A little kitchen makes a huge difference.

Even though my stove is about the size of my little sister's easy bake oven, and my microwave didn't come with the (dorm)room, the kitchen makes all the difference in the world. So the stove top is too small to fit a pan on each burner, and setting the oven dial at 250 yields actual temperatures between 200 and 550…I still wouldn't trade it for an OSU issued microfridge and dorm room.

By the end of last year, I was getting awful tired of campus dining. Even though OSU offers more options than any other school, I not only got tired of the food, but of having to walk to a dining hall, order food, wait an excruciatingly long amount of time in a crowded (market)place…just to get a meal.

This year I don't have that problem. It helps that I like to cook, but even if I'm not trying to out-cook an iron chef, it's pretty great to just be able to make a box of mac-n-cheese on my own stove, in my own apartment, and on my own time.

Like I said, a little kitchen makes a huge difference.