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" Even though I&amp;#039;ve only known my college friends for four months now, living together has made it feel like years, so being home for break makes me miss them so much. Unfortunately none of them live close to me (the closest is 5 hours away in Arkansas!) so I can&amp;#039;t see any of them in person, but technology has definitely helped me heal my college-friend woes! Skype has revolutionized my life. No joke. The fact that my roommate and I were able to talk for a couple hours on our most recent happenings, and my friend and I were able to exchange photos in our matching onesies, has made things way easier. For some reason my relationship with my college friends feels more fun and real than that with my high school friends, so I really understand it when people say that the friends you make in college will be your closest friends for the rest of your life.  In my hometown, I met my friend Erin for lunch one day and she filled me in on all of the happenings between my high school friends (all but one went to college close to one another), and I realized that I just didn&amp;#039;t care anymore about the gossip between them. I didn&amp;#039;t care about who was doing what at someone&amp;#039;s party or whose values and respect have changed since high school. It&amp;#039;s a great feeling knowing that I&amp;#039;ve moved on to bigger and better things. I spent the rest of the day texting my friend from Duke :) In a way coming home over holiday break has given me a lot: a relaxing vacation, a chance to catch up with friends and family, and an opportunity to reflect on the past four months. I&amp;#039;m genuinely happy and feel like I&amp;#039;m really moving on with my life. I have the best friends and can&amp;#039;t wait to see them in a couple of weeks! Bye y&amp;#039;all!  Did you find yourself feeling the same way as Maya when you came home from your first semester at college, or were you relieved to be back with your old friends from college? Sound off in the comments! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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