Authors: Lauren Myracle
Fri, Sept 20
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SnowAngel: | Maddie made it to California! yaaaaaay! |
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zoegirl: | I know, cuz I saw her pic of the UC Santa Cruz sign. |
zoegirl: | did you talk to her? is she thrilled to finally be there? |
zoegirl: | did you tell her what's going on with me and Doug? |
SnowAngel: | no, cuz she just got there. |
SnowAngel: | and I'm totally not saying this to be insensitive, but |
SnowAngel: | altho you know I am always here and that I am hugging you from . . . however many states there are b/w GA and Ohio! |
SnowAngel: | hey, quick question, my smartie friend. just randomly asking, but . . . however many states *are* there b/w GA and Ohio?? ten? twelve? four and a half? |
zoegirl: | two. but you're right. let's change the subject. |
SnowAngel: | okeydoke |
SnowAngel: | in that case, I will share with you that I kinda want to strangle my roommate and burn her with fire. |
zoegirl: | oh, that Lucy. what did she do now? |
SnowAngel: | to start with, I think she's stealing from me. I will save that topic for another time, however. |
SnowAngel: | what I'm annoyed about right now is her bad attitude. last night we had an all-dorm BBQ, and she rolled her eyes right out of her head when everyone sang the Georgia fight song, which goes like this: |
SnowAngel: | Gooooooo, Dawgs! Sic âem! Woof, woof, woof! |
zoegirl: | huh |
zoegirl: | wow |
SnowAngel: | it takes one's breath away. I know. |
SnowAngel: | but Lucy, who as you know IS ALSO A FRESHMAN AT UGA, showed no love for the poor little Georgia Bulldogs. and then later she started an Instagram account for “UGA Haters.” isn't that so tacky? |
SnowAngel: | she used a pic of a confederate flag, which happens to be hanging in the window of one of the frat houses. |
zoegirl: | ew |
SnowAngel: | ew to the flag or ew to Lucy's hate page? |
zoegirl: | both |
SnowAngel: | AND she's been making snide remarks about |
zoegirl: | did she say that on her hate page? I hate hate pages, btw. |
SnowAngel: | she said that everyone who goes to Georgia is a redneck, a racist, or a beauty queenâor very possibly all three. AND she made fun of the woof-woof song. |
zoegirl: | |
SnowAngel: | so explain, please: why did Lucy enroll at a school she hates? |
zoegirl: | state school? low tuition? |
SnowAngel: | |
SnowAngel: | unhelpful |
zoegirl: | yeah, well, Lucy may not be your new BFF (she better not be!), but at least you have a roommate. |
SnowAngel: | puh-lease. having a single is living the dream, my friend. no sympathy points there. |
zoegirl: | grrr. everyone says I'm soooo lucky to have gotten a single, but I don't know. |
zoegirl: | sometimes it's nice . . . |
zoegirl: | but sometimes it's lonely. |
SnowAngel: | I'd happily mail Lucy to you if I cld, but alas, I have yet to persuade her to climb into an envelope. |
SnowAngel: | as for the lonely . . . |
SnowAngel: | go ahead, toots. let it out. is there a new Doug installment since the awkward phone call installment? |
zoegirl: | no. I'm just missing him like crazy. |
zoegirl: | but our phone call this morning WAS awkward. something weird is definitely going on between |
zoegirl: | if Doug's going to break up with me, he's going to break up with me, right? |
SnowAngel: | if Doug breaks up with you, he's an idiotâand if there IS something weird going on, I'm sure it's just the whole being at different colleges thing. |
zoegirl: | I know, I know. |
zoegirl: | it is hard to not physically BE with someone. Skyping helps, and FaceTime, but it's nothing like the real thing. |
SnowAngel: | that might be the whole problem, you know. it's so easy to read someone's signals wrong over texts. |
zoegirl: | maybe |
zoegirl: | but this morning's weirdness DIDN'T happen over text. |
zoegirl: | did I tell you the part about how he interrupted me? |
SnowAngel: | mainly you told me that he seemed kind of distracted. |
zoegirl: | because he did. it made me wonder what he was distracted BY. |
SnowAngel: | that's the kind of thinking that'll drive you nutso |
zoegirl: | and then, right as I was in the middle of saying how excited I am to see him this weekend, he cut me off and said, “Zoe, you know I love you, but you don't have to come up tomorrow if you don't want to.” |
SnowAngel: | what? why? and why didn't you tell me earlier? |
zoegirl: | I don't know. because I was embarrassed? |
zoegirl: | then he went on this spiel about “it's such a long drive, we've both got so much work, and shouldn't you be making friends at Kenyon?” |
SnowAngel: | hmm |
SnowAngel: | first of all, don't EVER be embarrassed to tell me anything. that is the law and you know it. |
SnowAngel: | second of all, I agree that it's strange for him to tell you not to visit him, but he's kind of right about the friends thing. |
SnowAngel: | he's making new friends, so shldn't you do the same thing? and then you wldn't feel so lonely! |
zoegirl: | I *am* doing that! |
zoegirl: | kind of |
zoegirl: | I just don't like parties and loudness and being bumped into by drunk people. I always feel like such a wallflower. |
SnowAngel: | but you choose to be a wallflower! if you got in there and, like, mingled, it wld be a whole diff story! |
zoegirl: | whatever. it's not even a two-hour drive from Kenyon to Oberlin. doesn't he *want* me to come? |
SnowAngel: | oh, sweetie, I'm sure he does. |
SnowAngel: | are you still going to? |
zoegirl: | yes, because I love him. |
SnowAngel: | I know, but you can't spend ALL your time missing him. |
zoegirl: | I don't! I'm also studying my butt off! |
zoegirl: | but what if I can't help it? |
SnowAngel: | you can. |
zoegirl: | can I? |
SnowAngel: | aaargh. you are awesome and wonderfulâof course you can! |