Learned something yesterday...

Yesterday, because I really felt yuck I stayed in and in the bed most of the day. The big adventure of the night was Chris taking me to O'Charley's because the sound of their potato soup sounded good. It sounded good, and nothing happened, but my tummy still hurt! I only seem to want one thing right now and that's scrambled eggs. Isn't that weird?

Anyway, for my birthday last year Katie Grisham gave me the movie Sex and the City. I had never seen an episode of the show, but she told me to watch it and she promised I would love it. I did. I loved it not for the raunchy stuff but for the friendships in that show. I know everyone knows the story but, these four women, who all have separate lives, separate careers, separate everything live in the busiest city in the world and are there for each other at the drop of a hat, whenever there is a crisis (no matter how small). This show addresses every relationship problem (friend/spouse) you could possible imagine. So for Valentine's day I got the first 4 seasons of the show on DvD and yesterday I was able to watch a bunch of them. One in particular that really touched me was the episode where Miranda's mom died suddenly of a heart attack. Miranda is a single girl, career driven (lawyer in NYC), and little time for anything else. She called Carrie to tell her, and Carrie didn't exactly know what to say...she just knew she needed to be there for her. Well anyway, to make a long story short, at the end of the episode the girls are at the funeral and Miranda is walking up the isle out of the church with her family, but by herself (no husband) and she starts crying. Carrie runs out into the isle and grabs her hand and holds it and walks out with her. Of course, I start crying because that is the exact picture of friendship that I think God wants it to be. No one to make you feel bad about yourself, no one to bring you down, just simply someone who understands whats going on and loves you in-spite of it all. So that got me to thinking, is that how I treat my own friends? I like to think that's true....I know I've fallen short of being the perfect friend lately. I only have myself to blame on that one though...I've over committed myself. It'll all be ok. I will make it through grad school and have my life back again. Even as I sit and write this blog I realize that I immediately need to get started on my paper. It's a never ending cycle it seems like. School, jazzercise, grad school....repeat! Uhg, but April 25 will come and I will be a free woman.

So I rambled on in this blog, just to get a few things off my chest. Sometimes it feels good just to put these things in writing. Yesterday I realized I have a friend that I didn't realize was a close as she was. It just clicked. Sheila (teacher I teach with) knew on Thursday that I was struggling through the day to make it so I could get to the doctor. She offered to drive me, because I was so pale. Not only that but, all I did was type of some sub plans, and she got everything in my room ready for me. She did "Fun Friday" with her class and invited my class (the ones who deserved it) over for it even though I wasn't there. She called me after school, to check on me and to also tell me what a great sub I had (that was a RELIEF!) and then she said, "I know you were sick, and had to be out but please don't be out again." I asked why and she said, "School's not fun if you aren't there." That little comment made my day. We are friends. We have two completely different lives....but always there for one another.

"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." Proverbs 18:24

I want to live my life based on that. I want my friends now to know that I want to live my life based on that. I want my own Sex and the City friendships. Let's get them there...we can do it!

Much Love,

KT