{downtown Petaluma, afternoon of Tuesday 2/25/14} |
Let's face it-- Monday has a bad wrap. The start of a week usually full of work, school, business, life, and sundry other things. What's the like? But worst of all, Monday marks the end of the weekend; that glorious set of days, where we theoretically have a break from the normal crazies. As I'm sure you've noticed, this is not always the case. On the other hand, Mondays are often not nearly as bad as we make them out to be. Such was certainly the case for me, this week.
I knew my Monday was going to be hectic. Calculus in the morning, exercise ten minutes after calculus, an hour-long math lecture ten minutes after my body conditioning class, and then rushing home to practice piano before rushing off to a piano lesson, then coming back to school to do homework for an hour before meeting up with a friend. I wasn't overly excited about all the rushing.
Thankfully, exercise class got out ten minutes early, it turned out the math lecture was canceled, and that gave me plenty of time to get home and eat lunch before driving to my piano lesson in Rohnert Park. All of this to say, eventually I made it back to the Petaluma SRJC campus to meet up with a lovely friend, whom I had not seen in a few months! We made our way over to Jamba Juice, and had an absolutely fabulous time talking about anything and everything, including our blogs. We also got in a couple of highly attractive photos of one another....
{we started out inside Jamba Juice...} |
{but quickly moved outdoors because the weather was stunning} |
After an extremely relaxing time sitting outside, in the mild, perfect California weather, we decided to prolong the date, and made our way back to my house, where we made dinner together (we were having too much fun to take pictures. Now THAT is a lot of fun), and also made plans to create gluten-free cupcakes in the near future. You won't want to miss that blog post. We're going to be wearing our most adorable aprons.
*The Point Being -->*
We had an amazing time together. And after she left, I kept thinking about how much I love spending time with my friends. To be quite honest, this is something I ponder frequently. I have been blessed with the most amazing group of friends in the world. If you think I'm exaggerating {yes I do use extravagant adjectives rather often...}, I'm not. That was the most convincing argument you are ever likely to hear. ;) As I talk to more and more people out there in the world, I've come to realize that I have an abnormally large group of people I can call genuine friends. Friends who will be completely honest with me. Friends who won't see me for months because our lives get insane, or we live far apart, but then we pick right back up where we left off without any awkwardness whatsoever. The list goes on and on and on.
With my personality, I love to have a huge group of friends. But, even the most "introverted" {please, beware of labeling yourself. more on that someday...} person among us ought to have a group of friends to spend time with, doing the things one does with friends. We weren't created to go through life alone.
So, if you haven't had a friend date in a while{the kind of friend date where you discover a new restaurant, or hike some foresty mountain, or get massages together, or just sit in a coffee shop and talk for hours}, schedule it in! Life can be crazy. Trust me, I know that too. But taking a break from all of that "stuff," to spend quality time with another wonderful person is important.
Xx
{P.S. You can check out my friend's blog, The Parlor & Co. }
*PPS: Addendum*
Ali and I noticed that our phones do NOT have cupcake stickers in the list of text emoticons. As Ali said, we should write strongly worded letters, such as:
"dear Emoticon Company,
WHERE IS THE CUPCAKE, SIR?
salutations,
Ali and Katherine"
Awww I love days I can spend with friends. It's insanely amazing! I need to talk to you more often...you know..I think I need to use Skype more often again...it's way too much fun not too. :)
ReplyDeleteBut I'm glad you had fun and that it was a Monday. crazy how Mondays are kinda just like every other day...we just treat it differently..anyway...I'm not gonna ramble about that stuff...maybe..
LOVE YOU KATHERINE!!!! :)