Thanks, Friends

I am sitting on my freshly vacuumed floor in my freshly tidied apartment. I'm hot and sweaty from a long, hot day. My cheeks are rosy from spending the last few days in the sun.

I it is so sunny in Seattle. And it is the hottest around 5pm.

The Temptations are singing Ain't too Proud to Beg from my phone speakers. There's a stranded stapler on the ground next to my thigh and my backpack is deflated at my feet. The drawstring of my yoga pants is undone and the cup from a recently consumed milkshake is sitting on my dresser, slowing forming a water ring at its base.

Whole milk. So good. So filling.

Today was almost like any other. It could have easily slipped into the blurred background of my life.

Then I went canoeing with my friend. I could talk about the serenity, the nature, the weather. I felt all that stuff but I didn't think to open my laptop until after I got home and settled in.

I have awesome friends. Awesome Seattle friends. I have awesome high school/ San Francisco/ California friends too. But I have AWESOME friends right here.

It's easy to be like, OMG, I go to school with tens of thousands of people and I see the same 20 friends in a sort of rotation. But that's not really true. Well it is true. But it's not that simple. I am close to a couple dozen people up here and that is EXACTLY okay.

They are awesome. I love them. I hang out with them, I see movies with them, I canoe with them, I party with them, I go dancing with them.

When I think about the people I get to take away (metaphorically) from my college days, I am so pumped. I have a goodly sized (but not giant or unwieldy) group who I want to keep i touch with for the rest of my life.

It's kind of intimidating. I have like... four friends I still talk to from high school. It's hard to keep up with them; those four BRILLIANT ladies. And in a year I will add another couple dozen to the list of friends not in my immediate vicinity.

Gosh.

You guys, we've got a year. Let's do it right. You make college unbelievably fulfilling!!!