HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY JUVIA!!!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY JUVIA!!! YOU GET YOUR OWN POST!!! WHEN YOUR OLD ENOUGH YOU CAN READ THIS. AHHHHH SHES 1 NOW!!! OMG I CANT BELIEVE IT. MY GODDAUGHTER JUBI IS GROWING UP SO FAST. I REMEMBER HOLDING HER THE DAY SHE WAS BORN AND NOW SHES WALKING... CANT BELIEVE ITS BEEN A YEAR ALREADY. I LITERALLY WATCHED YOU GROW UP. I WONDER WHAT YOURE GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN YOU GROW UP. I GUESS IL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. YOURE NOT GOING TO REMEMBER THIS, BUT YOU HAD YOUR BDAY PARTY THE PAST WEEKEND AS WELL. THERE WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE AND LOTS OF FOOD TOO. THERE WERE ALSO LIKE 15 OTHER KIDS AND BABIES... IT WAS ALMOST LIKE EVERYONE HAD A KID THERE... I GUESS WE REALLY ARE AT THAT AGE... IT WAS LIKE A SMALL REUNION OF ALL THE OTHER FRIENDS AS WELL. LOTS OF PEOPLE I HAVENT SEEN IN A WHILE SO THAT WAS NICE. YOU KNOW YOURE ALL GROWN UP NOW WHEN YOURE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE GOING TO PARTY THIS WEEKEND... INSTEAD... YOURE TALKING ABOUT MORTGAGES AND INVESTMENTS... YA... THAT HAPPENED HAHA. ITS DIFFERENT, BUT THATS LIFE, DIFFERENT STAGES OF IT. OH AND YOUR GODMOTHER AND ME GOT YOU THE BIGGEST BADDEST GIFT OF ALL. ITS ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN YOU ARE. HOPE YOU HAVE FUN WITH IT HAHA. HAPPY BDAY JUBI, WISH YOU ALL HAPPINESS IN THE WORLD 💓

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5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

HOLY CRAP!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS POST MARKS MY 5TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG!!! THIS IS THE EXACT DATE 5 YEARS AGO THAT I STARTED. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE SURVIVED THIS LONG... TO BE ABLE TO WRITE A POST EVERY WEEK WITHOUT FAIL... BECAUSE I TOTALLY DIDNT THINK I WAS GOING TO KEEP THIS GOING OR KEEP THIS UP THIS LONG... IT REALLY HAS SURPRISED ME... I STILL CANT BELIEVE ITS BEEN 5 YEARS ALREADY. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST 5 YEARS... BUT SOMEHOW IVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THIS UP. EVEN WHEN I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY I WAS STILL ABLE TO POST SOMETHING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT REALLY IS WEEKLY. SO MUCH HAS CHANGED... FAMILY, FRIENDS, CAREER, RELATIONSHIP, AND THE BIGGEST OF ALL MYSELF. LOOKING BACK AT MY POSTS I REALLY CAN SEE HOW IVE GROWN AND CHANGED. I DID KEEP MY WORD OF KEEPING THIS BLOG JUST LIKE ME... AND JUST LIKE THE TITLE SAYS... RANDOM!!! IVE GIVEN YOU ALL A VIEW INTO MY SUBCONSCIOUSNESS AND HOW MY MIND WORKS. I DONT KNOW HOW MANY STILL READ THIS, BUT ITS ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU DO. IT HASNT BEEN EASY... I KNOW AT TIMES THE POSTS ARE LACKING IN SUBSTANCE OR NOT EVEN THERE AT ALL... BUT THERES TIMES THAT JUST MAKES YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK. IVE HAD MY UPS AND DOWNS WITH THIS BLOG. IVE THOUGHT ABOUT STOPPING, IVE THOUGHT ABOUT POSTING LESS, IVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT ALL. AFTER EVERYTHING WAS SAID AND DONE, I DECIDED TO KEEP GOING. LIKE I SAID... I DONT REALLY CARE HOW MANY OF YOU READ THIS OR ENJOY THIS, ITS MORE FOR MYSELF. ITS A RELEASE, ITS AN OUTLET FOR ME TO JUST DO AND SAY WHATEVER I WANT. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNFILTERED AND IS RAW. IF YOU EVER WANTED TO MEET THE REAL ME... WELL HERE I AM AND THIS IS IT. I REALLY DONT KNOW HOW IM GOING TO PROCEED IN THE FUTURE. IVE REALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT CUTTING DOWN THE POSTS. BUT THEN AGAIN I HAVE A LOT OF POSTS THAT I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT... SO AT LEAST IN THE NEAR FORESEEABLE FUTURE IL STILL BE POSTING WEEK AFTER WEEK.

