My other half is moving to Australia

Something some people may not know is that I have a twin. A life Partner. A second me but with better hair and a larger iTunes library. The cooler one of us varies now and then, since she has grown her hair long recently and is moving to Australia, she, by default, is the cooler one. For now. That may change if I get another tattoo.

Anyways, my twins name is Jeri. Together we are Jeri & Jessie.

She did an exchange last year in Australia and obviously I hated her because I wanted to be in Australia. She fell in love with it (who wouldn't?) and is moving back in July.

I have heard through the grape vine that people have mixed feelings about her decision.

"Why would you leave your family???", "Once you move there you wont come back!", "You need to finish school and work" blah blah blah.

I personally am SO happy for her. A lot of people ask me if I will miss her.Obviously I will miss her. But she is happy in Australia which makes me happy.

See, when you have a twin, everything they feel, you feel too.

When we were in grade school and she had to go in front of the class and present or talk, I felt so nervous. I felt the sick, disgusting feeling you feel when you are speaking in front of the class even though I was sitting comfortably in my seat. If she is crying, I am crying. We also have this really contagious chuckle that is more of a bounce that when one of us is laughing we sit there silently and move up and down in our silent but hysterical laughter. The more she laughs, the more I laugh and in turn she laughs more. Ten more minutes of this and our stomachs will hurt.

We share the same fears, have had the same dreams, and yes, freaky twin things do happen and yes, it is awesome.

I feel like a little part of me is moving with her and I can't wait.

It will be weird to have my other half permanently living on the other side of the earth. It will take getting used to but I am so excited. I am nervous that if she gets her heart broken, or feels sad or needs something I will feel helpless because she is so far away.

But that sisterly anxiety will probably soon turn to typical sisterly envy when I see her new profile picture that shows her on the beach looking like a tanned hippy that gets over 100 likes.

I'll miss her!

Jessica R