Do you think it would be too much to schedule a photo studio session for just the two of us? No...I am serious...okay well only half way serious, meaning the thought did come to mind. But what I am really thinking is we should spend the day in said college town where we first met and just relax spending the day together. I am imagining cupcakes and tea (Celestial Seasonings, of course, because we both worked for them in college) and just basking in the gloriousness that is our friendship. Now I know we're going to be fine....mostly because I am making her sign a contract guaranteeing that on or before June 1st 2013 she will be back in Colorado (FYI she is moving to pursue a graduate degree in Occupational Therapy...she wants to become a hippotherapist working with children and people with disabilities or undergoing rehabilitation by putting them on horses or some bleeding heart helpful thing like that....what a girl scout...I guess I should cut through the angry sarcasm to note that we both volunteer at a barn here in Colorado that does just this....what freakin' girl scouts we are). Anyway she PROMISED me that she would come back to Colorado after she received said degree of course evil mean Natalie wants her back way sooner than that ...But I have decided to be the uber-supportive and encouraging friend that I know I can be when I put my own selfishness aside and I am giving her a big ole push out of the Colorado nest! Plus, I know that it will only be a couple of months until I will be able to come visit her and there is already talk of a trip to Mexico in search of a rare and special elixar... I can't remember what it is we're in search of, I am thinking it is a tequila of some kind...anyway who really needs a reason to go lounge on a beach in Mexico? Not me!. We've spent WAY longer apart and this will be no different. Actually it should be better because we will actually have the means to see each other more and I have a whole list of places to visit in and around where she will be moving. So chin up buttercup!
I LOVE you Bret and I am so proud of you for taking this leap out into the world! I know you will be a huge success at all your future endeavors....but I hope your most successful endeavor will be moving back to Colorado in 2013. Go Girl!
That was the longest use of parenthesis I've ever seen. Bravo.
ReplyDeleteI recently left my bestie behind in Montana because my "husband" got a "job" in "California" and he wants the kids and I to "live with him". So. Whatever.
Ewww...I so know this feeling. My best friend in CO left her boyfriend of 7 years (basically husband - owned a house together, pets together, etc) and even though every part of me wanted her to stay around, I knew that she needed to leave (DRAT) so that she wouldn't end up going back to the jerk, so she's back in Cali now. Good thing tho - Allegiant flies GJT - LAX for SUPER cheap - like, often less than $50 roundtrip cheap - so now I have a friend to visit in Cali and she comes back to CO every couple of months! It will all work out for you and your bestie, I'm sure of it. :)
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