Hello, bugs!
So this week I decided on this quote;
Surround yourself with people who encourage you, inspire you, and believe in your dreams.
I really like this one right now, mostly because it relates to how I’ve been feeling lately. I’ve just been thinking a lot lately about all the people that I have chosen to be a part of my life and why they mean so much to me.
So last week was my birthday and I had some friends throw me a “pseudo-surprise party”, meaning that I knew that I wasn’t supposed to make plans for Friday night and that I should “look pretty”, but that was all I knew prior to showing up. At 6 o’clock my roommate got a text from the party planner, telling her that it was party time and that she should bring me down to the lobby. When we got downstairs I had 6 of my closest college buds waiting for me, most of them dressed in purple in honor of my favorite color. First we went to the school cafeteria for dinner, but made it “fancy” by pulling out a table cloth and some fake candles (you know, to make it classy). Then we headed back to the dorm, and I quickly realized that they had claimed one of the study lounges as a party area and had decorated it with party streamers, paper snowflakes, and a giant “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” sign. The two masterminds of this whole event then brought out the cake, in the shape of a lady bug of course. And since I simply can’t finish this post without showing you guys the cake…
We sat around and ate cake and ice-cream for a while, and I had a present or two to open. While this was going on, they surprised me by skyping my boyfriend and placing the laptop on the table across from me so that he was there with us to celebrate, which was a particularly great surprise. Lastly we watched Frozen, my favorite movie of all time, while singing along VERY loudly. Luckily it was a weekend so the quiet hours of the dorm didn’t start until 11:00, and by this point it was only 8 or 9. No one could stop us. Muahaha.
After Frozen we took some seriously great selfies, and then about 4 of us decided to stick around and do an encore showing of Mulan as well before cleaning up and retiring for the night. Overall it was a whole lot of fun, and it made me realize that I’ve made some pretty great friends in the short amount of time that I’ve been at college. We have all gone through the first-year-of-college traumas together, and for the first time I’m starting to feel like I’m really getting settled into a group again. My high school was super tiny and I was really close to my whole graduating class (“whole” being 20 students – told you it was small), so it was a big transition for me to get to college and not know anyone. I’m really glad I have a group again that I feel a part of.
At one point in the party I also looked around and laughed a little bit about how different we all are. We had 3 people from Montana, 1 from Nevada, 2 from California, 1 from Illinois, and of course me as the Texan. We also had a mix of majors; 1 computer science, 3 wildlife biology, 1 music, 1 pre-law, and 2 exercise science. We all have so many differences yet get along so well and I just think that’s a really cool thing about humans. In general I often think that humans as a whole are pretty stupid, but this is one of the things that I actually think is pretty wonderful.
Anyway, linking back to the quote now. The friends who put this party together did it purely because they wanted to get together with friends and have a good time, and because they wanted to make me feel special on my birthday. Those are the kind of people I want to surround myself with – the ones that do things for other people just because they can and want to. The kind of people who are always there for you no matter what, and the kind of people that you can always count on for a good laugh when you need it. The kind of people who encourage you, inspire you, and believe in you – and in one another.
Well, I kind of got sappy with you today but I suppose that’s okay. After all, it is my blog. So ha.
Oh, and of course I have to share a few of the fantastic selfies with you guys; (one serious and one silly, duh)
Take Home Message: Surround yourself with the people that make you happy!
Love,
Laney-Bug ❤
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