I thought I would take the time to share a little bit about my BEST FRIEND. We have gone through EVERYTHING together. She has picked me up at my worst and stood by my side through the best. I honestly don't know what I would do without her. Here are a few of the reasons why I love her with all my heart (please keep in mind that these may not be in order):
The first actual memory I have of us together is way back in the 7th grade. My mom and Aunt took us to The Magic Time Machine. If you've never been there you should go....it's so much fun! Anyway....When we got there, we were seated at the "locker room" table. It seriously smells like a locker room in there. Austin Powers was our waiter. He kept hitting on my best friend. We were paraded through the restaurant on the potty train, took our pictures in the school bus, and walked around looking at all the other tables. It was a great night.
One day after cheerleading practice, my friend's grandmother took us to my house for a sleep over. This also happens to be the same night that I have food poisoning. She refused to leave. Instead, she sat on the floor with my little cousin making me a Get Well card with glitter. When I was finally able to leave the bathroom (from the constant puking), we sat together on the couch watching Desperate Housewives.
My friend had to have surgery (in an awkward place) while we were in the 7th grade. I was in charge of applying the medicine to her stitches. Awkward place or not, I felt honored to have been asked to help her out. This lasted for week! I was still helping her with her medicine when she came with us on a family camping trip. Both of our boyfriends were invited as well. We spent our time in the trailer watching scary movies, hiking in the woods, and swimming in the lake. While we set off on one of our hiking trips, her boyfriend was hungry. He brought the ENTIRE pot of spaghetti into the woods, along with a bag of cheetos and a two liter of Dr. Pepper. (That really has nothing to do with my friend, but it was her boyfriend and it was funny. So I'm counting it!)
She practically lived at my house. We spent every weekend watching scary movies. Our favorites were the Freddy Kruger movies. We are both HUGE Freddy fans. Another one was Children of the Corn. No clue why, but we would act out scenes in the movies with a video camera. Can you say NERDS lol!
I was with her when she met her father for the first time. We spent the night at his house. Her step-mother made us the best breakfast pizza I have ever had! The next morning we had a field trip, and we were so exhausted from staying up all night. From that point on, we were at her father's house all the time. I will always remember her dad and step-mom for the bagels. Oh my gosh, they had EVERY kind of bagel imaginable. We would give each other make overs, listen to music, eat......we were hungry kids. Her dad being as big of a horror buff as we are, would go rent tons of movies for us to watch together. I can remember The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and one other....I don't remember the name but I remember it was about a girl that would turn into a werewolf while she was on her period. It was a little morbid, but we loved it.
One time at her dad's house, he took us to Chik-Fil-A. We sat in the back seat screaming "where's my straw", "I want ketchup", and "you forgot my tator tots!" I have no idea why we did that, it seemed funny to us. That was the same weekend that we were going out to eat with her father's family. It was supposedly a very fancy restaurant. We spent hours fixing our hair, applying our makeup and picking out our clothes. When we got to the restaurant, we were EXTREMELY over dressed.
Once at her house, my friend hosted a sleep over. We walked around her neighborhood, played pranks on the neighbors and had a good 'ol time on the trampoline. Once inside, we had a pillow fight. I was the idiot that knocked over the V8 juice on my friend's white carpet. We spent about two hours trying to get the stain out....but it didn't work. I wonder if her grandparents ever found it?!
I went to my friend's sweet 16 birthday party (Survivor themed). It was so much fun, I decided to have my party be Fear Factor themed. I had a sleep over the night before my party. We set up the video camera and made home movies, designed matching t-shirts, and pigged out on cake and chips. The day of the party, my friend ran over our other friend's foot with her car. She wasn't hurt, but it sure was funny!
My mother and Aunt (the same ones that took us to the Magic Time Machine) took us to the Grapevine Mills Mall. This was a big deal for us since it's a HUGE mall. We shopped around for hours. My friend got mad at me for reasons I don't remember and wouldn't allow me to shop with her anymore. We made up before we left.
Every morning, my friend would pick me up for school. We had so much fun riding together. We felt like the coolest kids in school. But we sadly were not the coolest. One morning, she walked up to my front door and the first thing she said to me was "what's wrong with your face?" I had slept funny and my lips were swollen.....I got mad. But like always, we got over it before school started.
Late one night, I received a phone call from my friend. She was on the side of the road about thirty minutes away. I quickly came to the rescue (I could drive now). I picked her up and took her home. We sat in the car for hours, talking about the events of that day.
After our semester exams one year, we were allowed to leave early. We drove our happy butts to the local Sonic where we ordered almost everything on the menu. We then proceeded to pay over $20 worth of food....in quarters. Hey, it wasn't my fault that we were on our way to the bank to get them cashed. We were too hungry to stop!!
She asked me for marital advice, and out of everyone she spoke to, I was the only person who gave her helpful advice. You could say I was the BEST FRIEND EVER! May not be true but quite possibly could be!
We don't see each other as often as we'd like. For example, I ran into her in Wal-Mart on Sunday and that was the first time I had seen her in person for almost 3 months. We still talk on the phone or through Facebook almost every day. I can honestly say that she is the best friend I have ever had. I would drop the world to help her. Yes, this is gushy. Yes, it rambles on a little bit....but I love my best friend and I want the world to know it!
“Best friends understand when you say forget it. Wait forever when you say just a minute. Stay when you say leave me alone. And open the door before you can say come in.” — Unknown
“Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don’t understand.” — Robert Brault
“A friend will never be in your way, unless you’re falling down.” — Unknown
“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing… not healing… not curing… that is a friend who cares.” — Henri Nouwen
“Friends are like bras: close to the heart and there for support.” — Unknown
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