September 17, 2008

Dear Friend,

Forgive me for sounding dramatic but I am going to write exactly what’s on my mind, in the exact way that I interpret and say things. Hopefully this will be the beginning of many letters. so, here goes:

I woke up this morning with a weird feeling in my stomach. Kind of like when your in a middle of an important speech and forget what your about to say next, and then you pause and think until you realize it. For me, I realized that time has ran out on me. I remember three years ago, saying to myself “I cannot wait to get out of this house!” I would literally count the days to when my “knight in shining armour” would come and rescue me from my parent’s basement. Silly, isnt it? How foolish and naïve I was to think that I really needed rescuing. Three years later, no knight and the days are now down to one. Im packing the last of my things into the plain, brown boxes that hold the memories of these last eighteen years. Somehow, I think of you.

College is a day away and I must admit, I am a little bit apprehensive on what to expect. I have read the articles and heard all the stories on College Life but somehow I only pick up on the bad ones. The intolerable roommate that won’t compromise on doing the dishes; the professor that throws you an assignment and doesn’t even take the time to learn your name; the unbearable homesickness that sends most students on the next bus home. These stories doesn’t exactly have me running to the nearest admission’s office.

I know it sounds weird that I am writing so much about getting ready for college and what to expect. I mean, things like that really do worry me. I think you of all people would understand that because you know how it feels to pack up and leave everything behind, because of all the moving and everything. Growing up in a military family forced me to move around a lot too. I never got a chance to really settle down and meet people. Sotrust me, I know where you are coming from.

I am writing to you because I trust you, and you always seem to know how to make things better. Hopefully things will be better than what it sounds like and college will be the experience of a lifetime. Hopefully. The reason I wrote this letter is because I start college tomorrow and I am really scared of going. I just need to know that everything is going to be all right, that’s all.

Forever,

Vanessa