To my forever roomie,

I know you had no clue what you were signing up for when you agreed to be my roommate, but I give you mad props for dealing with my messy, moody, constantly hungover, insomniac ass self for the past year.

It’s pretty fair to say that we were a match made in heaven, and I can say with full confidence that one of the reasons why I made it out of freshmen year alive is because I had you as my roommate.

Its so weird to think back to when I barely knew you and we were still in that awkward texting phase where we spoke almost everyday about absolutely nothing, meanwhile completely ignoring the fact that we were complete strangers who were going to be living together coming Fall.

Little did I know that this online shopping obsessed, SoulCycle addicted, long limbed, clothes hoarding freak would be the best roommate a girl could ask for and one of my best friends.

I guess I owe you a thank you, because you put up with all of my shit this year, and I’m still surprised that you want to go for round 2 next year. So with that, here are some things that I think I forgot to thank you for this year.

Thank you for knowing me better than any person should.

Thank you for texting me every night to make sure I went to bed at a reasonable hour.

Thank you for being my personal stylist.

Thank you for letting me borrow your clothes.

Thank you for keeping our room clean and not freaking out when my clothes are on the ground.

Thank you for always doing aux.

Thank you for always being concerned about where I am. You’re the reason why I have managed to return home every night.

Thank you for keeping me sane when I'm the one tweaking.

Thank you for always being down to take a picture when everyone else is sick of posing.

Thank you for taking my side on stupid shit that couldn’t mean less to you.

Thank you for always encouraging me to take another shot.

But thank you for cutting me off when it was necessary.

Thank you for making me go out when I wasn’t in the mood.

Thank you for being honest even when I didn’t want to hear it.

Thank you for making sure I’m up in the morning when I don’t wake up to my alarm.

Thank you for knowing exactly how long I’ll need to get ready before we go out.

“Maya you should get out of bed, we’re leaving in 30 and you haven’t done your makeup yet”

Thank you for always answering the questions: “Belt or no belt” and “Should I wear my hair straight or natural?”

Thank you for reminding me not to eat cheese because of my lactose intolerance.

Thank you for dealing with my lactose intolerance everytime I didn’t listen to you. “Oy.”

Thank you for taking care of me every time I got sick this year (which was about 4 times, sorry about that).

Thank you for holding my hair back after my roughest nights

Thank you for making me go to class when I was planning on skipping

Thank you for missing class with me so I didn’t feel bad about it when I did.

Thank you for taking part in our “strict diets” that didn’t last more than a week.

Thank you for being my workout buddy every few months when we decided we wanted to get back into shape.

Thank you for always being down to have fun and adventure.

Thank you for not getting mad at me whenever I locked you out of the room.

Thank you for not telling me to shut up when I kept you up with my coughing at night.

Thank you for always being willing to dance and harmonize with me.

And most importantly, thank you for keeping an open mind with me when I walked in on move-in day with blue chevron sheets, after we had already agreed that our color scheme would be gray.

Anyways, please don’t get cocky, but I really couldn’t have asked for a better froomie. Not really sure what I’m going to do when your not living a foot away from me this summer, but it’s okay because we’re reliving this shit show all over again in the Fall.

Xoxo,

Your very grateful roommate.