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BUT WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS?????

Although I dislike "what if?" questions, I think this is one that haunts every college student before moving away. I can't say I was ever REALLY worried about it, SOMEONE has to like me right? But it was a doubt that lurked somewhere in the back of my mind those last few weeks at home before moving away.

No more.

I've mentioned before that I've met some absolutely wonderful people here at AC but today they proved just how truly wonderful they really are. Yes. Today was my birthday and, honestly, last night I was feeling a little down. As I revealed to a friend that night, it was kinda freakin me out being away from home on the day that for the past 18 years I've ALWAYS  spent with my family. How do you even celebrate birthdays in college? For the first time since I've been gone I was feeling homesick and so instead of looking forward to my birthday with excitement and anticipation, all I could feel was this sense of anxiety and fear.

That feeling of loneliness was still pretty heavy this morning when I woke up and started getting ready for my day. I was glad that I hadn't been thrown into the fountain at midnight like some of my friends had threatened, but I was still bummed that my special day wasn't going to hold anything particularly special.  Guess who was wrong?

When I opened my door, I was greeted by a about 1000 post-it-notes that my fabulous roommate and hall friends had made for me.

When I got back to my room after class, I found that my friends had been hard at work and that my door was now even MORE colorful.

AND THEN some sneaky friends of mine kidnapped me to go on a Target/Starbucks run so that Brianna could round up everyone in the basement for a surprise party!

Oh, I got friends all right, and darn good ones too.