on dorm rooms

I, personally, cannot wait to FINALLY move into my apartment (which I will be sharing with three great friends) for many many many many reasons.

Some people may not agree with me (like my boyfriend who plans on living on campus all four years), but many of you lovely ladies may agree with me.

Here are my reasons:

1. I won't have a roommate I know. I got really lucky when I got such a great roommate (Thanks Bailey), but she will be living off campus next year and I don't have anyone that would be available to live with me in my dorm. I don't want to got pot luck and get a bad roommate. Like I said before, I got really really lucky with my roommate.

2. My closet is minuscule. I don't even have enough drawer space for my clothes, let alone hanging space. And that also leaves me with little-to-no space for my shoes. I'm a girl. I have a lot of clothes and shoes. I can't help that I want and need more space.

3. With that said, my room isn't big enough either. I believe the dimensions of my room are somewhere around 11 x 14 ft. And that includes both my roommate and my beds, along with our desks, our sink and cabinets, and our closets. It can be pretty cramped. We don't even have space for our TV without giving up one of our desks.

4. I have to walk up and down four flights of stairs to do laundry. Need I say more?

In my apartment, not only do I have my own room and bathroom, but I have a large closet, a laundry room AND MY OWN KITCHEN. 

Oh, I know that that sounds like a stereotypical woman thing to say but I love to cook and bake. And, yes, my dorm has one but it's tiny and the appliances are ancient and it's diiiiirty. I would rather have a kitchen that has my own appliances and I don't have to lug my supplies up and down all the stairs that I mentioned before, let alone risk them getting stolen because I leave them in storage in the kitchen.

***DISCLAIMER***: Living on campus you're first year is a great idea. You get to be on campus and close, and you also don't have to worry about going out getting groceries, etc. if you don't like to cook. Also, living on campus can make you appreciate your personal space more, and that can lead to being more responsible once you do sign a lease on an apartment/house later.

Of course, that's my two cents.

on staying up late

I know it's only 10:00 PM and not all that late, especially for a college student, but I will be awake all the way through my classes tomorrow (assuming I don't sleep in them). The reason I will be up late tonight, and many other nights, will be explained in a later blog. Possibly tomorrow's.

But I digress; I do have a few questions to ask to anyone about staying up late:

1. Why does everything happen at night? And when I say everything I mean everything. All of the crazy shenanigans and going-ons of my dorm and other dorms happen at night. All of the crazy running around and creating mischief...  

2. Why is everything more fun at night? Dancing, for one, is infinitely more fun at night; whether it be at the club, in a country bar, or in the car dancing is way more fun at night. Being loud and annoying also seems to be more fun at night as well, which would explain the noise violation I got last weekend...

3. Why are more people out at night? This probably has to do with the elaborations of my first two questions...

The most inconvenient factor regarding staying up late, for me anyway, would be my morning classes. FYI: Morning classes SUCK and don't ever take them. Ever. Staying up late, which is almost inevitable, makes it almost impossible to stay awake for these classes. Not that I have any experience with this. :-)