I WONDER WHAT THE NEXT 5 YEARS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE... I WONDER WHAT THE POSTS ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT... I HAVE SOME POSTS THAT I KNOW IL WRITE BUT WILL I REALLY BE ABLE TO WRITE FOR ANOTHER 5 YEARS.... WELL... THEN AGAIN I ALREADY WROTE 5 SO WHO KNOWS... LOL. I GUESS FOR NOW IL JUST KEEP DOING WHAT IM DOING AND IF SOMETHING CHANGES, YOU ALL WILL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW :) HERES TO 5 GLORIOUS YEARS OF BLOGGING!!! :)

WELL WORKS REALLY BUSY ESPECIALLY SINCE IM LEAVING FOR VACA NEXT WEEK!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO FINALLY. AFTER EVERYTHING THATS HAPPENED THIS YEAR I REALLY NEED TO JUST GET AWAY FROM IT ALL AND RECHARGE. I NEED TO CHANGE MY VIEW ON THINGS. I NEED TO JUST RELAX AND ENJOY MYSELF A LITTLE. ITS GOING TO BE GREAT. SO MY NEXT POST WILL BE FROM GOOD OLD CHINA LOL... IF I CAN GET IT TO WORK... LOL. SEE YOU ALL WHEN I COME BACK.

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ADULTING...

WELL IVE BEEN ADULTING FOR A WHILE NOW AND ITS HARD... FOR THOSE WHO DONT UNDERSTAND, ADULTING IS BASICALLY DOING GROWN UP PEOPLE STUFF LIKE HAVING RESPONSIBILITIES, A JOB, RENT AND BILLS TO PAY, AND ALL THOSE LOVELY THINGS THAT GROWN UPS GET THE PLEASURE OF HAVING. IVE SORTA TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE HERE AND THERE BUT IT REALLY HIT ME HARD WHEN I STARTED BUYING BABY STUFF FOR FRIENDS KIDS... WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE THE ONE TO BE DOING THESE KINDS OF THINGS... BEING A GROWN UP IS HARD... IT TAKES TIME AND MONEY AND YOU NEVER HAVE ENOUGH OF EITHER. HAVING RESPONSIBILITIES IS STRESSFUL!!! IT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE AND WHAT YOU REALLY WANT AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. GROWING UP YOU HAVE ALL THESE DREAMS AND GOALS OF BEING A SPY OR AN ACTOR OR A DOCTOR, ONLY TO GROW UP AND REALIZE THAT ITS NOT POSSIBLE OR YOU JUST CANT DO IT OR THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO CANT PAY THE BILLS. ITS EVEN WORSE THESE DAYS SINCE EVERYTHING COSTS SO MUCH, HOW CAN YOU EVEN AFFORD TO DO ANYTHING? THERES JUST SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS TOPIC. IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF ARE YOU HAPPY??? IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING THEN THATS GREAT, BUT THE ODDS ARE IF YOURE AN ADULT, YOU ARE NOT HAPPY. NOTHING EVER GOES YOUR WAY...AINT THAT RIGHT... LIFE WAS SO MUCH EASIER... NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD AND NOW IM WORRYING ABOUT BABY PRODUCT INSTEAD... YOU JUST HAVE TO GO WITH IT AND MAKE THE BEST OF IT.

I HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO WRITE ABOUT THIS BUT IM PASSING OUT... SOOOO UNTIL NEXT TIME :)

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BIGGEST PET PEEVE OF ALL TIME!!!

OK SO I HAVE TO RANT. LONG STORY SHORT. MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE IS BEING ACCUSED OF SOMETHING I DID OR DIDNT DO. IF YOU ACCUSE ME OF SOMETHING YOU BETTER BE 100% DAM SURE THAT YOU ARE RIGHT. IF NOT, I DO NOT CARE WHO THE HELL YOU ARE OR WHAT RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE, I WILL BURN YOU TO THE GROUND!!! IF YOURE RIGHT I WILL ADMIT IT, BUT PRAY THAT YOU ARE NOT WRONG, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE... IM GOING TO FLIP SHIT ON YOU. ANYONE WOULD GET PISSED BUT ITS THE ACTION OR THE ATTITUDE BEHIND ACCUSING SOMEONE THAT PISSES ME OFF. THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO HANDLE ASKING OR TELLING SOMEONE SOMETHING, BUT THE MOMENT YOU CHANGE TONE AND GO OFF OR ACCUSE ME THEN ALL HELL IS GOING TO BREAK LOOSE. IVE BEEN ACCUSED OF ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BEFORE AND LETS JUST SAY IN THE END THEY RECEIVED MORE THAN THEY COULD DISH OUT.

