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A Letter To My Roommate As She Goes Abroad

I'm going to miss you, but I'm so excited for you.

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A Letter To My Roommate As She Goes Abroad
Olivia Sun

When you first told me that you were thinking of going abroad for a semester I was pretty devastated. How would I survive an entire semester without my roommate and best friend? I’ve never had to face the stress of college without you by my side, keeping me laughing and smiling through it all. You have been there for me since day one of college, and I feel extremely lucky that I was able to find someone who means so much to me--in my random roommate of all people. So, although I’m not looking forward to the next semester without you here, you know I’m wishing you all the best on this adventure.

I hope this experience is everything you want it to be and more. I hope you have the time of your life, learn even more about yourself, continue to grow into the amazing person you are, and embrace every moment of it. I know you won’t waste a minute of this journey and will keep me fully updated at all times. I cannot wait to hear all of the great stories you will have from being abroad; all that you’ll learn and get to do. I’m jealous that you get to do this, but I’m even more jealous of the people that will get to enjoy your company for those months. They should realize how lucky they are to have you around.

I really don’t tell you enough how much I appreciate everything you do as my roommate and friend. You help me make tough decisions, support my decisions even when they’re clearly stupid, make me laugh until it hurts and I’m sure I should have formed at least one ab, listen to me talk about all my problems, give me the best advice, and laugh at all my ridiculous jokes.

I love that we talk about anything and everything under the sun. I love that you’re always up to dance like a fool with me. I love that we understand each other’s humor and can convey things to one another with just a look.

I never thought in a million years that my random roommate from freshman year would become such an important person in my life. You know everything about me, and I’m not just saying that, you really know everything. So I guess what I’m trying to say here is, thank you. Thank you for being my person. Thank you for staying up late into the night just talking, thank you for always looking out for me, and most importantly, thank you for being the amazing person that you are.

I want to wish you the best of luck on your journey. I know right now it’s all very intimidating and scary, but I know you, and I know you’ll make the most of it and have the time of your life. I’ll be stalking all your posts on social media and patiently awaiting all the updates I expect from you the whole time you’re gone. I’m so sad that you’re leaving me, but I’m more excited for how incredible the semester is going to be for you.

I’m going to miss you like crazy, and I wish you the very best of luck!

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