girls

The other day I was at lunch with a friend at Zupas, and as we were leaving, we walked past a table of 2 girls, who were giggling and chatting, like most girls do. In passing, I heard one of them say, "See?! This is why I am so glad we're friends! It's moments like these that I really I cherish your friendship."
The other replied, "I know! I feel the same way!"

The other night, I had a "craft night" with my friend Melanie. We went to target, and roberts to get our supplies, and the whole time we kept saying we were so glad to have each other as friends, and how excited we were to be doing crafts and being super girly. We made wreaths from assorted (and scented) pine cones, and we put brown and gold glitter on them. We inhaled so much glitter, burned our fingertips multiple times with hot glue, and made a mess in her kitchen. We didn't finish til about 1:20am, but the we were having so much fun, and really wanted to get it done!

Yesterday I took some photos of a friend who is graduating, and needed one for an announcement. We stood out in the freezing cold and snow to get the perfect picture, laughing and teeth chattering the whole time. Several days before, I went shopping with her to find the perfect outfit. (Because don't all girls know that if you're gonna take photos like that you need to buy something new?)

Then today I was walking with another friend at school and we were talking about certain parts of our body that we would change if we could. Then we started complimenting each other, saying that we would definitely trade, if we could. I distinctly remember a conversation in the girl's bathroom during junior high with my friends Britta and Juliet. I think I got Britta's legs, Juliet's butt and *chest*. (I can't remember what they wanted from me, though... I was hideous in Junior High!)

When my friends come to visit my house and see all my shoes and clothes, or when I go to a friends house and see all her cute clothes or amazing accessories, we drool over each other's stuff! We immediately size each other up to see if we can trade and borrow.

In light of all these events, I've come to appreciate the differences between boys and girls. You don't often hear a couple of boys walking down the hall saying, "I'm so glad I have you, I really cherish our friendship!" -or- "Oh my gosh I hate my thighs, wanna trade?" ... "Ok, but only if I can have your great hair!"

Granted, there are things men do together that us girls think is wierd, too. Like getting dirty and working on cars, going shooting, or playing video games for hours on end. I used to get upset and think that I wanted Travis to do all the girly things with me, but it just isn't the same. Both of us don't have as much fun because Trav is forced to participate, and I'm thinking to myself, "this would be so much more fun if I was with a girl friend!!"

We appreciate things together as a couple, but also seperately, as different genders. I must say though, I loooooove being a girl!! It's so much fun.