Instead, I was greeted with the sight of two sweaty, muscular and well-toned arms. He walked in so quickly that I couldn’t quite get a good look at his face. Dressed in a faded grey tank top, Leon stood over six feet tall and was carrying a fifty-pound dumbbell on each arm. Leon is just grabbing the last of his things from the car and will be right up.”Ī few seconds later, he entered. “Nice to meet you too, Nathan! Yes, I’m Joel. “Hi! I’m Nathan, nice to meet you!” I replied, greeting him with a firm handshake. “Hello there!” A pleasant looking middle-aged gentleman greeted me as I walked in. And it looked a lot more spacious than all the others that I passed along the way. Perfect! I had a room that was all the way at the end of the hallway. 205…206… I counted, walking along the second floor corridor, which smelled like old gym socks and Axe body spray. After piling everything into the car, we trudged into the entrance of Marks Hall, where I would be spending the next eight months of my life.Ģ03…. My parents and I had spent the better half of the day trying to get everything an eighteen year old would need for his first year. It had been a chaotic day of last minute shopping at Target. In fact, I can still remember my freshman year vividly…
Most people don’t have good experiences with their roommates in college.
