my roommate roommate

Meet Rachel.

Or as Anna deemed her within our first few days here, "Rach Face."

Isn't she cute?

Rachel and I grew up 20 minutes away from each other, but never met until late in our college years.

She endured two years of nursing school with me.

This included a trip to Ecuador and some interesting community clinicals that I would not have made it through had she not been my clinical buddy.

Now she is my roommate roommate...meaning we share 200 square feet upstairs.

In just a few short weeks we have already laughed more than you would think possible.

She is quickly becoming one of my favorite people

and is one of the best story-tellers I know.

So thankful to have her here.

And in keeping with tradition...

Mr. George Randolph Brown.

meet amanda

And for the next roommate

meet Amanda.

Or as we fondly refer to her, Panda.

The name started when some of us went to visit the panda clan in Austin our sophomore year.

We discovered an embarrassingly large collection of pandas on the top of her dresser and a new name was born.

Panda and I have been friends since freshman year when we lived in the same dorm (building, not room).

We have lived together every year since then, so we're pretty well broken in with one another.

But it's always an adventure with this one and I couldn't be more excited to be in this new place with her.

We all learned a lot about this girl when she broke her little wings on a spring break trip:

1. She can rock two casts at the same time.

and probably most importantly

2. Panda handles situations most people would sulk in with incredible grace and joy.

So thankful to live with this girl for another year.

Still hoping some of those dance moves will rub off on me.

And just so there's no room to say I favor one guy over the next...

Meet Jason.

Aren't they cute.