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HAPPY 17 TH BIRTHDAY STEFFI!!!! Okay so you’ve told me before that I’m a decent writer so this time I’m actually going put that to good use and actually say something nice for once. After all, it’s still a weekday luckily for you. There’s so much that I could say right now, but it’s probably best to start at the beginning. It all started early on a chilly Saturday morning, on the 23 rd November 2013. I remember pulling up to the Kyneton golf club with my hands shaking and millions of butterflies in my stomach, ready to play in my firstever junior tournament. Soon enough, it was time for me to tee off. Because I had the lower handicap of Tarsha and I, I had to play number one. I remember Jo introducing us, so we exchanged VERY quiet ‘hellos’, before moving back to our buggies. It was probably the only word we said to each other that whole day. I don’t remember much of what you did on the first hole, but the memories of what I did are still unfortunately very clear in my mind. I smoked my drive down the middle, then progressed to shank my next shot 90 degrees to the right of me. After chipping out and getting myself back into position, the hozzle of the club once again struck my ball perfectly, and back into the trees I went. I think I was on the green for about 5 shots and still putted out without conceding, even though you were about two feet from the whole after 4 or so. Anyway, all I remember after that is not speaking to you at all, getting angry and losing it at several stages during the round, and literally losing the match on the 17 th hole, 2/1. And that was the first of many losses to come. Then it came to January of the following year. I got an email from Golf Victoria saying that they’d watched me at the tournament in Kyneton, and I had been chosen for some representative team that I had no clue about. Next thing I knew, I had arrived in Horsham at a motel with way too many foreign faces, and I got so nervous. All these girls came out and I had no idea who any of them were, then I saw you and was so happy I had actually met someone there before, even though I’d barely spoken to you! I was so relieved when I found out that we were in a room together because we were in exactly the same boat during that trip, which made it so much easier. I remember that very first night when Jade snuck out and left us together at about 9pm, and we didn’t go to sleep until midnight. I’m pretty sure we were watching a men’s tennis match from the Australian open as well. But anyway, for people that had barely ever spoken, JESUS COULD WE TALK! Annndd that’s for me when we became ‘acquaintances’. So, then I got your number at Murray Downs last year, then this is how our first conversation went: (click it and read) http://prezi.com/aogsmyvl9os3/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy I know, early stages. (29,630 messages ago…) It’s crazy to think that it hasn’t even been a year since those messages happened, and look at how we are now. If someone told me when I first met you that within two years we’d be talking EVERYDAY from the time we wake up until the time we go to sleep, I’d actually probably laugh in their face. Not just because you seemed very quiet, but also because I couldn’t imagine myself doing that with anyone ever. The same thing with snapchat – I never used that stupid app at all (let alone send ugly photos) but now that’s

