Reconnecting... With People

Hey y'all.

Recently I have had the lovely experience of "catching up" with friends at the most unexpected times.

On Monday, I had dinner with two of my lovely friends from Chicago. I love those two so much! I got to spend some quality time with them just hearing how their breaks went and how life is going in general. I also ran into a friend who loves Beyonce, so it was nice chatting with him about that too.

On Tuesday, I had a pancake dinner with a good friend. It was nice to catch up with her and trade stories about our service trips and the adventures we had on that.

On Wednesday, I ran into a friend from freshman year who I hadn't talk to in a very long time. I stood in the middle of the sidewalk and chatted with him for over an hour. It was a good conversation and it was nice to see how we each have grown over the past four years. I am having dinner with him sometime next week and I am excited.

Then a few short hours later, a friend whom I hadn't talked to in about 5 months randomly called to see if he could come over and talk. I chatted with him for almost an hour too and that was refreshing as well.

I had another friend, whom I had had dinner with that night, come over and we watched "Up!" together while having some drinks (in honor of my Irish background!). The film was very good and I haven't laughed that hard since the service trip last week. I got to chat with my friend for a while afterwards. It was really good getting to know her better.

Then today, I ran into a friend as I was leaving my film class. We stood outside and chatted for well over an hour until we decided that we needed to hang out because we hadn't seen each other in a long time. She also informed me that she couldn't wait until I started tweeting again on Twitter because she misses them. I chuckled because I haven't really missed tweeting all that much. It was really good talking to her as well because I've gotten to see how she has grown over the past three years (and I used to be her RA!).

Just now I ran into a girl that went on my service trip and had a good chat with her too. She randomly just pulled a Kdit cup out of her coat pocket, walked into the Kdit, filled it up and walked out without talking to anyone. One of the best things I've seen in a while! We are going to see "Alice in Wonderland" this weekend and I am excited!

It has been really interesting to see the people that I have reconnected with this week and others that may come along. I have been pondering how God has been working in all of those conversations. It is so easy to just get caught up in ourselves these days and the things that we are doing. I honestly am so busy that sometimes, I forget to have a social life. It is just about finding that right balance between work, school, extra activities, family and friends (or whatever else you are doing) and making sure that you are taking care of yourself in the process.

What has been a good thing too, is that most of the conversations have taken place outside and the weather has been WONDERFUL the past couple of days. Snow tomorrow and the day afterwards which means that Mother Nature hasn't decided that winter should be fully gone yet. Boo.

Cheers,
Hilary