We're gonna miss you.

Its nearly the end of the year, the end of my year 12 and after that, there will be just one more year left of high school for me. Sadly though, for some of my friends this will be their very last year. For some it will be because they are year 13 now, but for others its because they have decided they wont be coming back for year 13. The biggest shock for me, and most of my friends would have to be Katie.
Katie is one of the most friendliest, kindest, funniest, bubbliest, beautiful people you could ever meet. She is insanely talented, very smart and just an amazing person. To learn that she isn't coming back was devastating. I actually had a 2 1/2 hour phone call with my friend Josh today (not the same josh I talked about earlier) about how different school will be without her. I think out of a small group of friends, he has taken it the hardest. This is Josh's first year at high school, and he didn't really know too many people. Then along comes Katie, being her friendly self, and takes him under her wing, makes sure he fits in and that everything is good for him. For him, she is this light of hope of making it through high school alive. But despite all her efforts, he doesn't have many school school friends, and Katie is his best friend.

For me, Katie is the cutest girl you will ever meet, but shes not fragile. I have always felt a bit out of place with my regular group of friends. They all dress the same, have the same taste, have the same dark eyeliner which looks amazing on them. And then there is me. I'm like a fish out of water, and even though I try to be different, this kind of different is not what I'm aiming for. Katie encouraged me to start hanging out with my other group of friends more, which oddly enough, are pretty much right next to each other. For once in my life I feel normal (that feels really weird to say).

I had plans for my year 13, most of which involved Katie in one way or another. Now I have to rethink a lot of those plans. Some of those plans were to show the school that you don't have to be popular to have fun. We're just too awesome to be part of the popular crowd, and they know it =]

I think what she's doing is great, and I don't want to stop her from going, as much as I will miss her, I know I can't stop her. I don't want to stop her. Who am I to tell her what to do? She is a free spirit, she always has been.

Katie, I am so proud of you. You will be missed dearly.
ILY WIFEY!!!