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2004-11-18 - 6:29 p.m. I don’t think I get out and have fun enough. Right after school last night Anna met me at ECC and we drove out to see Naarah and bring her gifts. After much deliberation we determined that the three of us (previously known as the Blue Mafia) haven’t been together since her graduation in July (or was it August?) of last year…wow. Sarah D., Blue, Anna and I sprawled across Naarah’s bed while she opened her presents, took silly pictures then looked through albums that Anna brought. Twas a very girlie time: much loud giggling and storytelling, and memories, trying on of clothing, and bouncing on the bed. A few hours of lounging and chatting and getting acquainted with Jason and Alan transpired, then we decided to go to a coffeehouse. We piled into my parents’ 15-passenger van and headed out, singing hymns while we tried to keep our balance squatted on the floor. We congregated in a little room in the basement that the bathrooms were off of. There was raunchiness, laughing, more storytelling and hair petting all fueled by caffeine and sugar. I was bouncing off the walls; I don’t think I can remember the last time I was so hyper! The only thing is caffeine, like other drugs and altered states, causes me to talk more and not think before I talk. I kind of felt bad as I spewed risqué sex stories peppered with profanity as my sister shrank closer to the wall in horror. Jason mentioned that he worked at the Pita Pit; all of the sudden I wanted falafel so badly. But when we arrived there I espied some banana peppers which made me forget all about the falafel. I passed it off to Anna while Naarah and Alan sang Moulin Rouge songs, serenading eachother, the amused workers, and the bewildered customers. Someone suggested we go somewhere else to sing so momentarily we were on our way to “The Highland Bowl,” a dome-like sort of structure where the band or orchestra and such would sit during an open-air concert. The acoustics were lovely and for awhile we slowly ambled around the dark stage singing. Back at home after Josh and Blue went to bed, Anna and I received backrubs from Alan and Jason, curled under our covers and fell asleep. For the most part it was great fun but made me question: Do I work myself to hard? Should I make more time for friends and laughing? My life is wrapped up in work and school and any free time beyond that I can usually be found with Chris being unproductive and inactive. I wish I could do all the things that I want to do…but so little time…
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