Are You There?... Really?

I have had several experiences of this. Friends that you've known for a long while who always claim to be there, but when you need them most they've disappeared.
I am always there for people when they need me. I have my cell phone on 24/7 and under my pillow at night so that it can wake me up when someone needs to talk. People always like to come to me for advice. I don't know why they come to me, but I'm there for them. I help them no matter how tired I am, or how early I have to wake up the next morning.
I guess I just don't understand why, when I need help or someone to talk to, no one is there to text me back or answer their phone. I guess it doesn't really matter does it?
I, for one, will go on helping people even if I never get help.
I'm not calling anyone specific out because I have a good many 'friends' that do this to me.
I just wanted to put this out there and vent a little bit, so no one get mad at me. Also if you ask me if it's you, even if it is, I will say "No". I don't want to hurt feelings. Those of you who are these 'friends' should know who you are anyways.

Kasandra's Surprise Party

Last night was so awesome! Earlier in the week, Kasandra's friend, Laura, IMed me on Facebook and asked me to come to her house Friday night at 9 for a surprise birthday party for Kasandra. I accepted of course and Eli was invited too.


Friday came and I made Kasandra a cute little card with some old pictures of us. When it got to be about 30 minutes before I left, Eli called and said that he just wasn't going to go. That sucked and I got kind of pissed, but I went anyways. When I got there, we pretty much just sat around and waited for Kasandra and Laura to get there. They had gone downtown for the night. While we were waiting, Kasandra called me. Everyone told me not to answer it, but then she called me again. I quickly went outside and answered. She had just driven past my house and wanted to stop by and say "Hello", but I told her that I was out for the night. So we hung up and they arrived a while later.

The lot of us hid around the living room before she waltzed in and we flung on the lights and shouted "Surprise!". Her face was in complete and total shock! She just kind of stood there for a moment and then started greeting people. When she saw me she began to laugh so hard. She was surprised that she had just called me and I was out for the night, just to surprise her!

Anyways, I gave her the card that I made for her and she loved it. She cried when she opened it. It just had 'Friends are Friends Forever' lyrics by Michael W. Smith in it and a little thing that I wrote to her. It had a couple of pictures in it as well. Some older pictures and some newer ones.

We played some games and ate some cake that Laura had made herself. It was really delicious! We played charades and manhunt. I did fairly well in manhunt. I also did pretty good in charades.

G'day

Today was actually a much better day than I thought it would be. I was surprised because for the past few months or so, I haven't been able to sleep more than 5 hours per night. Today, however, I slept from midnight to about 11:30. That is 11 and a half hours of sleep. However, I woke up once around 9 or so because of some ridiculous bird tweeting outside my window. Anyways, I woke up and I had to go and pay some water bill for my Dad. Then I came home and tanned out on the deck for about half an hour. I did some push ups, sit ups, and crunches, then some flexibility exercises and then took a shower. Now I'm sitting here with wet hair and about to go and pick up those kids. It was just such a relaxing day and I loved it. Tonight I'm going to be taking my car in to get the oil thing worked on and also going to get something that I need to work on Kasandra's birthday present. I think that she's going to love it! I'm not going to say what it is on here because she might read it, but some of the people who read this already know what it is. Anyways, I have to go and pick up those kids. I also need to get Hunter his birthday present. It's very late now and I feel bad.

Braces are ghetto

Well, on Thursday the ring around one of my teeth which was used to anchor my left spring fell off. I pushed it up onto my tooth to keep it there for a while, and then called the emergency orthodontist line. A woman came in and tried to fix it, but we couldn't get the spring to compress all the way because a bit of glue got caught in it. We just simply took off the spring for the weekend.
This morning I went in at 9:30 to get the spring put back into my mouth. This one lady did it and I don't ever want her to work in my mouth ever again. She didn't seem to know what she was doing at all. Anyways, I got home and watched Last Chance Harvey and then realized that one of my brackets had come off. Well, I don't ever remember feeling the bracket coming off during that time and I think that the woman who worked on me was the one who did it. She was trying to crimp the bar to hold my spring together and I think that's when it happened.

