Last school year I was able to get my own apartment off campus. It was the first time I had ever lived by myself and I LOVED it! The 9 months I spent in that apartment were really special to me--while I wasn't financially independent, having my own place gave me much of the independent lifestyle I was craving. I got to decorate how I wanted, buy whatever groceries I wanted, eat what I wanted when I wanted, go to bed whenever I wanted without hearing anyone nag that I was staying up too late, be as loud as I wanted when I wanted, have friends over when I wanted, and only had to worry about cleaning up after myself--things that aren't usually afforded when living with other people. So what this little apartment on Woodlawn represents for me is the sweetness of independent living that I so look forward to returning to one day. :-)
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