Out of the Blue...!

And, while we were all pretty sure that we would hear nothing about dorm rooms and room-mates until mid-July, here we are today, June 29, all receiving an e-mail out of the blue:  "Part of the excitement of the first-year in college is learning where you will live and who your roommate will be; we are pleased to share this information with you..."

Actually, I didn't check my inbox until I suddenly saw everyone bombarding Facebook with what residence hall/floor they ended up with. Within seconds, everyone had gotten excited discussing the news about their roommates and hall-mates... Wait, what? I rushed into my Davidson inbox to see that I had received that e-mail as well. I opened it quickly and literally could not decide where to lay my eyes on for a start. When I was receiving and reading my college admission-decision letters three months ago, I wasn't nearly as excited as while reading that letter; I think that what makes today's news such a bigger deal than decision letters is probably the thought of finally knowing the "stranger" you're going to share a room with for the next ten months (at least)! 

Okay, I admit that I'm the kind of person who gets VERY easily excited... But from what I can sense from all this Facebook posts-and-comments bomb, everyone else in my class is pretty excited as well. I actually shared a few words with my future roommate and it honestly (and expectedly) turns out that it's going to take a lot more than a few pm's to get to know each other completely. And I'm by no means saying this in a negative manner - there's so much more about me, and about her, which we are both going to learn on the way, and I'm personally eager for that time to come. After all - and I'm going to quote my roommate here - August's just around the corner!

Hopefully not a picture of our dorm next fall!