The one for Jitsuqueen

Dearest Jitsuqueen,
I have just had an epiphany about you and college (& to some extent my school days also)
Anyhoo, you know all the teen movies they make - I am number 4, Mean Girls, The Craft, Pretty in Pink, Real Genius, and all the 80's teen classics, all the 90's teen classics.

In fact ALL the movies about school/college/growing up, the thing they all have in common is that the one who doesn't fit in, the one who stands out, who gets picked on, who is the nicer person (even though they aren't the popular stereotypical prom queen.)
WELL THESE ODD ONES OUT, THEY ARE ALWAYS THE ONES WHO COME OUT ON TOP AND WHO HAVE THE LAST LAUGH AND WHO SUCCEED IN LIFE AND ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD AND KEEP ON LIVING LIFE TO THE MAX.

So, even though the thoughts of going back to college are a bit daunting and nerve wracking - the people who are nob heads there are now probably having the time of their tiny, little lives with nothing to look forward to. They will spend the rest of their days thinking how great school and college were....That's because they aren't living for the brighter, bigger future they were meant to have- it's because they decided to blow it all now.

You are the odd one out, the pretty one who is intelligent too - brains AND beauty!!! The one who has to sit on her own at lunch instead of with all the nobs (cos you are not a sheep and you don't follow the herd), you are the one they pick on because they all know you will be passing them by, on the way up, as their lives are sliding down. They are jealous of all that you'll be.

We all love you (even Litha).

Have a great year at college and remember that it doesn't matter who talks to you or doesn't talk to you, cos right now - these very minutes that are passing by - you are starring in your very own John Hughes movie classic. Make it all count.

Love you,

MM xx