i only have 6 days left with my best friend.
my roommate, my parter in crime, my comforter, my hug giving addict, my cottage cheese eater, my mom away from home, my companion, my class mate, my movie partner, my back up in a fight, my favorite person to argue with, my favorite person to agree with, my "twin", my heavy lifter, my advisor, my sanity.
my best friend
Ol.
i feel like i should explain the name before i go on, to keep from any confusion.
the first night we met i said her name. Olivia.
i quickly decided that was too long and we should shorten it. Ol just kinda stuck.
i've met alot of people. i can honestly say i don't usually have a problem talking/befriending people i've never met. but i have never... NEVER become friends with someone as quickly as i did with Ol.
we just hit it off.
we were suit mates at first. we both had other room mates and lived on the other side of the bathroom from each other. every night for the first week of our freshman year of college, i would go into Ol's room and sit on her bed. by the middle of the week, she started to expect me and would just scoot over when she saw me walk in. we would just sit and talk.
about anything and everything.i knew then.
i knew i had just met an amazing person.
my best friend.
that was in the beginning of september.
as time went on, we got closer and closer.
we were going on "adventures" around nashville all the time...ok actually... we were just getting lost around nasvhille...but it's all the same really.
the walking bridge, the strip on broadway, the fountains, centenial park, love mountain, cafe coco, dragon park...our spots. every time we go out we go to at least one of these places.
memories. i have so many great memories at these places...but as i think of them...every single one of them...i'm there with Ol.
side by side.
laughing the whole time.yes, we have had some pretty great laughs.
but, laughing isn't all we do. we know we have to mix it up.
we cry too.
ok it's not really a "we" that cries...it's more of a "jamie cries, Ol listens" arrangement we've worked out. since we met, we've been through all the emotions. though i will always treasure memories of laughing until we couldn't breathe, i will also treasure the many.... MANY tears shed.
Ol always knows what to say and when to say it. things have been pretty hard at times this year, but Ol has always been there to lean on and cry. even times when she knows i don't want to cry, she gives one of her famous "here's the thing" speeches and has me in tears almost instantly. i'm beginning to think she does it on purpose.
i would love to sit and write about all of the great memories i've had with Ol....but i'd be here all night.
memories i will never forget as long as i live.
memories with my best friend.
in a few days, we'll go our separate ways.
she's going home for the summer then attending a school close to her house in the fall. (sorry Ol, i can't remember what it's called). all summer we'll be about three hours away...and in the fall we'll be about seven hours away from each other.
not. ok.
but i know we'll be ok.
i know we can do it.
it's gonna stink. it's gonna stink BAD.
i am going to miss her SOOOO much.
i've gotten used to Ol being the first person i talk to when i wake up, and the last person i talk to before falling asleep at night.
to meeting her in the lobby of the caf after class so we don't have to walk in to lunch alone.
to her fussing at me for brushing my hair and shedding everywhere.
to her check list as we walk out the door every morning, because she knows how often i forget things...
"wallet, keys, phone?"
to hearing her yell at people for being loud while i take a nap.
to eating dinner everyday together at 5...on the dot.
to that "look" when she thinks i'm making a bad decision.
to sitting beside each other, like we are right now, not having to say a word. just watching tv together.
me and my best friend.
i'll miss all of it and more.
but i know how blessed i am to have met such an amazing person as Ol.
i have changed so much.
for the better.
because of Ol.
my best friend.
I love you, Ol. Though we fight and yell and kick and scream and fuss and fight.
i mean come on... you're
my best friend.
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