubs, Starbucks and Dairy Queen runs. Thanks for the cuddle puddles and the countless hours you’ve spent listening to me complain about just about everything in my life. Thanks for making sure I never have to go anywhere by myself and that I never spend a weekend alone. Thanks for making me get out of bed on days I dreaded it. Thanks for the advice and the laughs and the stories I’ll have for years to come.
The first week we moved in, I already said I was dreading moving out and now that time has come. We have literally become inseparable, and everyone knows us together rather than apart. We have countless inside jokes (and a book with them all written down). We know each other's favorite soda, favorite candy and of course, each other’s favorite snack (but who doesn’t love hot Cheetos?) We have a secret knock and know each other’s schedules by heart. We know each other’s deepest secrets and biggest flaws. I never thought I could get so close to someone till I met you. Thanks for the memories and being the best squad I could ever ask for. Though freshmen year is ending and we will go our separate ways, you’ll forever be in my heart. ILY5Ever.
With Love,
The fifth member of the squad
