New exciting Roommate! :)

I have this new roommate named Abby. She was actually supposed to be my roommate to begin with, but her first roommate called and complained. Abby and her old roommate Lexi put on their housing sheet that they wanted to room together, but housing made a mistake. They had me rooming with Abby, so of course Lexi complained. We met each other the first day we go here, but it wasn’t really friendship until we were both experiencing bad roommate issues. She’d text me randomly and say that she couldn’t stand her roommate anymore. She came to my room one time crying because of her roommate. I was experiencing similar problems, so we just kind of stuck together. Now that we’re roommates, we’re perfect for each other. We are so much alike; housing paired us up perfectly before we got switched. We have the same sleeping patterns, and we share our stuff. It’s like we’ve been friends for forever which is an awesome thing! I know I can count on her for anything, and she always makes my day. There’s never a dull moment when we’re together, and I can stay happy rooming with her. The other day we went to Waterloo to get groceries and to eat. We walked in this Chinese restaurant expecting it to be a normal place to eat. We walked in, and it’s the fanciest place ever. Abby and I just looked at each other and giggled; there were even flowers on the tables. It was almost romantic. On the way home, Abby took the correct exit, but the exit split into two. She went the wrong way heading towards Cedar Falls instead of Waverly. I was laughing so hard, but she didn’t think it was very funny. She got back on the road, and took the exit to go towards Waverly again, but this time she did the same thing. She went the wrong direction on the exit. At this point I was almost dying I was laughing so hard. She was like panicking and saying “what do I do?!” ten times a minutes. She just made my day! I love having a roommate that I can actually have fun with. Having a room to yourself is okay, but it’s much better to acquire a stable friendship. Coming to college, I had the expectation to have a fun roommate, but that didn’t happen at first. I thought I had to worst luck ever, but I heard from a lot of other people that their roommates weren’t the best either. I felt a little better, but then it got to the point where I couldn’t handle it anymore. I’m so glad I got to move out and move in with someone I enjoy being with. Living with someone else is already a challenge, but living with someone so close that you don’t particularly like is not fun at all. Living in a dorm, I feel as if you have to get along with the other person in your room, but I just didn’t. It was so stressful, and I felt as if I was always worrying about it. Now, I have nothing to worry about. I can think about all the fun and excitement will be going on when I get back to my room. I enjoy coming back to my room; I’m always greeted with a smiley face. I’m generally always happy anyways, but it helps to have someone there encouraging a good day. We would both like to be RA's next year just because we both had such bad experiences with our first roommates. We both think that people that experience the bad can help others more than RA's that had perfect roommates. It'd be a good experience for us both to share our experiences to the new freshman that are struggling with their own roommates. Having a roommate isn't fun at times, but sometimes you have to make the best out of it. It's just the way it is!