Last August I moved into Heritage Halls as a first semester freshman with my best friend in the whole world, Bethany (no middle name) Richards. It was such a good feeling to be moving out to college and starting my life as an independent woman. Kinda. We were both, however, basically scared to death about who we were moving in with. And unlike the rest of my life at the time that didn't include much luck, we were blessed with 2 girls that we loved so much that we decided to live together again. (Heather and Haley, we miss you dearly!) So, at the end of Winter semester, 2010, we all went our separate ways and in August made the transition from Fox Hall to Foxwood Condos.
Since she's my best friend, I have to start with..
Bethany
While she likes to tell the story a little different, I'll tell you how we became friends.
In 7th grade I moved to Utah and was in a speech/drama class. At the beginning of the year we had to give speeches that introduced ourselves and gave people hints on how they could remember our names. Bethany was in my class and in her speech told us that she played the piano. I had just quit all sports to play the piano and was studying with Desirae Brown. I thought it would be fun to know someone else who played the piano (more than just hymns and chopsticks) and so I did the typical 7th grade thing and wrote her a note. We passed notes back and forth and later started talking. She thought I was weird, I didn't care. She basically dropped out of school in order to focus on her piano as she was a competitor in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition that was later that year. So I didn't talk to her much the rest of the year, but then our moms were talking at some church event and her mom invited my mom and me to come and hear Beth play. So we went and I just about died after I heard her cuz there was no way in heck I'd ever be that good. (Unfortunately it always stayed true, unlike what usually happens when people hear that phrase..:P) I went home that night and was not very happy about my mom having made me go. But somehow ended up watching her again when she played a few nights later. This time my mom made me go up and talk to her after and I felt so bad because she was crying and I didn't even know the girl. But we ended up talking for a little bit while our moms talked. We didn't really talk after that until 8th grade, when we started becoming super great friends. In 9th grade we were on student council and had several classes together. I hadn't really defined us as "best friends" cuz I had a lot of good friends, but for our biology class we had to write an autobiography and part of it was to write about your best friend. I gave one of the stupid "I just have a lot of friends" answers but one day we were in the student council room after school and her autobiography was sitting there. I decided to read it, (I know, I'm a horrible person) and in it she had put that her best friend was me. Lindsay Matheson. And since then, Bethany has been my official BFF.
Even after living together, we're still best friends. Yes, we have TONS of differences--we're so different it's amazing we could be friends. But at the same time we have quite a bit in common and do a good job respecting our differences. She will always be my bestie--we'll be those crazy old ladies who are still friends. I just know it.
Beth is one of the loudest people I know, but she always keeps things interesting. She's very confident and can get very competitive. She knows how to get people going and how to shut everyone up when they shouldn't be talking. She is the most amazing piano player and is an amazing teacher. She's so great with kids and is going to make a great mother and wife someday. She makes me laugh and is one of the only people who sees me cry nowadays (and even that's very rare. It happens about once a year). I love our annual all-night talks and how we become better and better friends through it.
I love my bethany, beff, bethy..beth.
Holly Melissa
Holly Heinz was the last of the roommates to move into Fox Hall. In all honestly, we all thought she was gonna be weird and hate us all..turns out she is one of the sweetest girls I know. Last year we were mail buddies and I loved it! Unfortunately this year we aren't home at the same time as much and have 2 roommates who are constantly anxious to get the mail and typically beat us to it. Since we all kind of have nicknames, we call her Holy. Unless we get lazy and forget how much she hates it and call her "Ho." She's a good sport about it.
Holly is such a caring, selfless person. Not too mention she is so adorable and is just naturally pretty. She's a great listener and will be excited for you for whatever little thing you have going on in life. She has the greatest dance moves, especially when she's standing on a chair or table. She's also super smart and has surpassed me in journal writing skills. We walk to class together on Tuesday and Thursday and it's always so great. She is such an amazing example to all of us, especially me and especially when it comes to things like remembering to read and pray.
She is going to make some lucky guy so happy someday.
JulieAnn
Julie. Ju. She's probably the roommate that I have the most in common with. We have the same taste in guys, except when it comes down to liking specific guys. And thank goodness we've never had to fight over them because she would totally win. Everyone loves Ju. She knows just about everything and just about everyone. And if she doesn't, she'll do something to make them feel awkward and BAM. Friends. She's the one everyone goes to for advice and she can pretty much always say something to make me feel better, especially since she isn't afraid to give opinions and can give real advice. We see the world in the same way a lot of the time so it makes conversations really great when we can both say "I could've told you that!" Love it.
Julie is gorgeous and an amazing dancer. She made one of the ballroom teams at BYU and totally rocks it. She is so smart and is just about in tears whenever she gets anything less than a 97% on a test. Because it basically never happens. She is also a great cook and is just amazing with people. I love how confident she is and how she is so outgoing and can make anyone feel comfortable. She is just a very giving, lovable person.
I love my roomies. They make me so happy. I really did get so lucky. We have a great time and while we all have our differences and issues, we all get along and are having a great year--well, at least I am. We joke, we play, we tease, and it's so great.
And now, a quote:
“I don't need to pay a therapist to give me crap. I have roommates that do it for free."
My dad always says that in order to be successful, people need to surround themselves with winners. Often times people surround themselves with people who they see as less than them-people that will make them look good in comparison. But really we need to surround ourselves with people who will lift us up and inspire us to be better. I have definitely done that with my roommates. They all make me want to be better.
I love you girls! :D
Outside my window: the foxwood condo visitor parking lot..with no familiar-looking cars.
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