Think of all the people you have reconnected with on Facebook or various other internet sites. Now think of the ones you've actually met in person since you've reconnected. I'm now at five. I realize that meeting old friends again after an extended amount of time is similar to making friends on Craig's List. You never know what they are going to be like, and unlike new people, you have preconceived notions of the type of person they are. However, I know the last memories that people have of me from 15 years ago in no way reflect the person I am today. I'm sure most my old high school friends are much more leery of me than I am of them. So it's worth a little gamble made better by Facebook, which gives some enlightenment into their thoughts and beliefs.
So back to my friends. I actually have pictures of us all at Winter Ball formal dance junior year. It's awesome, all goth and silly. Out of all of the things that were destroyed one little box of pictures escaped and is full of embarrassing memories to anyone who wants to dare venture down memory lane. Anyways, I begged and pleaded via Facebook for them to drive more than 30 minutes to come entertain me and they did! And it was great. We laughed so hard for hours that passed in the blink of an eye. It wasn't a nostalgic trip down memory lane, it was people with similar interests and beliefs playing board games and just having fun. A good time was had by all.
Sunday the wonderful trend continued. For my birthday Scott and I had been planning on going to Washington state and sleeping in the tree houses ( http://www.treehousepoint.com ) when the weather warmed up. However, with my leg and his new job it just isn't going to happen this year. Scott decided that I needed a different gift so he woke up early on his one day to sleep in this week and went and bought me an iPad2 to entertain me and keep me from getting mopey again in the coming weeks. We dubbed it my unbirthday, so today I am unfive just to confuse Zandra. During our last trip to Disneyland, before we moved to San Fran, we were determined to get Zandra on The Snow Monster Ride - known as The Matterhorn to everyone else. She had been saying for almost a year that she wouldn't ride it until she was 5. However, she had been riding Thunder Mountain Railroad for a few months and just loved it so we knew she would love The Matterhorn as well. As we approached the gate we told her, "Cubbie! Today is your unbirthday! Today you are unfive!", and though she was perplexed she became very excited about her birthday (she kept missing the un part). We told her as part of her un birthday the very first thing we HAD to do was ride the Snow Monster Ride and then go get some ice cream. She got on with no complaint, was terrified the whole time and then begged to go on it again 30 minutes later.
So onward we go, now with a much more optimistic attitude.
No comments:
Post a Comment