Friends Till The End

Well, this is officially the last posting from Colorado.  I'm moving back to Portland on Wednesday and so I thought it would be appropriate for this week's "featured friend" to be about none other than my roommate of two-ish years, Heather Sanders.

The story of how I met Heather is a bit odd.  Freshman year she went to school at Chapman University in California but her best friend from high school lived on my floor that year.  Her friend and I were really close and so I heard a lot of stories about Heather but didn't get to put a face to the name until she came and visited for a few days.  Our interaction was very brief and it would have never crossed my mind we would end up living together a few years later.

Sophomore year, Heather transferred to CSU.  Although she had a place of her own, she pretty much lived at me and my roommate's apartment.  She studied abroad second semester that year in Florence, Italy which I was sad about because at that point, we had gotten really close.  After I got back to Colorado from winter break, we had a Skype session while she was in Italy about some things and we made a fairly elaborate plan for when she got back.  We decided we would live together and both study abroad in the spring of the next year and that's exactly what ended up happening.

Senior year we decided to live together again since it worked out quite well the first go.

Still One Of My Favorites

 Here's a few things I've learned about Heather:

• She could play Gin Rummy 24/7 and never lose interest
• She could move into a retirement home next week and fit right in
• She's reliable (this one sounds dumb but many people are not, so this is a great trait to have)
• She's "allergic" to everything
• You could name any popular song/movie/pop-culture event and she will likely have no idea what you're talking about, unless Taylor Swift was involved

And here are some of my favorite memories (too many to choose from):

• Halloween 2013
• Mary's cookie trips
• RamRide nights
• "I just went to Taco Bell..."
• Mean Girls quotes

Halloween 2013

Heather is one of the main reasons I made the final decision to go abroad which completely changed my outlook on things.  It's strange to think what would have happened had she not persuaded me to go through with the whole process, so thanks for that Heather!

We've been through a fair amount together and have consistently been there for each other when needed.  I seriously could not have asked for a better roommate/friend and I wish her the best of luck when she moves to Spain in a few months.  You're one of the few people I don't need to tell this to (and who will actually follow through), but Heather, make sure to stay in touch!

That's all for now.  Bye.