Photo diary: Catching up with friends

I couldn't decide between today's photo of the day, so I've chosen two.  On Saturday, I got to see my friend Laura, who I've known since we were at school. The last time I saw her was when I hung out with her in the summer, and before that was probably the time I went to visit her at university. She's one of my dearest friends, and I am so glad I got to catch up with her and a few others the other day.  You should hopefully know of Rob in the second from his blog I wrote a little something, although I see him quite often, it was nice to him in somewhere that isn't a coffee shop or bus stop! Our friend Ben was there too, but he's a little camera shy, and I couldn't land a snap with him - or at least a half decent one anyway.  

I really enjoyed catching up with them, and in the new year, I am hoping to see a lot more of my friends. Over the past few months I've sort of engulfed myself into a cocoon of solitude, socialising as little as possible, mainly because of reasons that I am unsure of, and partly because winter is cold, but I want to change this. I am happiest when I am with the people I love most, and I want to spend more time with them; I miss them. 

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Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs// A review.

Think of all the crazy things you have wanted to, but then didn't.
Think of all the crazy things that could have happened to you, but didn't.
Think of every single crazy situation that you have envisioned happening, but then didn't actually happen.
Now, put all of that together, into one crazy ball of crazy, and I doubt it will even come close to the amount of crazy that Burroughs writes of, in his memoir 'Running with Scissors.'

The novel - almost a sitcom within itself, opens with Augusten as a young child, and follows him into his late teens, where after a series of tragic events, skips out on the life he has for a chance of a better one in New York City.

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Photo diary: Good days.

I spent today with my best friend, Daniella, and her friend Dave - she has recently gotten a new car, so we spent the afternoon driving, lunching, shopping ect, followed by a trip with Daniella's  family, to their church carol service.  I love Daniellas family, they're so warm and welcoming, and in the whole ten years I've known her (wow, I've known someone who I'm not related to for ten years! Now I really feel old) I've come to adopt her family as my friends too; if anything they feel more like family to me. 

After our trip to church: singing, dancing, and watching a mini nativity, it's safe to say we were a little worn out, so we all gathered back at Daniellas house, cracked open the junk food, and played Yahtzee. I didn't win, but I didn't lose either, so yay! 

I have good days, and bad days, and days like today, really make me  appreciate what I have. If it wasn't for the bad days, I wouldn't have good days, and today definitely was a good day. 

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