Saying Goodbye to My Freshman Year of College

It's hard to believe that my freshman year of college has already gone by. It seems like just yesterday I was awaiting graduation and my chance to embark on this new part of my life. I can still remember the feeling I had when my parents left me all alone for the first time. I was sitting in my dorm and I felt a weird emptiness like something I needed was just gone. I cried for days after they dropped me off at college, and I'm not quite sure that they know that part of the story (Yes mom and dad, I cried as soon as you left). I missed all of my friends at home and I was scared because I didn't know a single person at college. I started to grow apart from some people I've know my whole life, and right when I thought it couldn't get worse, the greatest group of people stepped in. I was finding it so hard to make friends, right when I was about to give up and conclude that I was never going to make friends in college, I met my 5 best friends. They showed up right when I least expecting it, and that's all that college has been so far; a bunch of amazing things that have happened when I least expected them. From parties and sleepover, to boy problems and a spring break trip to Florida, these ladies have been there through it all, and it's so tough to say goodbye. I have to say goodbye to my dorm, and the first taste I had of living alone. It is all so bittersweet. All I ever talked about during my freshman year was how excited I was to move out of my dorm and live in an apartment and have a room to myself. As exciting as that is, I'll admit, I'm gonna miss my little dorm room. It may have been tiny, cramped, and full of weird sound and smells, but it wouldn't have been the "freshman experience" without all of that. Although my roommate wasn't my best friend, she was someone I could go to for anything and I don't know what I would have done without her. It's crazy to think that I have just 3 short years before I enter this world alone, and I'm scared out of my mind to say the least. But I know that with my best friends by my side, the rest of my college will be a blast and I can't wait to see where it takes me. This year has given me so many amazing opportunities already, and I can't wait to see the even bigger and better things that lie ahead. Thank you Temple University, for opening my eyes and allowing me the awesome person that I am, and for letting me flourish and grow with the most amazing support a girl could ask for. Until sophomore year.

Xoxo,

Lindsey