I figured since I already started this line of of thought, I may as well add another one on there.
there’s a question mark after this one because i’m still not quite sure whether it truly qualifies as retardedness or not. I guess i can let you in on deciding this as well. in a nutshell, one of my good friends from back in high school went with a few of his stanford buddies to salt lake city for the olympic games. I, given a few hours to decide and mull over it, decided against going with them for the following reasons:
– paid for my FLIGHT home to the bay area
– would have to DRIVE 12 hours to slc.
– already really tired from the previous week. =(
all of these added up to an unhappy combination, so I turned down the offer. but I’m talking to garry and seeing some of his pictures.. and man, that olympic nostalgia comes back! you remember how amazing it is to just BE at the olympics, with all these people from all over the world in once place, all just there to enjoy “a good day at the races.” it is a completely amazing thing, and seeing his pictures/reading his descriptions just brings a flood of memories back.
so I missed spending the weekend in salt lake city, and instead spent it with my family (whom, for the record! I love and adore). We ate. We went out. We ate some more. We hung out at home and read newspapers/watched the olympics. we did the general spending time with each other.type thing… and I appreciated it so much because I feel like I don’t get to see my parents at all. it’s nice to come home and be the daughter every oncein a while. =) it’s nice to feel loved.
lesson learned: LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOUR PARENTS!!!