Tonight, me and the girls had an impromptu dinner for 4 at Clyde's since it was Shaina's last night before London. I'm sitting here at my computer a couple hours later, and I have to say that despite all the hormonal rage and frustration I've been going through these past few weeks being at home, there is just so much I am grateful for-- one of which is the close bond my friends and I still share. As a kid, I kinda moved around a lot. I mean not a lot, I wasn't an army brat or anything, but I've had about 3 major moves in my lifetime if I'm not mistaken. In every city we moved to, I would pick myself back up, foster new friendships, and when it was time to go, we said that it "not goodbye," and we promised that we'd keep in touch and stay best of friends. But that's not exactly how it worked out, is it? Eventually things would just drift apart, I found new friends to replace them, and I'm sure they found someone(s) new to replace me.

Exactly one year ago, before everyone left for college, I have to admit that my fear of this same recurrence would again be inevitable. It's from my personal observation and general knowledge that long distance relationships generally do not work out, even the plainly platonic ones. In a way, I guess I was kinda right. We used to all talk nearly every single, or at very least 3 days a week. Throughout the course of the school year though, it got to be maybe once a month from Caitie and Mitali, and even then we could never talk for more than 15 minutes continuously.

However, experience has proved me wrong also. Even though we couldn't talk to each other all the time and tell each other every detail about every waking hour, an entire year later as we all sat at the same dinner table, it was like things were exactly were they had left off. It's just so great how even though we might have missed some of the minutiae of each others' lives over this last year, we can still be just as open with each and still expect the same from each person.

Good friends are probably one of the hardest things you could ever find. At least I've got three that are here to stay.

inspire me, please.

This is boring. I am just wasting my brain away. Pipet, up down up down. Then tutor. Then run. I need to do something exciting. All I really want to do is taking some freaking Latin Ballroom classes, except I don't think any are offered around here right now. And I also think I would need a partner, which obviously is not available to me currently either, as far I know.

I think I should also make my car look pretty, or as pretty as I can without looking stupid. Shiny. I've also postponed sewing my own matching tote and skirt for FAR too long. I'm so lazy, yet while I really want to get something done, I just don't have enough motivation to move ass from the computer screen and just watch the next episode of "Grey's Anatomy."

I just registered for the CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Half-Marathon in Baltimore on October 14. No turning back now. It's goin' downnnn. For anyone out there who goes on long runs, know any roads/trails where I can do at least 8 miles? I really need to work on increasing my mileage. I just pray that my knee doesn't start acting up anytime soon.

I'm bored.

damn what a beautiful man