College is for adulting. You are supposed to man up, get work done and stop with your childish ways. College is trying to ruin all that is happy, honestly. But I refuse to be mature, to try to "be classy, not trashy," and to act my age. I will not let people stop me from having the time of my life.

College is the time of your life. It's the time for you to be as completely crazy as possible. You're not in high school anymore. No one is controlling you, and you finally get to make your own decisions. Which leads to you making your own mistakes. But to me, they aren't mistakes unless someone got seriously injured or arrested. I'm here to make as many of those decisions as I humanly can.

You can always retake a class, but you can't retake a night out. I'm not going to say no to a free drink from the bottle that's being passed around just because it's unsanitary. I'm not going to skip a fraternity house party just because of all the risk management that come with it. My favorite memories are the ones in a dark, crowded basement that get a little blurry. Am I immature for going out? Of course, I am and I am going to keep dancing my worries away. No good story is ever going to start with "When I was sitting in my dorm room." I get to tell stories about walking away from a busted house party eating Jack in the Box, going crazy to Miley Cyrus at every single party and jumping on couches and into lakes at formal.

I'm going to skip classes just to eat with friends. I'm not going to let my GPA define me. I'm going to work my ass off in class just so I always have an excuse to talk multiple naps during the day. I'm going to go back for seconds on every time there is free stuff on campus, especially the snow cones. I'm going to take random classes that have nothing to do with my major, but are for sure a learning experience I won't forget about. If I'm going to take a break from studying, then yes I'm going to go on an adventure with my best friend to St. Louis.

You are going to have responsibilities the rest of your life. But it's not until after college when the responsibilities get bigger and more important. Enjoy your youth before it's over. Eat that entire pizza. Join teams so that you can work your stress away in sports. Go to the same Mexican restaurant every week with your sisters. Do crazy stuff that you would never want your parents to find out about. It's those times, this time of your life, that you will have to look back on when you are a parent. I'm not here to grow up, not yet. I'm here to stay young and reckless until the moment that diploma is in my hand and I have to go get my big girl job. Until then, catch me having the time of my life running through Edwardsville with my woes.