Puzzles and Angry Birds

Well, yesterday was a much better day. Don't you love when the sun really does come out tomorrow? We had a shorter day at work, which was super nice after the week we had. We got 42 hours this week and we didn't even work on Monday. Ridiculous? I think yes. Also, we brought the other lawn mowing guy with us, so Emily, Cheri, and I ended up having to ride in the big truck together. It was a little cramped, and they made me crazy pretty much the whole drive to American Falls and back, but it was so much fun. Laughter is the best medicine and I did a TON of that yesterday. Those girls kill me. Because it was a short day, I decided to go running after work. My running shoes missed me so much this last week. It felt good to put them back on. I didn't do a super hardcore run, and it was definitely harder than two weeks ago when I was on top of my game. I pushed myself through it and ended up doing pretty well though. That felt really good. I love endorphins. I promise you they are real, and it's amazing what they can do for the mood. Maybe that's why I have started to almost enjoy running; I just always feel so good when I'm done. After running, I showered and actually did my hair and make-up. Once again, I know this sounds silly, but doing that made me so happy. I haven't been remotely cute all week and it felt good to feel like I didn't look disgusting. The reason I got ready after work yesterday is because my best friend, Andrew, told me that we were partying at my house at 8. (Andrew and I have this system worked out that if he plans the "party", we can do it at my house. The planning part isn't so hard anymore since there's not actually anyone around to invite. Now all he has to do is give me a day and a time.) It ended up just being me, Emily, Cheri, and Andrew....my only friends in Burley right now. Lexi was also having a party, so there were a bunch of 16-year-olds at my house. It was kind of interesting to compare our parties to each other. I realized last night that when you get older, and have known each other for as long as we have, and are as close as we are, you really don't have to have any kind of formal plan when you get together. We are pretty content to just sit and talk to each other, or sing Aaron Carter while some play Angry Birds, or play the piano, or tune a guitar, or build a ridiculous puzzle, or read the newspaper. If I had been planning a party, I wouldn't have thought that any of those things sounded like a fun idea, and yet we had a great time. (well, I did...I don't know about the rest of them) It's just fun to be in the company of people you love and can completely be yourself around. We don't feel like we have to impress each other, and we definitely don't filter anything that we say to one another. We are all just as real as it gets, which is my favorite way to be. We started watching Harry Potter at about 12:30, (the joys of being college kids without curfews) and not one of us made it through more than thirty minutes of it. Don't worry, Andrew left when we realized that this little party was going to turn into a spend-the-night. I woke up this morning still in my jeans, and with a sore neck from sleeping on the couch, but happy to see my friends. I can't imagine what life would be like without friends. Whether they are the ones that I have to put up with all day at work, or the ones that I wish I could see more often; they make life worth living.

I LOVE MY FRIENDS!