YOU KNOW WHAT... FUCK IT... LONG STORY COMING UP AFTER ALL... LOL

SO BASICALLY LAST WEEK SOMEONE IN THE OFFICE THOUGHT I LEFT MY PHONE AND WALLET OUT ON A TABLE IN THE OFFICE. MY STUFF IS ALWAYS ON MY DESK OR IN MY DESK... SO I GO UP AND CHECK IT OUT. IF YOU KNOW ME YOU KNOW THAT I AM LOUDER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON... BY A LOT... A WHOLE LOT... HAHA. ANYWAYS SO IM SPEAKING LOUDLY ASKING EVERYONE WHOS IS THIS, DID SOMEONE LEAVE IT HERE. IM SO LOUD THAT THE BOSS CAME OUT OF HIS OFFICE AND MY OTHER COWORKER FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OFFICE CAME OVER AS WELL. WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE DELIVERY GUY BUT THEY WERE NEVER IN THAT AREA, AND IT DIDNT LOOK LIKE ANY OF THE PEOPLES STUFF WE RECOGNIZED. WE LOOKED AT THE PHONE AND COULDNT RECOGNIZE WHO IT BELONGED TO... TURN THE SCREEN ON AND IT WAS PICTURES OF FLOWERS SO COULDNT FIGURE THAT OUT EITHER. NO CHOICE SO WE OPEN THE WALLET AND JUST PULLED A CREDIT CARD OUT. WE STILL COULDNT RECOGNIZE THE NAME AND STILL COULDNT DETERMINE WHOS IT WAS... SO I PULL A ID OUT AND LOOKED AT THE PICTURE AND VAGUELY THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE IN THE OFFICE. I CALL THEIR NAME AND IT WENT FROM 0-100 IN NO SECONDS FLAT... THE PERSON JUST FLIPPED SHIT AND WENT OFF ON ME... YELLING AT ME WHAT ARE YOU DOING GOING THROUGH PEOPLES THINGS, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT, THIS IS PRIVATE, ON AND ON AND ON. I WAS SURPRISED... WE WERE JUST TRYING TO HELP. PERSON CLAIMED THAT THEY DIDNT HEAR ME ASK WHEN EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE CAN HEAR ME ON A DAILY BASIS!!! SO NO THANK YOU OR ANYTHING AND INSTEAD I GET YELLED AT... THEN TENSION WAS HIGH BUT LUCKILY WE HAD CAKE IN THE OFFICE FOR A BDAY SO WE WENT TO EAT THAT. I DIDNT LOOK OR EVEN TALK TO THE PERSON AT ALL FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. EVERYDAY WHEN I GET INTO THE OFFICE I ALWAYS SAY MORNING AND HI TO EVERYONE, AND WHEN I DID THIS LAST WEEK ALL I GOT IN RETURN WAS A BITCH STARE... BITCH STARE LIKE NO OTHER... SOOO SCREW IT, DOESNT MATTER. FAST FORWARD TO MONDAY THIS WEEK... ALL SEEMS FINE FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS UNTIL THAT PERSON COMES OVER TO MY DESK ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD GOES OFF!!! SPAZZING AND SNAPPING AT ME... SAYING THE SAME THINGS AS BEFORE THAT I HAD NO RIGHT TO GO THROUGH THER STUFF, ITS PRIVATE, WHAT I DID WAS WRONG, I CANT DO THIS, I NEVER ASKED THEM, IM HORRIBLE, BLA BLA BLA. I REMAINED CALM AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE OFFICE AT ONE POINT I EVEN APOLOGIZED JUST TO END IT... AND AT THIS MOMENT IT JUST TURNS FOR THE WORSE... THEY ACCUSE ME OF DIGGING INTO THEIR INFORMATION AND LOOKING FOR THINGS... ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! I DIDNT LOOK AT ANYTHING BUT THE PICTURE, I SWEAR THAT I DIDNT EVEN LOOK AT ANYTHING AND THEY JUST KEEP GOING AT IT. YOU HAVE TO REALIZE BEING BUDDHIST WHEN I SWEAR ON SOMETHING I MEAN I DID IT OR DIDNT DO IT AND IN THIS CASE I DIDNT. I STARTED GETTING PISSED AND IT GETS LOUDER AND LOUDER TO THE POINT WHERE I AM ABOUT TO LOSE IT ON THIS PERSON. BEING IN THE POSITION I AM, I TOOK THE HIGH ROAD AND DIDNT LOSE ALL MY COOL, I JUST STOOD UP, SAID I WASNT GOING TO DO THIS AND JUST WALKED OUT BEFORE I DID SOMETHING OR SAID SOMETHING THAT I CANT TAKE BACK. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND... I DONT TAKE SHIT FROM ANYONE... BUT THIS TIME I JUST LEFT THE HEATED SITUATION!!! I NEVER DO THAT!!! EVERYONE WAS SURPRISED I DID THAT TOO. SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN ME SNAP BEFORE SO THEY COULDNT BELIEVE I ACTUALLY HELD BACK AND DIDNT GO OFF ON THEM. I REALLY HAVE GROWN... SO MUCH SELF CONTROL NOW... LOL. IT GOT REALLY HEATED... SO I LEFT FOR A BIT, COOLED DOWN, AND WENT BACK AND SINCE THAT MONDAY INCIDENT I HAVE YET TO SAY HI OR EVEN LOOK AT THEM. I ONLY REALLY DEAL WITH THAT PERSON LIKE ONCE A MONTH FOR WORK STUFF BUT THAT REALLY RUINED MY DAY SINCE IT WAS EARLY. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM OF THIS WHOLE THING IS THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED SO MUCH DIFFERENTLY. THAT PERSON COULD HAVE EMAILED ME ABOUT IT, OR TALKED TO ME PRIVATELY OUTSIDE, OR DURING LUNCH OR 1 OF 100 DIFFERENT OTHER WAYS BUT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO DO IT EARLY IN THE MORNING IN FRONT OF EVERYONE... AND TO THE ONE PERSON THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SNAP BACK AT YOU... EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT THEY CAME AFTER... AND I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE THINKING... THEY ACTUALLY WAITED THE ENTIRE WEEKEND AND PROBABLY THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO SAY AND WHEN MONDAY CAME AROUND BAM!!! LET ME POKE THIS TIGER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I ALREADY EVEN MOVED ON AND THEY WERE STILL ON IT... THIS PERSON IS VERY PRIVATE BUT THE WAY THEY DEALT WITH IT WAS JUST THE WRONG WAY. WITH THAT, IT RUINED MY DAY. THE REST OF THE WEEK SO FAR??? LOTS OF OTHER WORK STUFF GOING ON, ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO WHAT DOES EVERYONE THINK... TRYING TO HELP SOMEONE AND I GET FLIPPED ON INSTEAD. WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IN MY POSITION? SOMETHING WAS LEFT OUT AND YOU WANTED TO HELP MAKE SURE SOMEONE DIDNT LOSE THEIR STUFF, IT WAS EVEN ON A FAR TABLE!!! THEY TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT IT AND INSTEAD OF THANK YOU, YOU GO APE SHIT.TRYING TO HELP... SIGH... THEY JUST COULDNT LET IT GO... EVEN AFTER THE APOLOGY... ACCUSE ME... OH YOU BETTER BE PREPARED WHAT WHATS COMING. YOU BETTER NOT BE WRONG.

