Dear 30-year-old Emma,
You probably won't even remember that you wrote this when you are 30 because, hopefully, you are married/in a serious relationship and have a great job and have more important things to do than read a letter from 9th-grade Emma. The longest time that I would be able to keep track of and remember a letter would be from when you were at Rowland Hall in 8th grade and you and your whole class had to write a letter to your senior self. I know that all of my friends there are going to have a "Kumbaya moment" according to Mr. Robs when they are all seniors and open their letters together. I hope that you remembered to email him and went to Rowland Hall to open your letter with your old classmates. Who would've thought that going to such a small school for such a short time would've made such a huge impact on your life?
Speaking of Rowland Hall, I would like to remind you of one of the best but most awkward weeks of your life in 2018. You will definitely remember the class trip to DC for the rest of your life because if you don't right now, you have just disappointed your 9th-grade self. Anyways, DC was one of the best weeks of your life, and 2018 was one of the best years. During the week, you stayed at the Hotel Harrington that smelled like fish and had a thermostat that was literally a piece of metal sticking out of the ceiling. There was also torrential downpours of rain that completely soaked you and your friends every day. There was a baseball game that you were supposed to go to, but due to the rain, it was canceled. This caused a lot of stress for the teachers because they did not have a backup plan, but it was Rowland Hall, so they got 10 escape rooms for the entire grade. After we all went to the escape rooms, the entire grade had a choice to either see a horror movie or Avengers: Infinity War. Most of my friends and I decided to go to Avengers, but you might recall that DC was a major couples week. Grace and Seabass were dating, Sarah and Connor were dating, Robbie and Camryn were dating, Jenna and Ozzie were kind of dating, you and Gus were dating, and it was just a crazy week. Half of the relationships didn't make it back to Utah.
At the theater, it was extremely awkward because the seating arrangement was (from left to right): Henry, Lizzie, Camryn, Robbie, Ozzie, Jenna, Gus, Tenny, Casey, you, and Matt Baron. The movie was 2 hours and 40 minutes, so there was a lot of time for stuff to go down. The entire movie experience was just plain awkward because half the time, Camryn was sprawled on top of Robbie over the large, reclining-seat barrier. You being your awkward 8th-grade self was feeling very uncomfortable, but very relieved when Gus came to sit next to you instead of Matt. You couldn't even focus on the movie, because so much was going through your head. You mostly thought of what was going to happen for the rest of the week with everyone, and so this thought occupied and distracted you for the last hour of the movie. Even this was one of the most awkward weeks of your life, you wouldn't trade the experience with your best friends for the world.
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