It started off with a message on Facebook, something so simple and so weird to start our friendship. In the search for a roommate, I can say I was nervous with whom I might end up with. I wanted a roommate who I could get along with, share clothes with, and vent to. Luckily, I ended up with someone better than that.
Move-in day was an awkward moment that we both weren’t ready for. We had a floor activity later in the day to go ice skating and we were both miserable about being at college, so we figured we might as well go. On our way there I told you that the last time I went ice skating, I fell on my face and had to go to the hospital. The entire time we were ice skating, I held your hand, and to this day you remind me that’s what ended the awkwardness of being new roommates.
Experiencing summer session with you was honestly the best experience of my life. It was a crazy and exciting experience that I’m thankful I got to experience with you. I fell in love with everything about college and had you by my side for it. Looking back on our pictures from summer session makes me sad that we won’t be together this upcoming summer.
When we returned for fall semester, we were so excited to be back in Beaver Hall. You finally decided to decorate your side of the room since we would be in this dorm for more than two months, and I was extremely happy I wouldn’t be staring at a blank wall. Even though we only knew each other for about TWO months, it was like we were childhood friends.
If I went out and you didn’t, you were still up by the time I got home, ready to hear about the night. You never let me forget that there was no need to cry over boys who treated me badly and you listened to me every time I cried over those stupid boys. You let me crawl into your bed and watch American Idol auditions at 3 a.m., even though you hate when people are in your personal space. You even put up with me when I talk in my sleep. We went to class for each other when one of us was sick, needed a nap, or simply didn’t wake up for 9:05 Psych.
Now that we have less than a month left of freshman year, I look back and am extremely grateful you messaged me on Facebook because without you, I don’t know how I would have survived my freshman year. You stuck by my side, through some of the hardest times in my life, and you have no idea how thankful I am for that.
Soon enough, it’ll be August and we’ll start our sophomore year together, continuing to be roommates. Some nights if I don’t want to get up the ladder of my bunk bed, I’ll just take up a corner in your bed. Other nights I might see if the ladder can reach from my bed to yours. Either way, I’m looking forward to continuing being your roommate.
