reality

my best friend just left. it is very interesting to think about doing life here in Norman without her. it is all i have known for almost the last 2 years- we have been inseperable. i am so blessed to have a friend like her, and i wish everyone could know what it feels like to have a friend that's basically the other half of your brain. a kindred spirit, as her mom says. but life is also the type of thing where it pulls even the closest of kindred spirits in different geographical locations, and so we gotta do what we gotta do. i understand that. distance will never keep up from being friends.

BUT it does sink in this new reality for me. new apartment. no "real" classes. starting a teaching internship. everything is different pretty much at this point from how i've known it for the last 4 years. it's kind of exciting. this semester holds much promise i think.

question: on jeopardy, they have those clues where the "clue crew" actually goes to places just to say like one sentence: well, do the jeopardy producers feel like they wasted time when no one gets those right? i think i would. like, i spent so much time getting those people on site to give the clue and then it just goes unanswered. it's like it's un-validated. i don't know, just a thought.

more women's gymnastics tonight! that's good stuff. big swimming too...