Bittersweet Tears

I just got off the phone with Nicole, who is in Orem currently and is entering the MTC in less than an hour. That is the last time I will talk to her on the phone for a while. Luckily, I'll be able to talk to her at Christmas and and then again next Christmas but that just doesn't sound very close. We talk basically everyday even when we are two states apart. She is one of my best friends and I don't know what I'm going to do without her for these 18 long months. The fact that she is so close almost makes things worse as well. She'll be a 3.5 hour drive from school and a 1.5 hours flight from home. It seems like that would make it easier to deal with because she will be physically closer but she is just as far apart from us as if she was in Australia or Russia. But it does mean that when we go to Temple Square next, there is a chance that she'll be there, waiting to give us a tour. But we don't go to Temple Square that often but I think I might be heading out to Utah in January for another missionary 'farewell' so maybe I'll just have to stop by to see Sister Quist.