Dorms are so last year. Now you've put on your big kid pants and live in an apartment!

What a time to be alive! Full of freedom from RAs, an actual room to yourself (and hopefully bathroom), and a kitchen to share with 2, maybe 3 roommates. Such a victory in life. But wait...I have to cook for myself now?

Here's several things you really learn when you are living on your own as told by the super adult Buddy the Elf.

1) What a "router" is.

Ahhh, the magic wifi box! Runs on Christmas spirit, or the smell of procrastination.

2) How to pack for a whole day on campus.

Because "home" is no longer a hop, skip, and bus ride up a hill.

3) Cooking for just one

What a concept, am I right? Cooking let alone is hard, but to only make food for one person? Makes for a lot of leftovers!

4) Cooking healthy.

5) Learning how the appliances, magic electric box, and other machines work.

...I'm supposed to restart it with which switch? What happens if I do *this*..?

6) Learn to appreciate your parent visits on a whole new level.

You could say it's better than Christmas morning.

7) Making those calls to whomever to get whatever you broke fixed.

This is an odd cycle you're now placed in.

8) "Feng shui"

Yes, that lamp goes on those four books. Art.

9) How scary an unexpected knock on the door can be.

*Turns off lights* *Pretends not to be there*

10) Becoming your own barista.

Because we all can't afford to go to the coffee shop...everyday

11) How much water and electricity actually is.

COLD SHOWERS UNTIL SEPTEMBER, THIS IS NOT A DRILL

12) Basic first aid and self-diagnoses.

Thanks to your trusty First-Aid kit you got in the "back to school" aisle.

13) How to defend yourself in case of an emergency.

*Prays that noise was just the wind because my closest weapon is the t.v. remote*

14) How much you actually go through necessities like toilet paper and laundry detergent.

I am a monster who needs to be way more conservative.

Like Buddy, congrats on making it this far in life, go tune a piano and make snow angels for two hours to celebrate.