Leaving So Soon?

 

Two of my best friends are leaving. We’re finally growing up for real!  We used to always talk about it, and say we’ll all grow up to be old ladies with a bunch of cats (that part was probably Mal’s idea..).  But now we’re really moving on and moving out!  I don’t really know what to do or say about it.

 

   I was pretty much just going to ignore the fact, until Lindsey came to say goodbye.  What do you say, though, when you’ve spent so many years together?  I think I gave her a hug for the first time.  I’ve always wished I could be more like Lindsey.  She doesn’t care what anybody thinks, ever.  She’s a little crazy.

 

Megan.  This ginger is leaving too.  I went to see her last night, as she was finishing up her packing.  I didn’t know how to say goodbye to her either, so I just basically said, “bye. Love ya.”  What else could I say?  Megan was my one outlet for emotion this last year of High school. Still, I didn’t tell her much, but it was nice having somebody that knew what was going on. Sometimes I would just tell her whatever news there was, and she would listen to it without making me think about it more. It helped a whole lot.  I’m sorry I put her through that though.  I’m sure it was hard for her to keep listening to my self pity.

 

I’ve always hated stuff like this, I don’t like saying goodbye.  Luckily, I have Sharon, Ham, Mallory and Rachel staying here for  a while.  They’re my fellow UVU kids.  I also have a few more weeks with the rest of the Ace Gang that are going to school in far away places. 

Now who’s wedding invitation will show up first….?

Trail Blazer

 

All my life, I have been known as a ‘little sister’. Some knew me as Tony’s little sister. Some knew my face only as Tonya’s little sister. I followed closely behind my brother all through school, often hiding in his shadow. I never liked being in the spotlight, which contradicts the steps I took while following my sister’s example: Tonya was a cheerleader.

My life, as much as I’d like to deny it, has been shaped by my older siblings. I was comfortably riding in their wake, until they suddenly made for separate shores before I realized what I was doing. Tony is currently serving a mission; Tonya went off to college, but got married in a hurry.

Neither of these things are what I can or want for myself. It’s time to start blazing my own trail. I want to go to college. –and I mean, really go to college. I want a career, and I want to make it worth my while. Beyond that, I have no idea what I’m doing.

Even some of the friends I grew up with are picking up and leaving me. I might have to have a good cry about this one.  Stupid growing up…

Happy un-birthday?

 

I came home one day to find that my 10 yr old brother had just received a gift from some neighbors that I don’t know.  This gift, was a bundle of kittens. Five of them to be precise.  I feel like this sort of thing ought to have been run by the parentals beforehand, but there they were. Bounding all around my back yard.  Don’t get me wrong, these lil things are super cute! But …do they have to grow up?

 

 

 

 

This lThis lil guy is my favorite.

He’s the friendliest one