Dear traveling friends,

Wow, how lucky are you? You get to go to a different country (or across the country) for weeks to study and to have fun. I bet you’re super excited. I know I am for you.

While I am excited for you, I just want you to know how much I’m actually going to miss you. It’s going to be really weird not seeing you around campus. You are people I get the pleasure of seeing and hanging out with every day, but now I will have to communicate with you via email or whatever for weeks, and then potentially not even see you until fall. It is going to be an adjustment, but I am more than willing to make it.

You are going to have so much fun wherever you end up. You are going to make new friends and new memories. You are going to learn so much, and it is really going to open your eyes. I’m so jealous that you get to do this, while I will be stuck in New York doing whatever work comes my way. Live up every single part of your journey, because it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you may not ever get again.

I hope that you keep in touch with me. Send me an email or something at the end of your day. I’ll try my best to keep up with your blogs and such, if you have them. I won’t be there with you physically, but I want to know what you’re up to and how much fun you’re having all the same. If you can’t talk, it’s OK, but I expect you to update me on everything once you’re back. I would love to hear all about it.

I hope that you have fun in Australia, The Bahamas, Alaska, Ireland, or wherever you’re going. I miss you already. You better keep in touch, but mostly focus on where you are and what you’re doing, because not everyone gets this opportunity.