Saturday, August 3rd, 2024
I never imagined kicking off my blogging experience with a post like this, but here I am…
After getting home from work, I flipped open my rose gold MacBook that laid on my perfectly made bed. My dad was an Army Veteran through and through; so naturally, making my bed without wrinkles was second nature to me and requirement to getting up in the morning. As I looked around my room, I pictured my dorm room and how my roommate and I would design it. Would we go neutral and keep it fresh and airy or go for a bold boho look? The possibilities were endless!
I scrolled through my email that was filled with junk mail from a wide range of stores, that I have previously purchased products from. Finally I came to the email that was delivered yesterday, the email headline read “Anderson Hall Residential Information”. I quickly clicked on it, desperate to get going with facebook stalking my new roommate. I scrolled through the information about residential rules and move in details, until I came to the section at the end with the link to our residential student portal and log in information.
Logging into the residential student portal seemed to take forever as I reset all of the passwords and registered my security questions. Once I was finally in, I found the residential details tab and there at the top of the screen was her name. The name that I had hoped I could avoid for my entire college career. Sienna Storm.
I instantantly began kicking myself for filling out the paperwork that allowed residential officials to pair us with the most suitable match. Sure, on paper Sienna and I looked like a great pair. We were both born and raised in Northern Pine, Minnesota. We both like dancing, social activities, and reality TV. However, little did the residential community know, Sienna is the vein of my existance, my nemesis, and now my soon to be roommate.
Sienna Storm was the most popular girl at Northern Pine High School. She was our dance team captain and the girlfriend of our all star quarterback, who just happened to be my best friend, Kylie’s brother Kevin. Sienna treated Kylie, Sarah, and I like we were nothing, gloating that she single handedly had driven all of the guys in the opposite direction of our friend group. She never hesitated to point out that all of the guys at our school wanted her and no one wanted us.
So, why did she single out our group, you may ask? Well, that comes down to Kylie and Kevin. You see, she had been after Kevin since middle school and in order to get close to him, she befriended Kylie. As the friendship between Kylie and her developed, I started noticing the red flags that arose. Sienna was willing to invite Kylie to hang out with her and her popular dance team posse; however, I was never allowed to join in during their outings. Blinded by the new formed popularity, Kylie was quick to overlook the red flags, until she showed up to a party and overheard the girls talking about the fact that they only had to put up with Kevin’s “fat sister” for a little longer. Kylie rushed over to my house, where she broke down crying.
Kevin started dating Sienna a few days later and Kylie spent a great deal of that first month trying to convince him what kind of person that Sienna actually is. But, as life would have it, he was blinded by her beautiful long blonde hair and piercing green eyes, that he was not willing to hear what Kylie had to say about his new girlfriend. Sienna became aware of this conversation between the siblings and it was from that day forward, she did everything she could to ensure that our high school experience was far from ideal.
I never wanted to go away to college, I’ve always just wanted to work my way up the ladder at Northern Pine Lake Resort, the summer resort that brought in tourists and city dwellers that were desperate to get the cabin feel over the summer months. However, my parents were not going to have it. They are both college graduates and they were determined to have me become one too. So, that brings me to today and the sick feeling that has overcome me.
Is it too late to convince my parents that I shouldn’t be going to college? Could I attempt to change my roommate? I don’t know the answer, but what I do know is that I will be trying both in the morning. But for now, I plan on calling my best friends and venting to them. I’ll post again tomorrow with an update. Wish me luck!!
