Nail It... #1

Dear you,

I wanted to share my latest colour obsession with you! This polish was a gift from my bestie, it's OPI's DSOpulence, and is a gorgeous rosy pink shade with silver glitter. I think this shade looks fabulous on my skin tone, and will look great going into the summer, too!

Changes

Dear You,

Hi! I know, it's been a while. I've been busy, and things have changed in life.

I've decided to widen the scope of our letters! I have always had a love for fashion and beauty, and I have decided to share that with you. I hope that you will not mind the change, and that you will love what I have to say as much as I love sharing my thoughts with you.

I'm hoping that this change will help me to update you on things more frequently.

Lovingly yours,

- A.

Catching Up

Dear You,

It's been ages since I wrote you, I know.

News-wise, I'm happy to report that my life has been relatively placid of late. My first term in college whizzed by at the speed of light, and I'm already into term two. I seem to have passed all of my final exams, and things are going quite smoothly. I have a couple of stories coming up for you, so keep your eyes peeled for that.

So far, I'm finding college to be the most difficult and rewarding experience of my life to date. I haven't written you, because I have lately been dividing my time equally among being in class, studying, sleeping, and once in a while having a meal. Utter madness!

The lack of balance in my life has really begun to weigh on me. I am, as we have discussed, happy to be on my own, but I find the lack of social aspect in my current lifestyle to be somewhat unhealthy. I basically only seem to see my classmates and my room mate on a day-to-day basis. I very rarely see friends, or even family, because I am so weighed down with school.

I have made the decision that I not only need to make more time for my friends and family, but also for you, and for myself. I need to find balance in my life.

But first, I'm moving, so I need to pack.

Steadfastly yours,

- A.

Crazy

Dear You,

There is a reason I don't have a whole lot of girl friends. Unfortunately, they have a tendency to lose their minds. The ensuing drama is very often more than I can take.

Recently, a girl I used to consider a friend (I say used to because I can no longer consider her among my friends) started a particularly unsavoury bit of drama with one of my good male friends. My friend...  shall we call him "Guy?" Let's do that. Guy is a joker. He plays around with people basically all the time. As long as I've known him, he's been this way.

I was actually present for the beginning of the incident in question. The young lady (we'll call her "Elle" for argument's sake) claims that my friend Guy put his hands in her face in a violent manner, and that he made a threat against her. She was, as you might imagine, upset by this. She went home, and spoke to another party, one who does not know Guy, or myself, and who was not present at the time.

I was there. I saw Guy gesture toward Elle, but I never heard him utter any threats. Guy is a sweetheart. He would never ever hurt a fly, I am confident of that.

Regardless of my confidence in the quality of my friend's character, Elle's friend still decided it would be a great idea to track Guy down at his place of work and confront him over this perceived problem. As you can probably figure out, Guy freaked out. He threw the stranger out, and called the police immediately.

Currently, Elle and Guy, as well as the stranger, all have specific police instructions to stay away from one another.

The part that really confused me is why Elle would not stop her friend. She told me after the fact (as I was playing the part of the mediator to try to keep my friends as friends) that the stranger had gone off the deep end and "wouldn't let it go." Why, then, would you give out the address to Guy's place of work? That, to me, (and correct me if I'm wrong) sounds like you're encouraging this type of vigilante behaviour.

I had no choice, after all of her defending and story-switching, but to vote Elle off the island. I can't be friends with a person who condones this kind of violent and illogical behaviour. I can't be friends with a person who does not accept responsibility for her actions. I can't be friends with a person who refuses to make any attempt to solve an issue reasonably and like adults. It feels tragic, but it has to be done.

Sadly,

- A.

Missing

Dear You,

I know it's been a while since I last wrote you (and I know we still have to find a name for you. I promise to get on that ASAP), and I apologize for that.

I'm not making excuses, but I have been absent from basically every aspect of my life except for school. My friends barely see me, my relatives barely see me, and I haven't written you in about a month. I definitely underestimated what I was getting myself into with this program.

I think, though, that I have developed a system which will allow me to write you more frequently. I few things have happened recently that I would like to share with you, so I'm going to go ahead and write them into separate letters, which I can then send to you individually, just to keep you going in case I run into exams or something... which are coming up. I am not excited.

I am hoping to be able to find a way to write you much more often, but at the moment I needed a break from writing a paper/presentation which is due Tuesday. I decided since I was in writer-mode that I'd say hi for once.

Promise you won't hate me for vanishing?

All my love,

- A.