- I'm gonna grab a tissue,
a moment.
Oh no, we can edit this right?
- My name is Alicia.
- My name is Pendo.
- My name is Rachael
and I met new roommates when I was in college.
- We didn't know one another,
we all were walking from different paths of life.
- I had come back from visiting my family
and I did not have my key.
It was a mix up
and I was trying to get into my room.
- There was the awkward first hello,
I guess I will be living with you now maybe.
Maybe we should get along.
- She was sweet, she was really trying to help me,
but also just like, I just met you.
- I think my roommates would describe me as--
- I hope they can describe me as being a nice person.
- Well I hope that they would say that I am caring.
- I think they would describe me as very precise.
I am intentional.
- When the pandemic was beginning
and then things were starting to shut down,
I think that was in may.
- We thought it was going to just be, you know,
just maybe for the summer and then we'll see each other
soon.
But as it turns out,
this is taking way longer than any of us expected.
- So it's been about six months.
- It's been a while.
- We're not sure when we'll get to see each other
again or live together again.
- I have a letter here that I wrote
to both my roommates.
- I wrote my roommates a letter.
- I've got the letter here
- And I hope it brings up some good memories.
- There it is.
- Oh my God.
- You done me so dirty.
- Hi Pendo and Alicia
- How are you?
- I've got a letter for you.
- I've got a letter for you as well.
- Do you wanna hear it?
- I'm not as good as the writer as you
but you do inspire me to write.
- I just wanted to write this letter
and appreciate both of you.
- I'm not gonna cry.
It's going to be fine.
It's gonna be...
We're going to be fine.
- Dear roomies,
- Alicia, Rachel hi.
I don't know how to start this if I'm being entirely honest.
- It's been such a joy
getting to live with the both of you
and getting to know you both better.
- And we've created many memories.
A few that come to mind are gathering week leader, right?
- If I write down how much it means to me, Rachel,
when I say that today was a bad day
and you don't judge me,
you don't minimize me.
You don't try to play that weird game of emotional
one-upmanship, you just offer me a hug
and Alicia,
if I tell you that some of conversations we've had
and how they've gotten me through just one more day,
if those words were in a paper in your hand,
would they mean more than hearing them in your ears?
- There we were while most of the world was sleeping,
playing pranks on each other
and sharing a multitude of good conversation.
- I've learnt so much from both of you
and from the conversations that we have.
- So I guess I just wanted to say that I miss you
a lot
and I didn't think I would.
Not because I don't love you guys,
cause I do,
but because we just don't think about these things.
You think six months,
you don't think quarantine time,
which is somehow slower
and faster than real time you think
yeah, I'll see them when I get back.
Not that there may not be a back,
not for the foreseeable future.
I just know that I miss you now
a lot.
- I love you two and I miss you so much.
- I love you guys.
We'll talk.