Houseguest from North Campus
As my sophomore year commences, I returned to living in the dorms of north campus. It’s not that I don’t like all the advantages it has, but at the same time, sitting alone in the dining hall most nights hurts.
There’s a pain that I don’t know how to describe. There’s little to no “family dinners” with my friends each week. An emptiness that wasn’t there at the same time last year.
On top of all this, I feel like an absent mother to my dorm room, to my freshman roommates who are nothing but wonderful. Yet, they have a deeper connection to each other than I do.
I’ve missed so many fundamental bonding moments because my life has been busy. Four weeks in and I feel like I’m interrupting when I come home at night and see them huddled on the floor watching Grey’s Anatomy.
The moments where I finally slow down, once my classes and clubs are done, when my studying comes to a halt, there is an unfamiliar silence I have to sit in, all alone.
Author's summary: Feeling isolated in dorm life.
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