Transformation Tuesday: College Roomie

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” ~ Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

People on Facebook were doing something cool last week called Transformation Tuesday where they would post a comparison picture of themselves in high school with a picture of themselves now.  When I started looking for pictures of me, I realized that most of them involved my friends.  As I've transformed over time, I've been blessed with several friendships that have transformed right along with me.  There is nothing like a friendship that's lasted decades!

And, so, I thought I'd do a little blog series over the next couple of weeks and share with you some of my long term friends and how we, and our friendships, have transformed over the years.

We'll kick things off with College Roomie.

OSU football game 2003 / Bart Crow concert 2013

Back in 2003 I moved into a dorm room in the basement of Bennett Hall with a quiet girl from back home who I would have only called an acquaintance.  We really couldn't have been more different.  She's quiet and contemplative, I'm loud and overwhelming.  Her perfect Saturday is reading a book and drinking tea, I opt for screaming at a football game and dancing at a bar.  She eats tuna for breakfast, a habit that I had to shut down because it made me nauseous.    But despite this, after three years, I left Stillwater with a new best friend.  

Seven years after that, we may not live together anymore, but the best friend part has not changed.  We've literally been through the best and worst times of our lives together.  We've been there to weep when horrible phone calls have come, stood next to each other in caps in gowns, and have celebrated a shiny new ring on a very important finger.  We made it through crop science tests and crazy nights at IHOP, and her threatening to sneak out of the house on me.  We survived being separated for a year when she went to China (and totally didn't tell me she was doing that!), burned popcorn, and periodically thinking we were falling for the same boy. 

I thank God on a daily basis for the fact that while we have transformed over the last 10 years, our friendship has transformed right along with us.  (I am also thankful for the fact that time has been good to us in the looks department...no wonder we didn't find our husbands in college!)