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Day One Hundred and Fifty-Four:  Sunsets

Surrounding yourself with people who will support you is one of those things in life that I don’t take lightly. If you have been around me for any length of time you’ll know that the way I am around people reflects my comfort levels with them, and in turn reflects how much I trust them or want them around.  When it comes to classes, I usually sit around people who makes jokes, don’t take the class too seriously, and will nip out right at the last minute to pick up our London packages (that last one was AJ in CanLit and cheers to us for actually sitting through that lecture, although I doubt any notes from it were coherent or if there were any notes they said LET ME LEAVE FOR LONDON)…

As for the summertime, I tend to gravitate towards people who are fun.  Things like movies, and eating food, and having beers on a patio and drinking coffee all help everyone’s cause.  I’d prefer to hold a conversation than anything else.  If  you can talk, and keep me wanting to talk, then we’ll probably spend a lot of time together.  I don’t know what it is about the relationship between me and people driving a car but I could talk to hours to the driver’s seat.  Maybe someone needs to pull me out of the passenger’s side.

What I’m trying to get at is that although I have lots of people in my life the way I spend my time is important to me.  If I constantly watched Netflix all day (which has happened, numerous times) I get bogged down and restless.  Alternatively, if I go out on the town every night and drink coffee and other bev’s then I end up drained and empty.  Maybe balance is key, but sometimes if I spend time with different people they want to do different things, and soI end up doing a lot of the same things.  Uptown Waterloo, you are so lovely, but I’m in you everyday for work, sometimes I’d like to see other places too.

Every single one of my friends who support and care for me are lovely, and they challenge me everyday to be compassionate and fun, and I love that about them.  I wouldn’t have my relationship to anyone in any other way, and so I thank each of you for being who you are and smiling at me despite the fact that I sometimes can’t see it (and Jess I smile at you too, mostly laughing smiles but I smile nonetheless).  Last night someone dragged me out of the car and into a bookstore.  We’re going to be going to lots of these “bookstore” things in the next week, and before he knows it I wil be leaving my Bowie cd’s in his car and soon he’ll be brainwashed.  Don’t tell him though I’d rather appreciate him not hating “Blue Jean” until after I’ve played it about ten times.  I bet he sees green sunsets too, this gives me hope that he’s a good guy.

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