Friendships?

The trip out to California was something I just couldn’t pass up. One of our vendors that we do A LOT of business with was showing their appreciation to all of their top accounts with an all expenses paid trip. My account was one of those, so hence my trip out there. The only “business” we had to do out there was an hour tour of their campus. Free trip…an hour tour…too good to pass up! As an added bonus, we got to bring a guest, too! Score! I decided to take my friend Jennifer.

A little background…

I met her my Sophomore year in college. She lived across the hall from me at O-House, and we fastly became friends. Throughout college, people constantly assumed that we went out because we were always together—little did they know…lol. She was the first person I came out to. Even though she is a year older than me, I graduated a year before she did—yeah, you do the math—LOL. Since college, we haven’t stayed as close as I would like. I moved to Atlanta…she got married and moved to Savannah. We talk on the phone now and then, but life has just gotten in the way. Jobs, location, etc.

Well, when thinking about who I wanted to take on this trip, it wasn’t even a question. I automatically called her up and told her that she was going—lol. We both wanted to “re-live” the D.C. trip that we took during Spring Break of my Junior year. Two of the other people that were supposed to go with us had backed out, so it was just the 2 of us. We had a blast! We had originally planned on a 5 day trip, but due to a snow storm coming through D.C., it ended up being a weekend trip. No worries…we still had a great time.

I had a good time with her, but I don’t think I would go on another trip with her. She freaks out about flying, she got nauseous on the ferry rides to and from the island, she complained a lot, she never once said “thank you” for inviting her, she stayed in the room a lot reading, she didn’t once go swimming cause it was “too cold”…I could go on…

Things I learned on this trip with her:
~people change…
~…in good ways and bad
~never try to “re-live” past events
~don’t fly with someone who hates to fly (especially since I love to…)