It's the end of this journey

For my last night in MA, I went out to dinner with three of my best friends. We went to this nice new Mexican restaurant that I had experienced about two days ago and just enjoyed one another’s company. I must say that I really have some amazing friends. Though not all of my friends were present tonight but I am extremely glad that besides two, I had the opportunity to see them all. Hanging out with my friends now is the same as it was back in middle school. I remember on my first day of my freshman year, my English professor told the class that once we go home, everything will be different—our friends will change or as individuals, we will change and I remember thinking to myself how afraid I was about returning home and drifting apart from my friends. To my utter surprise, I came home to find that absolutely NOTHING had changed!

A few of my college friends felt that they had grown up from their friends and they did not really want to hang out with them but only did because they had nothing else to do. For me, going home and seeing my friends felt as though we had NEVER left! My friends and I still joked around the same, still hung out, had sleepovers, and still experienced the strong bonds that some college students lose from their childhood friends. I remember coming home for Thanksgiving break my freshman year and going to lunch at this local Chinese restaurant and thinking to myself how wrong my English teacher was! Fast forward to senior year in college, and it’s still the same old thing.

Dinner with my three friends tonight really was great! Though things were still the same, they really were not. My friends and I just talked and thought about the fact that we were graduating this semester and whether or not we would see one another again after tonight. It sounded so depressing but hey, I might be abroad for a year! One of my friends is moving to either NJ or NY and working in NY! Another one might stay in CA and work there! Another one might move to NH and work there or come back to MA and work here! Another friend is moving to NV and working there! Like me, one’s still figuring out where she really wants to end up, one is going to work in MA, two more are going to work in NY and another is going to grad school somewhere in New England. It is sad to think that we were rarely see one another again unless we come home for the holidays but at the same time, it’s great to know that we’re all doing big things and doing things that we love to do. I love my friends and I know I can always count on them! They’re extremely honest, open, will call me out no problem and vice versa, dependable, funny, and just the most amazing friends a girl can ever ask for… seriously!

No matter where life takes us, I hope we all stay in contact and continue to experience that bond and great friendship we have. I want to be able to tell my kids one day that I have been friends with my best friends for over 30 years! I love you all and I wish you nothing but the best! Congratulations guys, we’re almost at the end of this leg of our journey!!!