Dear Roommates,

This was turned in as a Reflection Essay for my English 2010 class instructed by Liz Leavitt.

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 

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. " [Winnie the Pooh]