Whit & Whimsy: Like, totally my BFF!

I've been totally absent lately. I wish I could say it's because I've been overwhelmingly busy, but it's quite the opposite. My life has been totally underwhelming. Buuut that is about to change on Sunday because my BFF from home is coming out to So Cal to visit! Being married to a Marine means that I have to leave my friends behind much more than most people and since moving to Cali I haven't met any new friends. It's been pretty lonely and I've been severely deprived of girl time. So basically, I'm so pumped she's coming. I can't even stand it.

I've known Jess since kindergarten! We were friends on and off through elementary, middle, and high school. We never had any big fall outs or anything like that. We were just better friends some years than others.

Jess and me in first grade on Cowboy/girl day! I'm on the far left and she's on the far right.

Senior year of high school we hung out a lot and when graduation came we just happened to be going to the same two-year college. We saw each other once in awhile at college and our last year took a Spanish class together. We talked a lot about the impending graduation and what to do after. It just happened to work out that we both decided to transfer to the same school. We decided to be roommates and avoid the whole awkward moving in with a stranger thing. I can't imagine any better outcome because over that year of living together, and the following year of living a few blocks from each other our friendship grew into something really great.

Jess and me, our first semester of real college!

We both went through some really difficult things during those two years and through everything we just grew closer. We are so very different in so many ways, but she brings out more fun in me than anyone else. Her friendship has taught me that just because someone has different ideals and beliefs, doesn't mean you can't be super great friends. Most of my life if someone in my life had different beliefs than me or did things that I didn't agree with I tried to change them, and in not-so loving ways. I would push and push and push until I completely pushed them out of my life. I lost a lot of friendships that I cherished that way. But with Jess it's different. I've learned, through my many mistakes, to just love her and let her be her, and thank God I did. She's my best friend and I can't imagine life without her!