We've all had those "fresh-meat" moments. For some, it's been four years or better since you stepped on campus for the first time, and for others it happened last week. Personally, my freshman year (or, er, semester) was insane! It seemed like all the action back home started as soon as I moved two hours away, and to top it off, I kept ending up in the emergency room! I'm sure I'm not the only one who had a crazy freshman experience! I think the best way to sum it all up is with GIFs, of course, from "That 70s Show," since the only adventures crazier than ours are the adventures of Forman and friends!
1. Move-In Day
Move-in day is a terrifying experience. You have to walk up 10 flights of stairs sardined between two football players. Your life flashes before your eyes as you try not to topple over backwards and get crushed by the stack of boxes you are carrying. While you're suffering, the upperclassmen around you have a plan, and are looking at you, silently saying, "I pity you because you're dumb."
2. Discovering Community Bathrooms
You thought community style bathrooms would be a new, fun experience? Think again. Apparently, some of your neighbors didn't learn to pick up after themselves, toilet paper included. What's worse? They throw up all over the same toilets you have to sit on. Oh, good luck finding toilet paper on the weekends! The janitorial staff likes their two days off. If you're even a little pee-shy, community living is definitely not for you.
3. The First Taste of Freedom
Your mom has done her crying. Your dad gave you the subtle "dad-nod," signaling you're parting ways. Your brothers are done fighting about who gets to move into your room. Now they're at home, and you're on your own for the first time ever. No curfew? Rad! Most freshmen think they're going to spend that time drinking, partying, and trying new (and illegal) things. In reality, most of us end up sleeping.
4. The First Taste of Freedom for Your Neighbors
Even if you are the Bob of your floor, lots of your floormates are going to be going out and coming back drunk. Many times, I have seen a drunk neighbor crying in a puddle of their own vomit. Sometimes, you can sympathize. You hold their hair back and make them a glass of ginger ale. Other times, you walk past someone who's super mean to you, and you just stay quiet and move on as they moan, "Why me?"
5. When Family Comes To Visit
When your roommate invites her parents down, and you see a whole new, normal side of them. You're left thinking, "Where's the girl who eats peanut butter naked at 1:30 in the morning?"
6. Laundry
Man, laundry at home was a breeze. It can't be too bad, right? You're wrong. So wrong. When over 250 people have to share 10 washers, it becomes turf war. People will take your clothes out before they're dry and drop them in the sink, on the floor, or in someone else's basket. You have to watch your machines like a hawk. It gets to the point where it's almost easier to just Febreze your clothes so you don't have to fight the crowd. No one will know the difference, right? Until they notice you've been wearing the same shirt for three days.
7. Trying to Understand Your Classes
Sometimes, you have easy classes. Other times, you have classes that are so confusing. You're trying to make sense of it all with your classmates, and it seems that there is no logical explanation to anything! It's a bunch of letters and numbers all mixed up making no sense and you're thinking, "Why do I even have to take this class anyway?"
