It's November. Thanksgiving. (Part Two)

So, today will be my last post until next week.  I will be temporarily unavailable due to the release of the greatly anticipated release of the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One.  Anyway, I thought it would be fitting to do a few more "Thanksgiving" blogs before the actual holiday.  So I dedicate this Thanksgiving blog to unexpected and frequently overlooked blessings.


When I graduated high school I was surprisingly not excited about moving on to college.  Most of my friends went away to college and where I was headed off to I had no friends.  That was extremely intimidating for me since I grew up going to the same school with the same kids from birth.  I was practically born into my friendships.  I was terrified to meet new people in a new place.  There was no security blanket there.  At Drury they have this mandatory "Alpha" class for freshman.  They started having an Alpha class of only commuting students my freshman year and I got thrown into that class.  It was supposed to help us all bond better or something because we all have that in common.  Whatever.  Anyway, during orientation week you are introduced to your Alpha class and they are your "team" for the week.  Each class has O-Leaders that are older students there to help everything go smoothly and fill the awkward silences I suppose.  My O-Leaders consisted of Jon- the only male and business major, Christina- the annoying bubbly blonde, Lashanda- the blonde criminology major that breathed sarcasm, and Erin- the quietest mousiest of the group.  After the first day when we all got home we  all had about 20 friend requests all desperate for friends and then the O-Leaders of course trying to make us feel more comfortable.  So naturally I spent the first night creeping everyone in my class. 


The next day we all had to meet at Clara Thompson Hall for a lecture.  When we met outside Erin, the quiet one, hunted me down.  Apparently we had a friend in common who I had only met a few times and that one of my old friends attempted to set me up with and she was really good friends with from school.  So, having this in common she made me sit by her at everything else.  We quickly became friends since we both had the same sense of humor about everything and discovered that she didn't live far from me so we started riding into orientation together.  It was the most subtle friendship I think I have ever had.  It was just kind of like one day we didn't know each other and the next we were friends.  And now, she teaches next door to my mom and is the best friend I have.  I have so much respect for her and am so incredibly thankful and blessed to have her in my life at all let alone in such a huge role.  In twenty-two years I have never had a friend like her.  We definitely have had our dry spells where we never talk or barely talk, but somehow she always ends up being there exactly when I need her to be.  I am so blessed to call her my friend.  I have talked about her before in passing in one of my blogs, probably overlooked, but not today.  


Pay close attention to even the most subtle of things in your life.  They may surprise you just how much they mean to you.