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To My Friends This Year

Cheers to this year!

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To My Friends This Year

Hi Friends!

It's been 100 days since I last saw you. It has been way too long. Within the next ten days I have to organize my bedroom at home, pack what I have, and shop for anything else I might need. And then I will be on my way back to you. Truthfully, I hope this next week flies by. I cannot wait to reunite with you all. I realized how excited I am for this school year to start when we were sending throw back pictures of our freshman year in our group chat. Between traveling to watch golf tournaments, arguing over the correct pronunciation of words (by the way, it's turn-ah-ment not torn-ah-ment), and makeshift beds on the floor, we had a pretty great first year. I could not have imagined finding better friends to experience college with. I have really been blessed with you all.

This year I hope we inspire each other to do more. I hope we all find a passion, club, or hobby that we love. I hope one of us discovers a love for something really weird and random so we can all poke fun at that person. I hope we learn from our mistakes of freshmen year, whether it be drinking past our limits, obsessing over boys who don't like us back, or sleeping through class too often. This year I want to watch us succeed the expectations we hold for ourselves, for each other, and those that our parents' hold for us.

This year I want to spend more time exploring Arlington, DC, and our surrounding cities. I want us to find cute cafes and diners. I hope we find a trail that leads us to an open field that leaves us breathless. I want us to explore. I want us to walk around the city and discover new bands that we can obsess over. If we're lucky maybe we'll even get to meet the members. I want us to be open to new experiences and new beginnings. This year I want us to expand all that we know and become accustomed to things outside the norm.

This year I hope we learn to balance our time equally between studying and partying. I hope we at least help each other study harder for the next test in the class we failed the last test in when we realize we did not balance our time correctly. I know we've talked about living a healthier lifestyle, so I hope we give it a shot. I want to see us learn to love eating healthy and working out. I hope we are able to appreciate ourselves for all that we are. I hope we learn to love the body that we are living in.

This year I hope we fall down and make mistakes. I hope that we stumble head first into love. I hope that that love is everything you need. But if it's not, I hope we're able to realize that we are too good for these boys anyway. I hope we laugh so hard we cry. I hope we stay out too late and spend too much money at the bar. I hope we find more pranks to play.

This year holds plenty of potential for us. I hope we make the most of it. 100 days has been too long without you all. We need to create another year's worth of memories so I don't lose my mind the next time I have to live a hundred days without you. Cheers to this year!

Love,

Kylie



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