Oh I've got friends in far places
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 10:42AM I have the coolest long-distance friends in the world. This time my good friend Jess made a two-hour drive (actually it was more than that because of road construction – I’m sorry friend!) to visit me on Saturday. She was staying over night, but she couldn’t even carry her overnight bag up to my apartment because she was lugging a giant tub full of my favorite things: candy, Pepsi and cereal.
Whenever I have an out-of-town guest, I feel the need to show them all that GR has to offer, but the truth is I’m a terrible host. Good thing Jess was totally cool with sitting around my apartment most of the time. We did go out for dinner Saturday night, but then jammied up and hunkered down (hi Jen – did I get that right?) to watch a movie at home. Sunday she got to meet the whole family when we went to breakfast for mom’s birthday. Then since it was an incredibly beautiful day, we went for a walk in the park and sweated our asses off because it was so hot. In October. I’m not complaining!
Some of my awesomest friends are people who live far away from me. I can think of at least seven people who I would love to convince to move closer to me. Several of them are single too (unlike ALL my friends here who FALLING IN LOVE ALL OVER THE PLACE!), so I know we could have a lot of fun doing single girl stuff together. Can you guys all move here please? Or maybe we could find a central place and relocate there together? How does Denver sound?
In addition to my visit from Jess, I had a very busy and very fun weekend. Friday night my sister Emily came down to have dinner, hang out and see a movie with me. Since she moved, we get very little Brownie time together (she and I are the Brownies because we have brown hair, Andrea and Kelli are the Blondies because, well, they have blond hair), so it was a nice evening. Soon after she left, Kelli came over and we stayed up talking until almost 3am. Saturday we both got up and met the whole family at an orchard to do the pumpkin/apple/donut/cider thing, then she and I went out for a drink. My baby sister is 21 as of a few weeks ago, so I did the big sister thing and bought her a beer. Then we stopped at the mall before getting home in time for Jess’ arrival.
After breakfast on Sunday, I strapped myself down at my desk and worked on homework for a couple hours. School is kind of kicking my ass this semester. I was planning to spend this Saturday doing hardcore research for two big papers I have to write, then I remembered I have an all day seminar to attend. So it looks like Sunday is research day and my weekend is shot. Not cool, school. Not cool.
Family, Friends, grad school
Reader Comments (4)
YES! Jammy up, hunker down. I do it every night when I get home from work, especially now that it's getting colder and darker, earlier and earlier. Also because I'm getting bigger, and jammies just feel so much better than real clothes.
We need to do it more often. Or maybe arrange a get together of the single people so we can all go out and do single people stuff together. :)
I suppose technically I'm not single, but considering my significant other is like, 1800 miles away, I'd like to partake in the single girl fun if possible!
Oh, and I also "jammy up and hunker down" the instant I get home from work. I can't even fathom leading a life as busy as yours, Shan. If I do laundry or watch a movie, I consider it a crazy evening. Phew.
So glad we've reconnected in the blog world. *waves*