415 Days

As we grow up, we realize it becomes less important to have a ton of friends, and more important to have real ones

    After a break up you learn to really depend on your friends. Some of those friends you didn't realize you had, and some are ones that you've been friends with all your life. Either way, they basically become your lifeline and your insight to the real world.

    I have both types of these friends. A few that I have known forever and a few that I'm just getting to really know. And they're all super great. They've introduced me to new things while some have brought me back to things that I've come away from that used to be a part of my daily life.

    This past weekend I drove to the big city (not like NYC big but big compared to where I live) to see one of these newer friends. We've talked quite a bit and hung out in a group but never one on one. Going to see her was probably one of the best decisions I've made in quite a while. We did the typical girls night things (excluding the whole pillow fight thing because, really??) like pigging out on pizza and orange chocolate chip cookies, watching New Girl, talking about boys, etc, etc. Typical. Next day: Shopping. IKEA (which is like Heaven on earth, btw), H&M, Starbucks, Cheesecake Factory. Obviously we just hit the important spots.

    I needed this weekend. Not because I haven't had that typical girls night you always do, but because I needed to get out of town and see how many options I really had.  And in the course of one weekend (one day really) she had me completely in love with city life. Now, I love where I live. And when I do settle down eventually I would like it to be here. But maybe a change in scenery is exactly what I need.

    I have 415 days until I graduate from college. Every plan I had for afterwards has completely fallen apart so I'm starting over. Being a planner, this just stresses me out more than anything. I had my entire life planned out until I was 30 and now I don't even know what job I want to have. Awesome, right?  Slowly I'm realizing the amount of options I have now. And it's quite wide. No permanent plans yet. I think for once I'm just going to attempt to go with the flow. Which while terrifying, is incredibly exciting.

    So, who knows. Maybe I'll end up moving to the city and renting a 3 bedroom apartment with her so one room can be our closet. Maybe I'll go to grad school. Maybe I'll meet the love of my life and get married. Who knows, anything can happen in 415 days...