As the school year comes to an end, we start to hit this depressing point in the semester. Not only is the school work piling up and you have to face packing up your entire dorm room, you also have to face the fact that you can't run down the hall and knock on your pledge sister's door. Even more depressing (sorry, guys) is the fact that graduation is around the corner, and that means that for some people, they won't be coming back in the fall. If you're really unlucky, like me, one of those people is your Big, who thinks it's totally fine to just leave me here.

Luckily, I go to a small state school, so the bulk of my sisters are no more than an hour's drive away. Unlike other schools, where people have their Bigs live states away from them, mine is a half hour away with traffic. However, it sucks knowing that for the next three months, you guys won't be close to me. I can't run across campus for wine nights or pre-games with you crazy people. We won't have mixers or sisterhoods where we can bond over stupid jokes and funny stories. There will be no chapter where we can celebrate our accomplishments and work through our rough patches. I can't walk into the dining hall and find a table full of you to pay attention to me. Life without you guys by my side on the daily is not my ideal situation, but thank God it's only temporary.

But while we spend this summer apart, I look forward to what's going to happen. I can't wait for the excitement that will fill me when we meet up at a concert or on the beach. I look forward to texting you guys daily about my joke of a life or the latest gossip. I'm pumped to start getting messages in August about sisterhoods and events we already have to look forward to when we move back in.

We all need a well-deserved break, I'll admit it. I'm lucky to know that we won't stop talking this summer. Our group chats are going to be going off constantly, and I don't hate it. In the fall, we'll pick back up right where we left off. This year has been great, and I am so happy I got to experience it with each of you.

I want you guys to know that I am so grateful for the friendship and love you guys have given me. If I really bought my friends when I joined the sorority, it was worth every penny. You guys are the most beautiful humans I have come to know, and while summer is going to be lit, seeing all your faces again in the fall is what I'm really looking forward to. Here's to a great summer, and here's to the much anticipated Fall 2016 semester.