Dear Ilia

Dear Ilia,
Hopefully at this hour you're sleeping and resting up for our presentation day tomorrow! That's what I should be doing right now. I'm exhausted. I know these next two weeks really aren't going to get any better, but I'm slowly checking things off a list and soon I'll be free from my undergrad. I bet you remember how exciting it was to almost be done. I can't even think about it really or I'll get too unfocused and just forget to do everything.
I'm so glad we got to work together this past year. Working on the research project with you really gave me a taste for what master's work might be like and I absolutely fell in love with it. My favorite thing to do is just research these phenomena and factors that we're looking at and just discuss about them and find out what's going on in the people around us. I've never been so passionate about any subject like I have been for sociolinguistics and I'm glad I was able to connect with a masters student so that I could ask all the questions I had about doing my MA. You've really helped me out and I really appreciate that.
I'm going to cut this short just because I need to sleep so I'm ready to present tomorrow. I didn't want to leave three letters for tomorrow and get that far behind on this project so I apologize for the briefness.
I'm sure you'll do well with your upcoming project and research and I hope that it all works out for you in the end. Remember that "normal" people can do anything they set their minds to, which doesn't really make them normal :) It makes them extraordinary! So shoot for the stars! There's no harm in trying and you'll never know until you do.
Love you.
Sincerely,
Yvette