On Friday afternoon after my last class of the day I was so
ready for a fabulous weekend. Weekends usually aren’t too fabulous for me here
at Roanoke considering every weekend leading up to this weekend I had been
locked up in a hot gym playing volleyball for hours, then going back to my dorm
and sleeping my way through the weekend. Not this weekend though. This weekend
we had off with no practice Friday, so my weekend started even sooner! I was
ready for some needed relaxation and fun. This would be spent at Tech with my
best friend Maddie.
My best friend
Maddie goes to Virginia Tech, and we were so excited when we found out we were
going to schools that were thirty minutes away from each other. We even joked that we were “college neighbors”.
Maddie lives in my neighborhood at home, and we were together almost every day
during my four years in high school. I’ve never gone more than two weeks
without seeing her. Going to college was a big change from this, but we
promised we would visit each other all the time. We didn’t take into
consideration the fact that neither of us would have cars and both our
schedules would be super busy. It turns out our optimistic plan to still hang
out all the time fell flat. I hadn’t seen Maddie in two months. However, that
was all about to change, because on Friday my dad was in the area for work and
volunteered to drive me down to Tech.
I had texted and
called Maddie the past two months, but it’s not the same as seeing someone in
person. In the drive down to Tech I was
so excited to see my best friend. However, in the back of my mind there was a
voice whispering what if she has changed? What if you guys have nothing in
common anymore? I tried pushing these thoughts away because I knew they were
ridiculous. Anyone who knows us knows we are basically the same person. My mind
wouldn’t be at ease, though, until I got to Tech and found out first hand if
Maddie had changed.
Finally, after a thirty-minute
drive that felt more like hours I had arrived at Tech. I felt so lost on the
big campus. I was not used to this considering Tech has 15 times more students
than RC. When I arrived on campus I texted Maddie where I was so she could come
get me. While I waited for her to come I was just looking around exploring the
campus. Suddenly someone hugged me and startled me. I turned around and
squealed when I realized it was Maddie! Just seeing her made me realize how
stupid I was for even thinking that she had changed or that we would have
nothing in common anymore.
The weekend was
fabulous, just like I had wanted it to be. We went to a football game, I met
all her friends, and we just got to hang out like old times. Now I realize no
matter how long Maddie and I go without talking we will always be close and
nothing can change that.
This is a really really nice post. My guess is that pretty much everyone who reads it will do what I did: grin like an idiot when they read about Maddie hugging you. I think what makes that moment work there is how you take us in your head with the questions that you're thinking about.
ReplyDeleteWhy not give a few more details about what it was like over the weekend? Maybe just describe one conversation in some detail to really let us see for ourselves? This is some of your best writing. You're really coming along.
This post was so nice to read! I felt the same way about my friend Amanda who goes to JMU. I visited her a few weeks ago and she hadnt changed one bit. I liked the part where you mentioned her hugging you.Very sweet post!
ReplyDeleteHappy! I loved reading this. I miss my friend too...only she's a little farther away. I loved how you shared that excitement with us. You did a great job sharing your thoughts as you led up to seeing her again. I thought it was great!
ReplyDeleteSplendid! One definitely interesting part for me was when you said: " I had texted and called Maddie the past two months, but it’s not the same as seeing someone in person." This reminded me of so many times when I emailed the admission officers here, my roommate and many more people who now I see everyday on campus. Also, I liked when you mentioned being lost in a big campus. That was also what I heard about big schools, but you just proved it by your own experience! A very nice post!
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