You Found Me: The Best Things About Friends

Well, the sun is shining, the grass is green... and I realize I haven't blogged in awhile. (Props to those of you who read up to the ellipse and thought I was going to break out into "White Christmas." Maybe in a month or so.) Life here has been pretty ordinary - there are good days, there are not-so-good days, and for some of my friends, there are oh-crap-an-essay's-due-tomorrow days. Thankfully, I've stayed on top of my work thus far, so I've had time to focus on the one thing I probably do waaaay too often - thinking.

What am I thinking about, you ask? Well, depends on the situation. Occasionally I'll agonize over some minor musical dilemma (there was a situation at dinner the other day where I had to ask a friend if I should write a triplet stems-up or stems-down), but usually my train of thought revolves around the people in my life - my peers and friends. And like everything else in life, there are good and not-so-good days with my friends, too. Sometimes everything's perfect and we have a good time; in other circumstances, we won't see eye to eye on something or we just won't feel like talking to each other.

Those of you that know me well know that I overanalyze EVERYTHING, so to keep myself from going utterly insane every time something doesn't go my way, I've really been trying to focus on the positives instead of the negatives. I recently said something to a good friend from California that I've since put on my bulletin board: "No worthwhile friendship is a waste of time." And for me, that's the truth. Sure, it's rare for me to think any interaction with a friend is a waste, but just in case it does, I've now got my little reminder.

Because really, even when things don't go exactly as planned, most days with my friends are good days. We laugh more than I ever could have expected, and they've already made themselves at home in my heart. Even when I'm only hanging out with one of them, I learn a lot and open up a little more. It's great. We've only known each other for a month, but I already couldn't imagine life without them.
Love you all,
Megan