Goodbye College

Today, I am moving out of my dorm.

All the laughter spent with my roommate and friends, as well as all the tears, all the junk food and movies, games and computers, all the different pajamas and slippers, all the used paper plates and plasticware, all the coffee and sugar, all the memories we have shared in this dorm room. I have had fights, fits, late nights, happiness, sugar highs, and rumbling tummies in this room. I have gotten ready for a dance, woken up to see Josh at the door, sweated my bum off because the heater's on 24/7, done essays until 2 in the morning, done arts and crafts, had sleepovers and tickle fights, and slept in until 1 pm in this dorm.

I admit, I have had sad and frustrating times in this dorm as well, but I also have to admit that I'm going to miss it here. Even after all the guys and girls running down the halls at 2 am, even after dealing with the rhd, even after the grease spot on the floor, even after those girls make out with their boyfriend in the hall, I'm still going to miss it. Something about this place makes me feel at home but at the same time, so far away from home. I have a lot of memories in this place, and I wouldn't trade them for the world.

I made a new friend in this dorm, and that is my roommate. We've had rough times, but without them, I wouldn't be the same. I wouldn't have grown up. She is like my mentor that will be there to guide me through whatever problems come up. I hope I do the same for her, but I think a hug is all I have given her because I don't know the wise things she does. She has lived so much in her life, more than some do at all. She's a very genuine person, and I'm glad to have had her as my roommate. Thanks for all the fun times, Kristen.

So goodbye dorm, goodbye plain white walls, goodbye neon lights, goodbye stinky bathroom, goodbye shower curtains that smell like formaldehyde (as Kristen would say), goodbye grease spot, goodbye now-fixed drawers, goodbye closet that won't close properly, goodbye missing blind, goodbye room 256, goodbye Allen hall. Goodbye NAU.