WELL... THAT WAS NICE... SEE THIS IS WHY I HAVE THIS BLOG!!! IT DOES FEEL BETTER TO GET THING OUT. ONCE THE NEW PAGE IS UP AND RUNNING I COULD HAVE JUST TOLD THE STORY IN A MINUTE INSTEAD OF TYPING AWAY HERE AT 11:40PM... YES THIS IS ACTUALLY TYPED UP LIVE HAHA.

WHAT ELSE IS THERE??? STILL NOT REALLY DOING MUCH, STILL RECOVERING, STILL DOING THE SAME OLD THING, AND STILL WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL. SLOW AND STEADY, SLOW... AND... STEADY...

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SHORT AND SWEET

WELL... NO REAL TOPIC, NOT MUCH TO UPDATE, TIRED AND LAZY... SO THIS WILL BE ONE OF THOSE WEEKS WHERE THE POST IS REALLY LACKING MUCH SUBSTANCE LOL. ACTUALLY A BIG THING IS ONE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS GOT ENGAGED. WE WERE ALL PRESENT WHEN IT HAPPENED AND IT WAS PRETTY COOL. MAKES THE REST OF US REALLY THINK THOUGH... WE ALL GETTING OLDER AND AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE GOING... I HAVE OTHER FRIENDS WHO ARE MARRIED ALREADY AND SOME OF THEM EVEN HAVE KIDS, AND ITS JUST SO WEIRD THAT THIS IS WHAT IM THINKING ABOUT THESE DAYS... THE DAYS OF PLAYING GAMES AND JUST HAVING FUN ARE OVER... GOTTA START THINKING ABOUT DIAPERS AND MORTGAGES... I REALLY CANT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS LIFE NOW... WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT... GOTTA BE A GROWN UP NOW... TRYING TO LOOK DOWN THE ROAD TO SEE WHATS NEXT AND I REALLY DONT KNOW... REALLY JUST DOING WHATEVER I CAN TO JUST MAKE IT TO THE NEXT STAGE. IVE SAID ALL THIS STUFF BEFORE BUT IT HITS YOU MORE WHEN THINGS HAPPEN AND THEN YOU START THINKING MORE ABOUT IT AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOURE STRESSING ABOUT IT... THEN YOU START STRESSING ABOUT STRESSING AND IT WILL JUST CONTINUE AS A VICIOUS CYCLE... UNTIL THAT DAY WHERE IT BUILDS UP SO MUCH THAT YOU JUST CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE AND YOU JUST BLOW... YOU REALLY JUST NEED TO RELAX, YOU CANT LET THINGS GET TO YOU, AND WHEN IT DOES THE RESULT IS NEVER PRETTY. JUST DO WHAT YOU NEED TO, TO KEEP YOURSELF HAPPY. REMEMBER... IN THE ENDS ITS ALWAYS ABOUT YOU :)

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KEEPING IN TOUCH

I SORTA TOUCHED ON THIS TOPIC HERE AND THERE IN THE PAST BUT NOT REALLY WROTE FULLY ABOUT IT AND THIS TOPIC WAS MORE PREVALENT THIS TIME AROUND ON MY VACATION. WHEN I SAY KEEPING IN TOUCH I MEAN EXACTLY THAT, KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH OLD FRIENDS, CLASSMATES, AND COLLEAGUES. IF YOU KNOW ME THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT LIKES TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH EVERYONE. DOESNT MATTER WHERE YOU END UP OR HOW LONG ITS BEEN, SOMEWHERE SOMEHOW DOWN THE LINE I WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU, ESPECIALLY IF I BUMP INTO YOU ON THE STREET OR SOMETHING AND I SAY LETS CATCH UP SOME DAY, OR GRAB A COFFEE, I ACTUALLY MEAN IT. THIS IS JUST WHO I AM. I LIKE TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE I ONCE KNEW ARE AT THESE DAYS. PERSONALLY ON MY VACATION THIS TIME AROUND I MET UP WITH LOTS OF FAMILY, FAMILY FRIENDS, AND FRIENDS THAT I HAVE IN CHINA AND HONG KONG. I ACTUALLY DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MEET UP WITH EVERYONE... THERES JUST TOO MANY PEOPLE AND TOO LITTLE TIME. ANYWAYS, I MET UP WITH FRIENDS THAT I HAVENT SEEN IN A FEW MONTHS OR SOME I HAVENT EVEN SEEN IN OVER A DECADE. I PURPOSELY MESSAGED THE PEOPLE I HAVENT SEEN IN A LONG TIME SO WE CAN GO OUT AND CATCH UP, I MEAN AFTER ALL AT ONE POINT WE WERE FRIENDS FOR A REASON. KEEPING IN TOUCH IS HARD THESE DAYS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE ALL GROWN UP, WITH CAREERS, FAMILIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND EVEN HARDER WHEN WE ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PLANT. HOWEVER, I WILL MAKE AN EFFORT EITHER WAY TO SEE EVERYONE. GOING BACK THIS TIME I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET UP WITH A BUNCH OF MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS WHO ALL MOVED BACK TO HONG KONG TO WORK. THERE WAS ONE FRIEND I HAVENT SEEN IN OVER 10 YEARS AND THE REST I HAVENT SEEN IN 4 OR 5 OR MORE YEARS. I ORIGINALLY ONLY TOLD ONE PERSON IN THE GROUP THAT I WAS COMING BACK AND THEN IT JUST SPREAD FROM THERE THAT I WAS COMING BACK. IT SO HAPPENS THAT ANOTHER CLASSMATE WAS BACK AS WELL AND THEY ALL ENDED UP HAVING A SMALL HIGH SCHOOL REUNION. IT WAS REALLY NICE OF THEM TO HAVE INVITED ME ESPECIALLY SINCE I WASNT REALLY IN THEIR GROUP. WE HAD THE SAME CLASSES TOGETHER AND GREW UP TOGETHER SO IT WAS FUN GETTING SO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN UP TO FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS LOL. I REALLY LIKE KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH EVERYONE, I MEAN AFTERALL WE WERE FRIENDS FOR A REASON. SO IF YOURE READING THIS AND WE HAVENT TALKED TO EACH OTHER FOR A WHILE, MESSAGE ME TO COME OUT AND CATCH UP. I WOULD LOVE TO HANG OUT AND CATCH UP SOMETIME.

