My roommates and I have been inseparable since we started our freshman year together.
Starting college in a new state with brand new friends was super intimidating to me at first, but I’m honestly having the time of my life.
I wasn’t able to go home for the Winter because it was too expensive, so I spent a quiet holiday season alone in my dorm room. It got really cold because the building is old, so I had to grab two space heaters at the hardware store to make sure the dorm room was comfortable. I used those heaters almost the entire day since I was always there. No one was really on campus and the only places that were open didn’t have great heating systems in them either. At least with the space heater I knew I would feel comfortable and cozy. However, one night I noticed that one of the space heaters started to have a funny smell, so I pointed it in the other direction while I slept. Next thing you know, I’m waking up to smoke all around me and fire sprinklers drenching my pillow because the space heater ended up blowing out in the night. I must have been so tired because I didn’t even hear the heater fall to the floor. I jumped out of bed and grabbed the fire extinguisher to relinquish any sparks or smoke before I carefully unplugged both heaters. I slept the rest of the night in the cold because I was too afraid to use either of them, and I went back to the hardware store for a refund the next day.