Hello you,
Last weekend (not this past weekend) I took a train ride into Pretoria to meet up with my college girl friends. It had been a long time since I last saw them -8 months to be exact!- with the exception of seeing one at graduation so we were pretty excited to see each other. While planning the day we each made suggestions to what we could do and I suggested wine and sushi. To be entirely honest, I have always wanted to do the wine and sushi thing with a group of my closest and dearest but whenever I'd suggest it, it didn't work out so I was ELATED when my friends decided to go with my idea.
I should explain that I don't have much of a social life. I spend all of my time that isn't spent at work alone in my room. I do not interact with my housemates much except for the occasional small talk. It does get lonely and sometimes (okay most times) I miss the sound of my own voice (I can't exactly talk out loud to myself in a house full of people now can I?) and the sound of other peoples' carefree voices. So on that sunny but chilly Saturday, I met up with my friends and it was like no time had passed without us seeing each other at all! It was great and most of all, we talked and we laughed...all day! It was liberating and I felt like I could fly! This is why we need friends in our lives, we need people who will always be there, people who bring out the best in you and people who make you feel like you matter.
I didn't want the day to end and so we continued to laugh and catch up in each others lives. I for one, am very proud of my friends and how far they've come. I can still remember the day I met them, four years ago! They made me miss college all over again, they are just such lovely young women.
When I got back from Pretoria I had an itchy throat that I didn't pa much mind to but the next morning I was sick! Which is where I was instead of blogging; sick and miserable. I got worse on Thursday and had to leave work 2 hours early to get meds and rest. I even had to miss work on Friday! I don't like missing work and I also didn't like missing school either haha! Weird I know, but I just don't like it. Boohoo :( It actually felt like my body was punishing me for attempting to have a social life.
Today I am much, much better and I wanted to post a little something for whoever may happen across my blog (hello!).
:)
