<human>: Give me the gist of the text in a nutshell

I'd like to start off saying I tried to look this up and did not find much that relates to me. We met in our freshman year of junior college and became good friends over the course of that year. We have gone to several concerts and hung out countless times doing what college students do in their free time. Recently he ran into some trouble with his parents and has now gotten accepted into a school in California which is halfway across the country from where we are.

Is there anyone who has been in this situation and how did you handle it? I really don't want to make this a big deal for myself but I am not the best at making friends. I plan on going out to visit within the next 3 years (probably several times) and get back together when he gets back home but how can I handle this?
<bot>: Friend leaves for Cali next month and I don't know how to handle it and want to be happy for him just don't know how.