just thought I'd share...

I'm planning on moving to Cali in two years and while I do highly dislike the city I live in, one thing I'll miss, is the sunsets. So I thought I'd share a few.

Middle School Theory

The other day I was talking to a friend and somehow we usually get to talking about middle school, since that's our friendship started. In middle school, we hung out as a group of about 7 of us, I think. When we went off to high school, we ended up splitting up into about 3 different schools and we just sort of lost touch with each other. My friend told me that one of our friends mom had asked her why she was friends with her? She told me she had said that she really didn't know the answer to that. She's right, I thought about it and I couldn't really come up with an answer for why we were friends then.

So here's my theory: I think in middle school, junior high, whatever you call it, I think a lot of us where scared of being alone since we'd heard horror stories in elementary school about people getting picked on. So once we found a few people that would even have us, we hung on for dear life and never let go. Sure we got along pretty good, but we were separated even within our group. We each had our closer friends even if we were all friends together. I think we were just happy to belong somewhere and happy that we weren't the loser without any friends that we just took whoever we could get. Under promises of being friends forever that never lasted, our friendship with each other was very superficial. It was a good friendship only on the outside, because to be honest, I didn't trust any of those girls and I lost touch with most of them once I got into my own groove in high school. When I see them today, except for a few exceptions who I did stay good friends with, we exchange the normal pleasantries and it even feels awkward at times, but it's obvious that neither one would mind if the friendship was lost.

Personally, middle school for me was one of the harder parts of life. I wasn't picked on a lot or anything but...it's hard to explain, guess you just had to be me to see it. I rather not remember what happened then because it brings back memories of a shy 12 and 13 year old girl who felt extremely awkward. So when I have friends that come back from that time, it kinda leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth which is why I'd just as soon not talk to most of those "best friends forever."

Ah, nothing's better than a good dinner

I love to cook, but sometimes it's hard to find cookbooks that have simple recipes and don't require a lot of fancy ingredients. I find one called "Minute Meals, 20 Minute Gourmet Menus." I found a recipe for Tortellini with vegetables in a cream sauce. I tried it tonight and OH MY GOD, it was good! Sometimes my attempts at dinner don't come out too good. Like the time I made a spinach and artichoke casserole...yeah that didn't go over too well...but this actually came out good. Something I would actually eat (I'm a very picky eater). Anyway, it was just nice to have a good dinner with a nice Italian side salad and crusty bread. Yeah, just wanted to share that and the book, which so far is my favorite (I have three cookbooks so far). So if you need some ideas on something good to cook, I'd definitely recommend it.