The Top Three Things I'm Going to Miss in College

My Princesshood

Disclosure: The tone of the following paragraphs on princesshood is largely sarcastic, joking and playful. My parents do not cater to my every whim and my closet isn't really that big.

Let's be honest. All I really want to in life is to be a Princess (well, that and Hermione Granger). College and dorm life isn't getting me any closer to this step. My queen size bed and I share a very special relationship. I find it completely necessary to spread, sprawl and spin over the entire surface. My ten pillows? Completely necessary. I don't think it's possible for me to fit me and my sleeping habits on a twin bed, even if it is extra long. 

And what about my closet? My guess is that the one I'm moving into in Boston is about four feet...max. Mine? It's a walk in. It's probably the favorite part of my house. We have a really great history. I used to play in it when I was a kid. I had a kitchen and a barbie playhouse in there. I just sat in my closet alone for hours. What could be better? But alas, I grew up. My closet stuck with me though. As an angsty middle schooler, my dad would wake me up for school and I would go lie down in my closet and go back to sleep so he would think I was getting dressed. I wasn't. Now as I've grown, so have my collection of shoes, coats, dresses...all the beautiful things in life. And my closet has supported this addiction. It's never been anything but good to me. And now we're being torn apart from each other. 

Next...Private bathroom? Enough said. 

What about the way I'm treated at home? Common phrases I use include, but are not limited to, are "Mommy will you make me some Top Ramen?" "Daddy, there's a bug! Kill it!" "Mom, look how cute these shoes are! (hint, hint)*" "Daaaddddd I'm hungrryyyy". These phrases typically grant my wishes. Because I'm a princess and a witch. Obviously. But...what's going to happen when I'm two thousand miles away from my magical top ramen makers and bug killers? 

*This one rarely works

Summit County

Did I just say that I'm going to miss Summit County? The place that I have done nothing but talk about leaving for as long as I can remember? What happened to "I just can't wait to get out of here"? Okay, that's still completely true. But there are some things I really am going to miss. Admittedly, one of the things I will miss is also one of the things I am dying to get away from. The small, closeness of Summit. Sometimes I actually do like it. Sometimes it's cool when I can go almost anywhere and have an instant connection and also an instant memory. Sometimes I like pretending like I live in Stars Hollow. 

I'm going to miss Soupz on and filling up my card to get a free one. I'm going to miss Target, because the ones in Boston won't be this one. I'm going to miss just driving. You know those nights when you just want to get out, go somewhere? I've had some of the best nights just getting in my car and driving across the county and back. Because I can. Because there isn't traffic or stressful roads. Because it's simple, and beautiful. I'm going to miss the beauty. I'm going to miss that sparkling lake that has been the center of my life for as long as I can remember. And the protective feel of being surrounded by towering mountain ranges. I'm going to miss hiking with my dog through the forest in complete solitude. The solitude in general...how easy it is so feel completely isolated and alone with yourself and your thoughts. I'm going to miss the clean water and the crisp air. The thing I'm going to miss the most is the stars. Sitting on the docks or at Sapphire Point just taking in their beauty, gasping at the clarity of the moon. 

My Privacy

Here's some confessions: I like to blast my music sometimes. Sometimes it's really lame music. Sometimes if I'm home alone I walk around in my batman underwear. I stay up on the internet until the wee hours of the night too often. When I talk on the phone my voice sometimes gets too loud. I make weird faces at myself in the mirror. I talk to myself. Occasionally, I dance across my room to get to the door. Besides embarrassing myself...the point is that those are things that I can't, or shouldn't, do when there's another person present. I guess I'll just have to save singing and dancing poorly to my childhood hits for Christmas break. 

Things may be changing, but Disney Princesses have survived worse, so I will too--with my tiara firmly in place.

So there it is. The things I will miss most when at college. What are you going to miss most at college? Or what did you miss most when you went? Share in the comments!