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HAPPY  17TH  BIRTHDAY  STEFFI!!!!  Okay  so  you’ve  told  me  before  that  I’m  a  decent  writer  so  this  time  I’m  actually  going  put  that  to  good  use  and  actually  say  something  nice  for  once.  After  all,  it’s  still  a  weekday  luckily  for  you.    There’s  so  much  that  I  could  say  right  now,  but  it’s  probably  best  to  start  at  the  beginning.  It  all  started  early  on  a  chilly  Saturday  morning,  on  the  23rd  November  2013.  I  remember  pulling  up  to  the  Kyneton  golf  club  with  my  hands  shaking  and  millions  of  butterflies  in  my  stomach,  ready  to  play  in  my  first-­‐ever  junior  tournament.  Soon  enough,  it  was  time  for  me  to  tee  off.  Because  I  had  the  lower  handicap  of  Tarsha  and  I,  I  had  to  play  number  one.  I  remember  Jo  introducing  us,  so  we  exchanged  VERY  quiet  ‘hellos’,  before  moving  back  to  our  buggies.  It  was  probably  the  only  word  we  said  to  each  other  that  whole  day.    I  don’t  remember  much  of  what  you  did  on  the  first  hole,  but  the  memories  of  what  I  did  are  still  unfortunately  very  clear  in  my  mind.  I  smoked  my  drive  down  the  middle,  then  progressed  to  shank  my  next  shot  90  degrees  to  the  right  of  me.  After  chipping  out  and  getting  myself  back  into  position,  the  hozzle  of  the  club  once  again  struck  my  ball  perfectly,  and  back  into  the  trees  I  went.  I  think  I  was  on  the  green  for  about  5  shots  and  still  putted  out  without  conceding,  even  though  you  were  about  two  feet  from  the  whole  after  4  or  so.  Anyway,  all  I  remember  after  that  is  not  speaking  to  you  at  all,  getting  angry  and  losing  it  at  several  stages  during  the  round,  and  literally  losing  the  match  on  the  17th  hole,  2/1.  And  that  was  the  first  of  many  losses  to  come.    Then  it  came  to  January  of  the  following  year.  I  got  an  email  from  Golf  Victoria  saying  that  they’d  watched  me  at  the  tournament  in  Kyneton,  and  I  had  been  chosen  for  some  representative  team  that  I  had  no  clue  about.  Next  thing  I  knew,  I  had  arrived  in  Horsham  at  a  motel  with  way  too  many  foreign  faces,  and  I  got  so  nervous.  All  these  girls  came  out  and  I  had  no  idea  who  any  of  them  were,  then  I  saw  you  and  was  so  happy  I  had  actually  met  someone  there  before,  even  though  I’d  barely  spoken  to  you!  I  was  so  relieved  when  I  found  out  that  we  were  in  a  room  together  because  we  were  in  exactly  the  same  boat  during  that  trip,  which  made  it  so  much  easier.    I  remember  that  very  first  night  when  Jade  snuck  out  and  left  us  together  at  about  9pm,  and  we  didn’t  go  to  sleep  until  midnight.  I’m  pretty  sure  we  were  watching  a  men’s  tennis  match  from  the  Australian  open  as  well.  But  anyway,  for  people  that  had  barely  ever  spoken,  JESUS  COULD  WE  TALK!  Annndd  that’s  for  me  when  we  became  ‘acquaintances’.    So,  then  I  got  your  number  at  Murray  Downs  last  year,  then  this  is  how  our  first  conversation  went:  (click  it  and  read)  http://prezi.com/aogsmyvl9os3/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy    I  know,  early  stages.  (29,630  messages  ago…)    It’s  crazy  to  think  that  it  hasn’t  even  been  a  year  since  those  messages  happened,  and  look  at  how  we  are  now.  If  someone  told  me  when  I  first  met  you  that  within  two  years  we’d  be  talking  EVERYDAY  from  the  time  we  wake  up  until  the  time  we  go  to  sleep,  I’d  actually  probably  laugh  in  their  face.  Not  just  because  you  seemed  very  quiet,  but  also  because  I  couldn’t  imagine  myself  doing  that  with  anyone  ever.  The  same  thing  with  snapchat  –  I  never  used  that  stupid  app  at  all  (let  alone  send  ugly  photos)  but  now  that’s  

a  daily  occurrence  with  you.  Seriously  Steffi,  who  would  have  thought?  You’re  my  best  friend  mate  and  I  don’t  care  if  I’m  not  yours  but  too  bad,  you’re  going  to  have  to  live  with  it.      Frankly,  I’ve  never  met  someone  so  similar  to  me  in  literally  every  way  (besides  the  fact  that  you  don’t  like  cricket),  and  although  it  pains  me  to  say  it,  but  you’re  easily  the  nicest  person  I  know.  And  I  could  label  a  few  more  things,  like  you’re  pretty  much  positive  100%  of  the  time,  especially  at  golf  (which  I  wish  I  could  do),  you  never  complain  (Canberra  was  the  biggest  example,  Jo’s  letter  speaks  for  itself),  and  the  most  important  thing  is  that  you  actually  put  up  with  me  almost  24/7,  especially  on  the  weekends  (which  is  the  thing  that  I  most  admire  you  for  HAHAHAHAHAH).      But  I  digress,  HAPPY  17th  BIRTHDAY  YOU  OLDIE!  Hope  you  have  an  amazing  day  because  seriously  no  one  deserves  it  more.  I  can  guarantee  I’ll  be  saying  that  until  you’re  100  years  old  and  we’re  chasing  around  those  young  whippersnappers  on  the  golf  course  in  our  own  cart.                                                            

Lots  of  Love,    Soph  xx  (oops)    P.S.  Um  we  joke  about  sending  essays  to  each  other,  but  this  is  the  real  deal  (848  words)    

 

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