The one where I talk about my other friends

In my last blog, as you might recall, I talked about my best friend Alexis Jewel. This blog post will be dealing with the other important people in my life. I will talk about how we became friends and how they have made an impact on my life. The first person I will talk about will be a friend I've had since the 1st grade.

Her name is Kayla Pritchett. We went to the same elementary school and played t-ball together. I don't remember exactly how the friendship got started but it hasn't went away. She moved away during middle school and came back sophomore year. She was one of the girls who would spend every day after school with me and I would pick her up for school every morning. Even in elementary school she would always be at my house staying the night. She played varsity on the basketball team while I rode the bench so game days we would go to the convenient store here in town and get a pizza pocket and pop. It was a very unhealthy ritual but it happened every game day. She moved schools again her Senior year so we lost touch until a picture of us popped up on my time hop on Facebook. This re-connected us enough to start hanging out again. Along with Alexis, Kayla is one of those friends who I can just start right back up with her and its like we haven't spent any time apart. She is a forever friend to me and I know no matter where life takes us, we will always be there for each other.

Hanna Giddens is a girl I worked with at the YMCA two summers in a row. We watched kids working at a day camp and if you've ever worked with kids, you know you need someone to talk too. The first summer we worked together we would hangout just at work and a few times over the weekend. The next summer is whenever we got really close, hanging out more outside of work. I've never really been close with any of my other co workers at any of my previous jobs but our situation was unique. We learned right away that the new employees didn't really like us. Not to toot my own horn but all of the older campers really liked us because we were fun counselors and the other counselors weren't as fun. This caused some drama but just made Hanna and I closer in the long run. Now, we usually hangout whenever we can and like to go on double dates. Hanna is the type of friend who is going to be a bridesmaid in my wedding. I love the playful and fun friendship we share.

The last friend I'm going to talk about is my roommate in college, Maddison Webb. We first met playing softball on a competitive league. Alexis played on the team with us and her and Maddi are the ones who became friends first. To be honest, I really didn't like Maddi when we first started playing ball together. I thought she was a show off and soon realized she wasn't, she was just a really good softball player. She later told me she didn't like me either at first. By the time the league was over, we were friends. It didn't take long before we were at each others house on the weekends, making the hour drive from my house to hers. My Senior year of high school rolled around and I didn't have any idea of where I wanted to go to college. Maddi is a year ahead of me so she was already enrolled at Pitt State. She asked me what I was going to do and asked me if I wanted to be her roommate. She was a trooper and stayed another year in the dorms with me, which is something I would never be able to do again. Ever since then we've been roommates and it's been a blast. The only other person I can live with besides her is Tyson. They say don't room with you best friend because you will end up hating them but this hasn't happened with us and it's not going too. She is one of my best friends and someone who I know will live down the street from me when we are older. I love her and all the memories we've made throughout college. I can't wait to make more this last year and for the rest of our times together.

I may not have a lot of friends but the ones I do have hold a very special place in my heart. There has been a lot of so called "friends" come into my life and come out of it. The ladies I've mentioned above and Alexis are some of the best people I know and they will always have my back through anything. Find you some good friends, keep them close and treat them how you would want to be treated. I've attached a link on some tips on how to be a good friend.

http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Good-Friend