THE WHOLE REASON I WROTE THIS POST WAS MORE BECAUSE I SAW HOW MY PARENTS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEIR FRIENDS. IM REALLY IMPRESSED THAT AFTER 30... 40... 50... YEARS MY DAD IS STILL FRIENDS WITH HIS HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS AND OLD COLLEAGUES. EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE IS MY MOM IS STILL IN CONTACT WITH HER OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRIENDS. EVERYONE IS ALL OLD NOW AND RETIRED WITH KIDS OF THEIR OWN AND LOTS OF THEM EVEN HAVE GRANDKIDS. IM NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST A FRIEND OF TWO... I WENT TO MY MOMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRIENDS GATHERING AND 20 PEOPLE SHOWED UP!!! ALL OF THEM WERE FROM HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASS!!! THAT IS SOMETHING SPECIAL. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, WORKING, TRAVELLING, MARRIAGE, FAMILY, RETIREMENT, GRANDCHILDREN, THEY ARE STILL ABLE TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH SO MANY FRIENDS. EVEN BETTER YET THEY HAVE EACH OTHER ON FACEBOOK AND GROUP CHATS. ITS AMAZING THAT FRIENDSHIPS LIKE THAT CAN LAST LITERALLY A LIFETIME. THEY ALL GET ALONG AND TALK ABOUT THE OLD DAYS AND THESE DAYS. WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER ITS LIKE THEY NEVER SKIP A BEAT. SAME WITH MY DAD AND HIS FRIENDS FROM ALL DIFFERENT PLACES. SAME WITH ME AND MY FRIENDS I HAVENT SEEN IN A LONG TIME. WE ALL LITERALLY JUST PICK UP FROM WHERE WE LEFT OFF AND CARRY ON LIKE WE WERE NEVER MISSING. THE BEST PART IS THAT IT ISNT FORCED. EVERYTHING FEELS NATURAL. I REALLY WISH I CAN HAVE ENOUGH TIME AND MONEY OF COURSE TO JUST GO ALL OVER TO CATCH UP WITH ALL THE FRIENDS THAT I HAVENT SEEN OR TALKED TO IN A WHILE. THEY SAY THAT IF A FRIENDSHIP LASTS LONGER THAN 7 YEARS THEN THE ODDS ARE THAT YOU WILL REMAIN FRIENDS FOREVER. THIS REALLY APPLIES MORE FOR CLOSE CONTACT FRIENDS BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IF YOU MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE FRIENDS AND KEEP IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE, THEN THEY WILL RECIPROCATE AND YOU BOTH BE FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME. TIME AND DISTANCE REALLY DOESNT PLAY A FACTOR IN THIS BECAUSE ITS MORE OF AN EFFORT AND WILLINGNESS TO TRY TO KEEP IN CONTACT. PEOPLE THESE DAYS JUST LOOSE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE TOO EASILY, SOMETIMES YOU MOVE AWAY OR PEOPLE CHANGE NUMBERS AND WHO KNOWS WHERE THEY END UP. TECHNOLOGY THESE DAYS MAKE IT SIMPLER TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AND FRIENDS. MY PARENTS PROVE WITH THEIR FRIENDSHIPS, THAT IT REALLY IS POSSIBLE TO REMAIN FRIENDS FOR A LIFETIME. WHO KNOWS IF ITS MORE OF A DIFFERENT GENERATIONAL KIND OF THING BUT WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING, IT WORKS FOR THEM. I REALLY DO HOPE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE I MEET OVER MY LIFETIME LIKE THEY HAVE.

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