Spring Break 2007!
I never took the typical Spring Break trip in college. There were some great road trips with dear friends (usually to ski or backpack), but I never hit up the beaches of Cancun or the Key's for a few days of sun, scandal, and booze. I never went to prom or homecoming either. No limo rides or pretty dresses for me in high school.
The past four days offered a little of both and though I look back on many of the memories with much fondness (like watching two of my best friends get married, a trip to Disneyland, and catching some rays while reading one of my favorite new books on the beach), I am truly grateful that I waited to have some of the other "not so pleasant" experiences that would be characteristic of one's prom and spring break until now. I don't know how I would have handled sitting alone at my high school prom while all my friends danced with the boys and realizing as the evening was drawing to a close, that I would soon be forced to put to rest any hope of just one twirl around the floor. I guess I can take it better as a 26 year old, or at least I think I can, and I'm grateful that God spared me that experience until now. I also don't know how I would have handled waking up on a Saturday morning with the vague memory of some crazy "energetic drunk" running, rather stumbling, into the ocean the night before. I don't like public nudity that much and when the boys felt like they too had to prove themselves, let the record state that I looked the other direction. Its doubtful though, that the same can be said for them and in college I probably would have gotten up the next morning full of regrets. But then again everyone has their price.
Anyways, overall it was a fun trip with fun friends and now I have some good memories and a tan. So that alone is worth the minor heart wounds and frustrations of the weekend. I'm just glad in retrospect that all of this happened now and with the people it happened with. I love them all so much and at one point during the wedding I do remember looking at all of them dancing and laughing, and I remember thinking how grateful I am to have them in my life, especially the two getting married. A lonely wedding spent on the sidelines of the dance floor is certainly better than no wedding at all.
The past four days offered a little of both and though I look back on many of the memories with much fondness (like watching two of my best friends get married, a trip to Disneyland, and catching some rays while reading one of my favorite new books on the beach), I am truly grateful that I waited to have some of the other "not so pleasant" experiences that would be characteristic of one's prom and spring break until now. I don't know how I would have handled sitting alone at my high school prom while all my friends danced with the boys and realizing as the evening was drawing to a close, that I would soon be forced to put to rest any hope of just one twirl around the floor. I guess I can take it better as a 26 year old, or at least I think I can, and I'm grateful that God spared me that experience until now. I also don't know how I would have handled waking up on a Saturday morning with the vague memory of some crazy "energetic drunk" running, rather stumbling, into the ocean the night before. I don't like public nudity that much and when the boys felt like they too had to prove themselves, let the record state that I looked the other direction. Its doubtful though, that the same can be said for them and in college I probably would have gotten up the next morning full of regrets. But then again everyone has their price.
Anyways, overall it was a fun trip with fun friends and now I have some good memories and a tan. So that alone is worth the minor heart wounds and frustrations of the weekend. I'm just glad in retrospect that all of this happened now and with the people it happened with. I love them all so much and at one point during the wedding I do remember looking at all of them dancing and laughing, and I remember thinking how grateful I am to have them in my life, especially the two getting married. A lonely wedding spent on the sidelines of the dance floor is certainly better than no wedding at all.
posted by carlymarie | 4:41 PM
3 Comments:
Well, you should remember that guys are usually dumb but God is always good. So forget the guys and concentrate on God. For what it's worth coming from someone who 'shoudn't be in relationships' to begin with.
Wow... it just got real in here.
What I meant to say, and perhaps this is an inopportune moment, is that I'd like to think I have a pretty good imagination but it is difficult for me to picture you sitting at the sidelines while couples are filling the dance floor.
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