Recital, Surprise, and Hartwell

Well, for the day of Eli and my 3 year anniversary, we had our English exam. That was a load of fun... NOT! After all of that, we didn't do anything, but I went to Kasandra's first dance recital. Her group was the very last one to perform. I thought that everything was very good. There were these three girls that very selfishly stole the show. They were some of the young treachers and they just put themselves in every dance they could. Kasandra did very well. She's in the hip-hop group. They were all very entertaining.
The next night, Eli had set up a surprise for me. He came over after work and blindfolded me in his truck. We had an agreement that if I could guess before we got there and he turned off his truck, that he would make me a painting of Clay Aiken. Well, I had my guess and it was only on the wrong side of the street. I guessed the Olive Garden on Cherrydale, but it was actually Cherrydale Cinemas. He took me to see X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It was wonderful. After the movie and when driving out of the parking lot, Kasandra called my cell phone and said that she had just seen me. So Eli and I turned around and talked to her for a few minutes. Then we went back to his house to watch P.S. I Love You. I didn't get home until a bit after 1am, but it was all cool because I was home safe.
Well, today was Mother's Day. It was pretty good. Eli brought my Mom some chocolate covered almonds and she loved them. Around 2 or so, Eli and I went to Lake Hartwell to have dinner with his Mom and Eric and some more of their family. It was very cool, but not too much, and dinner was wonderful! Eli and I think that we'll go up there camping a few times during the summer.

Hunter

Today I got to go to Hunter's house for a few hours. I was so happy to get to spend some wonderful quality time with him. We talked about what our adventures were going to consist of this coming summer. I think that we are going to try and take a trip to Florida. I'm so excited for our trip this summer. We are planning to do a few overnight camping trips as well. Anyways, we listened to a crapload of Pink Floyd. and sat outside under his deck in a small zen area and watched the rain. It was so relaxing! I loved to be with him talking about our school semesters. We were going to rollerblade but it began raining as soon as we got on the blades. Instead we sat and talked about very intellectual things.
I realized that I missed him much more than I thought that I did.

HUNTER IS HOME

So... two days ago Hunter brought me some flowers! I was so happy to have him only 10 minutes away! The flowers were and still are gorgeous! He got them out of his backyard! I think that now that the guys are all back in town I will have more to write about on here.
Today I'm going to his house to hang out for a while. I believe that he's going to attempt to teach me to rollerblade. I have never stepped into a pair of those, but I think that I'll do alright. I think that Hunter might be a good teacher. I'm excited to finally spend some time with my buddy! We're going to look at my art some too. I'm going to post some photographs of my work sooner or later.
Well I have to go and pick up those kids!

On the Road to El Dorado

I love my friends. Kasandra, Eli, Hunter, Justin, David, McLovin(Keith), and Josh. I haven't done much of anything with Kasandra lately and I felt like I might be losing her as a friend. Her birthday is coming up on the 13th and I've been preparing her awesome birthday present. I know that she will love it! Yesterday she called me and invited me to her first dance recital. I accepted in a heartbeat even though it's the day of Eli and my 3 year anniversary.

That brings me to my next subject. THREE YEARS!!! I'm so excited for this Friday. It's the last of my final exams, Kasandra's dance recital, and my anniversary! Even though Eli and I have already been through alot since January, we're finally making it to our anniversary. He said that he has a big surprise for me too!

Hunter is coming home from Clark University soon and I'm so excited because I love and miss that boy! We're definitely going to go camping again this summer! Going with him and the rest of the guys last summer was absolutely amazing. Even though Keith couldn't go and we were all sad, we still had a blast. I was going through some of the picture earlier this morning and I was laughing and just wishing that I could be there with them again. His senior picture is framed on my bureau.

Justin and I have gotten closer lately I think. It makes me so happy that we have talked alot more. We have actually gone to the mall and watched a movie together. I don't think that he realizes how much it means to me but it does.

David... what to say about David? He's only the sweetest human being on the planet! I love that man more than cheese! That's right... I said man! He found a photo of me, Hunter, Keith, and him and framed it and his Mom put it in my mailbox. I now have it on my bureau with my other picture. He and I went to his prom together and I have that picture framed on my bureau as well.

Speaking of his prom. I went with Keith to that same prom. I was a shared prom date! I have that picture framed on my bureau too. Along with other pictures with them at the pool. I love him too. He and I have grown apart during the spring semester but I hope to fix that over the summer. With Hunter and David back in town from college, we're going to go to movies and downtown and have sleepovers and just do a whole bunch of stuff for fun!

Josh and I haven't been friends for almost two years. Before he moved and while he was in North Carolina, he was just mean to me all of the time. He never responded to me and he never wanted to see me when he was visiting. He messaged me on Facebook one day and apologized for everything not too long ago though. Since then, we gone to the mall and watched a movie together. It makes me happy to have my little Joshie Josh back in my life. I've missed him and his hilarious personality.

My friends are always there for me, good or bad. They listen, they help, they advice, they cheer me up. I love them all. None of them will ever know how much I love them or how much they have made my life the best that it could ever be. I can't wait to spend more time with them over the summer. Especially another camping trip with the guys!