I've made some amazing friends and I've only been here three weeks. I mean, I guess it is kind of expected considering we all live together. The odd thing is, even though we have only known each other for a few weeks, because we spend every waking moment together, it feels like we have known each other our whole life. As Loyola says, your job your first year is to find your family, the friends you can rely on to be your support system when you are away from home. I'm glad I did.
It's interesting to think about eating. For my family, we typically ate dinner together and talked about our day. It was weird coming to college and not really having that right away, but it's fixed now. No matter how busy our schedules are, we all get together to study at night and get dinner...and then typically a late night snack to reward our good study habits. So let's introduce you to my lovely group of hooligans, the people who adventure with me everyday and don't judge me if I take an extra cookie before we leave the dining hall.
Emma: An amazing human being from Minnesota. We like sharing popcorn and having sleepovers. Her accent is awesome, and my two favorite words that she says are bag and room-pronounced beg and rum. She's absolutely hilarious and an amazing supportive human. Fun fact- her roommate also didn't show up, so she has an extra bed in her room that I slept in when Melanie was super sick. She also really likes to sleep on the floor of my room because the carpet is super soft? She also really likes "fish crackers" (Goldfish).
*Note: as I was typing this, every time I said "room" it was pronounced in my head like Emma says it. I might come home with an accent, guys. Be prepared.
Jamie: Another super cool human from Iowa. She likes to volunteer in her free time and do crafts, so clearly we get along well. She has an awesome closet and some sweet Vans. She also likes to have sleepovers, in our time here we had a weekend where we had three sleepovers in a row!! She always talks about Whitey's milkshakes that she says are the best on the planet. but we've yet to try them since they are all the way in Iowa. Jamie is absolutely hilarious and can make any day brighter. She's also an awesome support and has a ridiculously compassionate heart. She went to donate blood today, but they deferred her, and it clearly upset her a lot. I can't wait for us to have a Pinterest craft night soon.
Melanie: My awesome roomie from Illinois. First off- our room looks absolutely amazing and feels so homey. We actually have to keep our door closed a lot because everyone in our hall flocks to our room to hangout, so if we have to study, the door stays closed. We get along really well, and we have the same tastes in a lot of things. Food. Blankets. Planners. (We actually bought the same blanket in different colors and the same planner before we got to school without even realizing it.) We have a ridiculous amount of fun in our room and like to dance and sing. Our adventures this year are going to be amaze balls. She's super cute and fun-loving and likes to make weird noises when her throat is itchy. I think it's funny. :) We can talk all night if we wanted too, just because we get along and love girl talk. Typically we have to kick the boys, Aaron and Nathan, out first, though, because they live in our room. As Nathan says, "25% of the room is mine". Luckily, he says part of the 25% is Melanie's bed, not mine.
Olivia: This is my homie. She' s the one I can go to when I need to obsess over Harry Potter. She's also the one to make me feel bad if I'm not studying because she does so often. She's also obsessed with Goldfish, when we had our sleepover she probably had half of one of the big boxes. She's a swimmer and smiles a lot.
Aaron: This is my lovely amigo from Wisconsin. He says a lot of weird words and we make fun of him all the time for it. For example, he calls the drinking fountain a bubbler and the T.V. remote a flipper. The funny thing is, his reasoning for calling it a bubbler is because you can't tell the difference between a fountain in the park versus a drinking fountain if you use the same words, but then how does flipper work? How do you know if you are talking about flippers you swim with or the flipper to change the channel? Anyway, in all seriousness, this kid is awesome. He's super funny and caring even though he teases me all the time. We spent our first night in Chicago at Jamba Juice with Nathan. Aaron is the one I can rely on to always be just as astounded as I am that we get to live here everyday, and to be amazed by the beauty of our campus.
Nathan: The comic relief of our friend group. Literally, everything that comes out of his mouth is hilarious. He's the one I can go to when I need to obsess over musicals, plays, Newsies, or anything theatre and music related. We also have dance parties often, he tries to teach me to twerk to Anaconda. He's also from Michigan, so we can relate over things that none of our friends have in their states, like Vernors. We annoy our friends when we belt show tunes in the room, hallways, dining halls, or just walking across campus. Fun fact- Nathan has never had a hamburger, so we are going to change that at some point this year even though it scares him. He lives in my room, so he's basically our honorary third roommate.
Becca: I just met Becca, and we've only really interacted three times, but she's super cool and we get along really well. Just listening to her talk makes the day a little better. She's friends with Aly and Josie, so that is how we met. I like her. It's the best when the four of us cuddle up on the daybed in Aly and Josie's apartment and watch Criminal Minds.
And then obviously, I have some amazing friends that I knew from before this year.
Aly: I don't think I really need a blurb on this one. I love this kid so much. She's amazing and the best. We haven't had many adventures together so far, except for to the ER, which hopefully won't become a common adventure. I'm really glad to have her as a support and just to have someone from home who knows me really well.
Josie: Another one who doesn't really need a blurb. I'm really glad we actually live near each other now and our friendship doesn't just exist on texting and snapchats. She's the bomb.com. I like how even though we haven't know each other long, she still can call me out on my crap, and we can have hour long, deep conversations about life. It's pretty great. I love her a lot too.
So there's my homies. I might be biased, but I say they are some of the best. This year is going to be a blast.
