Dear Roommates,
We came into
this year not knowing each other at all. Eight strangers that were thrown
together by random assortment. Now after nine months of cleaning checks, failed
roommate agreement meetings, countless adventures, millions of memories made, laughs
to last a life time, fort Fridays, music videos, long drives and of course
cleaning the sink at Angie’s, freshman year has come to an end. We are no long
strangers, but sisters. We have conquered fears of the unknown, the smells in
the hall and disagreements. C101 became our home and now as we pack up to leave
we will take the things we have learned with us, the many notes we all
exchanged and of course, if it can fit in the car, everything we came here
with.
Coming to USU, I never thought I
would grow as much as I have and I don’t mean the freshman fifteen. Even though
that may be a factor. I mean academically, spiritually, and socially. I am
going to be honest; I would not have made it through the boring lectures of
Creative Arts without Cass Kay Gummersall to scroll through Pinterest with.
Political Science would have been the death of me if I didn’t have Audge to coach
me through my quizzes, telling me I could do it. Getting up for Balancing Work
and Family was always a struggle, but waking up and getting ready with Kate
made it worth it. Passing the IClicker with Holly made me excited to go to
Family Finance. Yoga wasn’t very relaxing with Kate, but it was entertaining.
Cass suffered through my ten page pages for English 2010 to make sure I made
sense. Biology for an hour and fifteen minutes flew by with Hailey by my side.
Each one of you pushed me to be my best. Your examples have made all the
difference this year.
Who would have thought that we would
all become such fast friends? I am thankful that we had ten people come in and
out of our dorm, and that I can say I have ten new lifelong friends. It is
going to be weird sleeping in a room by myself. Not having to wait for the
shower. Not having my friends down the hall but being 738 miles away. We talked
about how we were five very different people, how we probably wouldn’t have
been friends in high school. Boy, am I glad we met in college, because I would
have missed out on some of the most genuine, FUNNY, thoughtful, spontaneous,
smart, loyal, and crazy people I have ever met. I would not change this year
for the world. I would not trade you guys for anything. Not even free tickets
to Disneyland or the chance to be a mermaid.
Though we are all going our separate
ways this next year, this is not a goodbye, but a see you later. Once we all
return from Dental school or hair school, Ecuador, Carlsbad, Argentina, the U,
and wherever Kate gets called, I have no doubt in my mind we will find each
other. It has been a crazy ride, but I would not have wanted to ride it with
anyone else. I can honestly say I have never laughed so hard, cried so hard,
been driven so crazy, eaten so much pizza and cereal, hated a place as much as
I hate the marketplace, answered so many questions or had more fun in my life
than I did with you guys this year. I have become a different person, a better
person because I knew you guys.
Freshman year has come to a close, I
have learned so much about myself and so little from the classroom. I have
learned how to better communicate with people, to be myself, live in the
present, take nothing for granted, to stay up late because those are the nights
you remember NOT the nights you went to bed on time, that there are so many
good people in this world, that I have found my people, that life is hard but I
can do hard things. I have learned that the best of friends will be there for
you no matter what. I have learned that the Sassters of C101 are the coolest
people on campus. As we venture out of Logan and change our hashtag from
#sassterstakeUSU to #sassterstaketheWORLD, I just want to thank you all for the
impact you have made on my life. I love you guys.
Peace & Blessing,
Tay/ Tayliar/ TattleTay/ Silly Spice/
Tay the Bae
Taylor Alexis Peck
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