Until We Meet Again Ohio State

Well, it’s just about over. I went on my senior bar crawl last night, and it was interesting to say the least. I never knew so many people existed! Today it is graduation practice, my best friend is flying in this afternoon, my family is driving out as we speak, and I still have to have one final night out with my roommates. This entire weekend is going to end up being the biggest whirlwind of my life, and I’m going to be loving every second of it. Last night before we crawled, my roommates gave me a surprise present. It was a picture frame of the five of us from a day last fall when we were all wearing our OSU jerseys and looking really skinning. It was engraved with BLENK on it, and I will cherish it forever. How did I get so lucky?

I said goodbye to my roommates the other day and realized that I should have one final goodbye post to everything I loved about college and what I’m going to miss. I’m going to start with the five most important guys in my life at OSU – The Browders. We met our neighbors on a not so special September morning, and they ended up being our best friends at OSU. These guys are seriously the best, and I pity anyone who does not have at least one of them in their lives. It’s not as easy to break down initials w/ the neighbors so their real identities will be revealed. These guys have taught me about Celina, party buses, Fifa, the NBA, drinking games, food places, John Deere Green, and Ugly Hour. Some of my best times have been with these neighbs. We held our Halloween party 08’ at their house, and that was an epic event. We’ve played intramural softball together, and they tried to be as kind as possible towards me for my inability to not suck. We’ve had big dance parties around their house - Some of my finest moments. You five have been the nicest neighbors, and more importantly friends, a girl could have, and I’m really going to miss you guys. Bergy – be safe in Europe, Turk – I’ll see you in NY, Gaber – I had fun crawling with you! I’m coming to visit Celina in the fall!, Zak – have fun turning 21!, Zane – Let’s hang out in Hilliard. I’m really going to miss you guys. Thanks for letting me sleep on your floor.

-Stradley 9 will always be in my heart.
-Denney Hall – you’ve been good to me.
-The Oval
-Ugly Tuna
-Applebees
-UDF
-The Gateway
-High Street
-OSU Football games in the Shoe
-JO
-Downtown
-The Short North
-Runs through Victorian Village
-Bob Evans Breakfasts
-E’s Car
-Kroger (the nice one)
-The Best Dame Band in the Land
-The Best people a girl could know.

My next post will probably be after all of this madness, and I will be snug in my bed in NJ, so I just want to say goodbye Ohio State. You’ve given me the best three years of my life. I have wonderful friends to cherish forever, wonderful memories that will last a lifetime, and oh yea…a pretty good education. To leave on a good note, here is the chorus of the OAR song Road Outside Columbus – a song about OSU.

“Surprise, surprise. I traveled here.
Four hundred miles from where I'm known.
My friends are here. A couple years I've spent.
I found I have a second home.”

Goodbye Ohio. <3