Dear Silena,
I can't believe the time has come for you to hop on that plane and head down to Florida for your internship. It's going to be hard to go from seeing you nearly every day to not seeing you for four months.
As weird of an adjustment as it will be not having you around, I'm so excited for this opportunity that you have.
On top of being excited, I couldn't be more proud of you and how hard you worked to get to this point. I remember the first time you went out looking for what we call "big girl" work.
Your first stop was your dream city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There were three long days of back to back interviews, but no results. You came back to Toledo ready to give up, but I kept reassuring you that everything would be okay.
We believe that everything happens for a reason and that speaking things into existence works. You spoke it into existence and the universe responded when the time was right. I remember when you first came across your internship in Jacksonville, Florida.
You got it after two phone interviews and you were happy as a little kid on Christmas; speaking of which, our group chat with Katie was lit up like a Christmas tree.
I'm so thankful we met during All Shook Up rehearsals. You've always encouraged me to be a better person and I could never in a million years thank you enough for the things you've done for me, but I'm going to try.
Thank you for the days and nights full of laughter. Thank you for always listening to my rants. Thank you for always jamming out in the car with me. Thank you for the many, many, many Walmart and Target runs. Thank you for making sure I don't do "anything you wouldn't do."
Thank you for reminding me to feed myself and stay hydrated. Thank you for reminding me to not be a chump.Thank you for those seemingly endless study sessions on campus.Thank you for showing me how to get the "college experience" while being a commuter. Thank you for laughing at literally every single thing we do or say.
Thank you for sponge-mocking with me. Thank you for communicating with me in different variations of the word "meh."Thank you for hyping me up for any and everything that I do. Lastly, thank you for being my person. I'm not sure how this past six years would've gone if I didn't have you by my side.
I'm going to miss you a lot, but I know you'll be back so I'm trying my hardest to not get all in my feelings. The thought of you being 14 hours away instead of 10 minutes away hasn't set in yet and probably won't until I ask you to go somewhere with me and you can't because you're not here.
I want to wish you the best of luck in Florida I know it's going to be great, I know you're going to be great. You're going to meet amazing people and make amazing memories. I hope you find the time to cross Disney World off of your bucket list.
Knock em' dead, kid.
Sincerely,
1/3 of Beverly Hills Trash
