Dear high school friends,
We did it! We made it through our first year of college without going completely crazy. I'm not going to lie, I missed you guys. Going into college and not really knowing anyone is hard. It was hard not being able to see you guys every day and not eating lunch at our normal table every day. It was even harder that we couldn’t talk about our professors without knowing who we were talking about. Not to mention, when I go to explain what our high school is like, I have to include every detail on everything.
Making plans was easier in high school because we knew when we had vacation days and when our summer vacation started. Now, it’s a little bit more annoying because we don’t know when anything starts, and timing when we’re all going to be home is a mess. We want to see family members and other friends that we haven’t seen in forever. Summer is easier because we're all off by June, but it’s still hard trying to make plans along with vacation and visiting close college friends that we've made through the year. I not only need my planner for the school year, I might need it for the summer, too.
Just because we all go to different schools doesn’t mean we have to completely stop talking. I think we can all agree we're happy that texting, Skype, Facebook, Facetime, Snapchat and email exist, because without any of that, staying in contact with you guys would have been like pulling teeth. Even if we didn’t text or talk all the time, we still managed to keep in touch. You people will always be some of the first people that I call when I want to have a good laugh or just need to get something off of my chest.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my college friends. They're the people that are willing to run to Taco Bell at midnight or stay up “studying” with me when I have an exam the next day. But it’s always nice to come home and plan a trip up to Chicago, go to the movies or even take a trip to the Dells and spend a few days there. When we actually get together, it’s like picking up where we left off. Like we hit the pause button when we said goodbye, then hit play, continuing the conversation.
In the end, we'll always have our crazy conversations sitting in the lunchroom to having our own inside jokes that we won’t forget. Even though we can be over a hundred miles apart and visiting each other can be challenging, the anticipation is high when I know I get to see my best friends that have to put up with me. You guys are most likely going to be bridesmaids in my wedding and I can’t wait to see you get married to the person that has to put up with you like I did.Thanks for being another voice from a hundred miles away.
