Spotlight on Fabiola Alanis (I)
Hi Fabi,
I didn’t tell you I was writing this (text me when you see this), and I also wanted to let you know that this counts as your birthday present for the next five years. I have 69.84 dollars in BofA as of today. Happy 23rd Birthday!!! Enjoy.
For those of you who don’t know Fabi, you probably do, and you just don’t know it. Her class president campaign posters are still up on the second floor hallway where she has yet to take them down since Fall 2022. That’s my co-pres!!! But in all seriousness, I have never met a more spectacular human being.
She is undoubtedly the most resilient person I know, not only shouldering an insane amount of schoolwork every day, but also her responsibilities as the senior class co-president and TAG president, as well as her dedication to her job, her family, her friends and so much more. But, I’m sure many of you may already know this about Fabi.
What you may not know, though, is how Fabi has always been there for me, no matter what. And I know what you’re probably thinking: all friends say that about each other. But in this case, I know, from the depths of my heart, that these aren’t just words, they’re actions. I can’t even begin to tell you how much gas money I probably owe Fabi for driving me to the ends of the earth (Yes, my learner’s permit is about to expire. No, I don’t plan on doing anything about it.), how many times she has Ubered food to my house to make sure I had a good day (re: concussion era), and how she is the first person I go to tell everything.
She also happens to be just about the funniest person on the face of this planet. Seriously. I’m not joking. I brought evidence (verbatim):
- If ur universe is flipping then mine has already flipped and is actually in its 3rd cycle of the washing machine
- I have 40 dollars on my card, I can literally buy anything
- I don’t think we need anything, just therapy maybe and money
Fabi, I don’t know how I would do life without you. In fact, I think I may have hallucinated all the pre-Fabi years. Seriously! It feels like part of me will always have the name “Fabi” engraved into it. It’s not so much that we share the same memories and experiences, but it’s more so that every time I do anything, I can pinpoint exactly how our friendship has made me into who I am today. I see it in the clothes I’m wearing (thx 4 nirvana shirt btw), I hear it in the way I talk (so.), and I feel it in the way I perceive the world. Sauté.
I just know you’ll do amazing things. Thanks for being my best friend. Love you, squeeze!
