When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year...
Time and time again, I am reminded how amazing my friends are. Really, I think friendship is the greatest thing in the world. It's always changing, it's always different, and it's NEVER boring. Every once and awhile, like tonight, I just have to sit and think about how much I love my friends and the part they play in my life.
Nothing out of the ordinary happened today to make me want to talk about this... in fact, it was just the opposite. Today, ordinary things happened. I met Eli, one of my best friends at OSU, at the Jeffersonville outlets to eat lunch and shop- I couldn't have been happier to see him. On my drive there, I spent well over twenty minutes on the phone with Alana, someone I'm connected to in all sorts of bizarre but fun ways, enjoying the conversation so much, considering we were talking about nothing. On my drive home, I spent awhile on the phone with Emily, my future roommate, and I realized that while I miss her company, all I need to do to feel connected is pick up the phone. After dinner, I spent over five hours watching the Spiderman movies with Jessie and Mel, friends that date back to elementary Tae Kwon Do days and my first high school shows- it was low key, relaxing, and just so calming and comfortable. Ordinary things with great friends... that somehow translate into a happier me.
In high school, NFTY taught me how just how close you can get to someone in a short amount of time. Even though I know just how possible, not to mention likely, it is to make really close friends in really short amounts of time, I am still amazed at the close friends I've made since school has started. I can't imagine life without them, nor can I imagine it without those friends I've known all my life. The fact that I'm still great friends with some of these people after 7, 10, 13, and even 18 years amazes me every day.
I love my friends more than anything- I'd do anything for them and they mean the world to me. I'm not all that old, and I know there are a million things I have to learn, but if there's one thing I HAVE learned, it's that you should cherish your friendships and put everything you have into them... things don't always work out perfectly, but you'll never regret your time together.
I'm done standing on my soapbox today... yours till the banana splits!
Nothing out of the ordinary happened today to make me want to talk about this... in fact, it was just the opposite. Today, ordinary things happened. I met Eli, one of my best friends at OSU, at the Jeffersonville outlets to eat lunch and shop- I couldn't have been happier to see him. On my drive there, I spent well over twenty minutes on the phone with Alana, someone I'm connected to in all sorts of bizarre but fun ways, enjoying the conversation so much, considering we were talking about nothing. On my drive home, I spent awhile on the phone with Emily, my future roommate, and I realized that while I miss her company, all I need to do to feel connected is pick up the phone. After dinner, I spent over five hours watching the Spiderman movies with Jessie and Mel, friends that date back to elementary Tae Kwon Do days and my first high school shows- it was low key, relaxing, and just so calming and comfortable. Ordinary things with great friends... that somehow translate into a happier me.
In high school, NFTY taught me how just how close you can get to someone in a short amount of time. Even though I know just how possible, not to mention likely, it is to make really close friends in really short amounts of time, I am still amazed at the close friends I've made since school has started. I can't imagine life without them, nor can I imagine it without those friends I've known all my life. The fact that I'm still great friends with some of these people after 7, 10, 13, and even 18 years amazes me every day.
I love my friends more than anything- I'd do anything for them and they mean the world to me. I'm not all that old, and I know there are a million things I have to learn, but if there's one thing I HAVE learned, it's that you should cherish your friendships and put everything you have into them... things don't always work out perfectly, but you'll never regret your time together.
I'm done standing on my soapbox today... yours till the banana splits!