I haven't written anything for a while, but its been Christmas in case you hadn't noticed and I've been too busy seeing family and friends. And drinking with them. And dancing occasionally. And laughing. All mostly with my eyes closed...
I went to a wedding of two very good friends from my university days yesterday. They met in our first ever term, so we've all had the pleasure of seeing the relationship grow over the past 9 years or so, and it was fantastic to be able to share the day with them. Highlight of the day had to be the father of the bride's speech, which involved insinuations that his son was possibly gay, and a gag about an uncle's Thai bride. The best man was distraught. Follow that.
I'm blessed to know so many good, wonderful people, but I love catching up with this particular bunch of friends. We're a small, tight-knit group who have kept in touch after university. I think there's something about the people you become close to during those formative university days that makes them stand out. You are still a very impressionable person (at least I was), and I think the people you form relationships with during that time can have a bearing on what sort of man or woman you become. You grow up with them in a way.
Most of them live in London so I don't see them as often as I would like, but when we do all meet up its as if we've never been away. All stresses and strains of life are put to one side and we drink, reminisce, occasionally sing karaoke, and laugh. Every single one of them is a stand up human being. Spending time in their company makes me feel 10 feet tall. I get the feeling they would move heaven and earth for me, and I would do the same for any one of them. Its an incredibly rare and special thing to have a group of people like that, and I'm so very lucky.
Plus, there was a free bar. Result.
3 comments:
Aaah, lovely. But secretly, you prefer me and Claire to your uni friends, yeah? Yeah. Don't worry, my lips are sealed.
Well yeah, obviously. But its impossible to put my love and affection for you both in to words, so I didn't even try. But we know the truth...
In other news, my verification word for this was ABIRU, which sounds very much like it should be said by Sir David Attenborough over footage of some sort of deer-like creature of the Serengeti. 'The Abiru are the most placid of the ungulates...until it comes to territory...'
And in a bizarre coincidence, the word verification for this comment is UNGULATES.
Not really, it's DORIPSES.
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