{"id":204,"date":"2018-04-03T09:42:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T14:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/?p=204"},"modified":"2018-04-03T09:42:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T14:42:55","slug":"a-letter-to-my-roomie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/2018\/04\/a-letter-to-my-roomie\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter To My Roomie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Emma,<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that we only have a little over a month left with each other. I still remember every detail about the first few days we lived together, as if it just happened yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-205 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/25734206_10215300264959433_2178448763145043101_o-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/25734206_10215300264959433_2178448763145043101_o-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/25734206_10215300264959433_2178448763145043101_o.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Thank you for everything you&#8217;ve done for me in these last seven months. Although I might not say thank you everyday, just remember that I&#8217;m always grateful for you and all you do.<\/p>\n<p>For now and until the day I graduate, I&#8217;ll always have a part of you in my heart. I feel so lucky to be able to say that I had such a great roommate. After hearing all the roommate horror stories from everyone else, it&#8217;s such a good feeling to not know what that&#8217;s like. You&#8217;ve made the first year at Iowa such a good one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-211\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26063332_10215300217078236_9219241322857247609_o-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26063332_10215300217078236_9219241322857247609_o-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26063332_10215300217078236_9219241322857247609_o-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26063332_10215300217078236_9219241322857247609_o.jpg 1013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-213\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26171862_10215300206357968_6098571139428312134_o-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26171862_10215300206357968_6098571139428312134_o-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26171862_10215300206357968_6098571139428312134_o.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Being able to grow with you for a year has been a really neat experience. I&#8217;m glad that we&#8217;ve both found things that make us happy. I&#8217;m glad that you&#8217;ve found a second family with your sorority and even a special someone who makes you smile. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-207\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/25791226_10215300209838055_322627569487743956_o-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/25791226_10215300209838055_322627569487743956_o-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/25791226_10215300209838055_322627569487743956_o.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>c<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-206\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/25790946_10215300272719627_1450771644619319270_o-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/25790946_10215300272719627_1450771644619319270_o-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/25790946_10215300272719627_1450771644619319270_o.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I knew that you&#8217;d be a role model since the day I moved in with you, and I just want to remind you that you still are one! You hold such high standards for yourself and those around you, that it&#8217;s contagious not to want to strive for more. I&#8217;m so proud of everything you&#8217;ve worked on, set your heart to, and accomplished this semester. I will always be rooting for you roomie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-212\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26170372_10215300280759828_5533586214782620858_o-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26170372_10215300280759828_5533586214782620858_o-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26170372_10215300280759828_5533586214782620858_o.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-208\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26001026_10215300254479171_8905416371667164071_n-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26001026_10215300254479171_8905416371667164071_n-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/26001026_10215300254479171_8905416371667164071_n.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for not tearing my hair out in the mornings when I drop something or turn on the loud Keurig as I get ready and you sleep. Thank you for always sharing your momma&#8217;s homemade goods with me. Thank you for your open closet when I need it. Thank you for everything!<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what next year will bring for us, but whatever it may be I just wanted to sum it up: Thank you for being an amazing first-year roommate and always remember that I love you today and everyday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-214\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/28424264_10215867566381614_5668918512280566888_o-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/28424264_10215867566381614_5668918512280566888_o-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/files\/2018\/03\/28424264_10215867566381614_5668918512280566888_o.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s make this last month one to remember.<\/p>\n<p>Xoxo,<\/p>\n<p>Lizbeth<\/p>\n<p>PS, do you remember getting trapped in our own room? Hahaha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Emma, It&#8217;s hard to believe that we only have a little over a month left with each other. I still remember every detail about the first few days we lived together, as if it just happened yesterday. Thank you for everything you&#8217;ve done for me in these last seven months. Although I might not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/2018\/04\/a-letter-to-my-roomie\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Letter To My Roomie<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/lizbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}