I will Survive

   Today is my big sister's Grad Nite at Six Flags. I miss her, things aren't the same at home without her.  It's not like I can't survive 24-hours without her, I just love her so darn much.  I often say that I don't know what I'll do when she goes to college, and it's true.  But today I was reminded that I have great friends (I know, it's amazing). 
   My life is forever being scheduled and planned around, practically running from place to place. I hardly ever do something out of the blue and spur of the moment. "Hanging out" isn't something I'm used to doing. I see friends at school, we do movie nights sometimes, it's constant and normal. Today my friend Emily persuaded me to go to Tropical Smoothie with her after school. This year we don't see a lot of each other, we don't have classes together, but I see her every morning before school starts.  I was reluctant at first, I had stuff to do and I knew Alayna was leaving at 2:30. It took a lot of coaxing and guilting, but I agreed to ask my mom when she picked me up.
 ---Backing up a bit, I said a lot of coaxing. In fact, Emily came to my 5th period (using her confidence and credible background from Broadcasting) and took me out of class. Emily does not have Broadcasting 5th period. She has lunch. It was a very nice 10 minutes, in the lunch I almost had, with my friends.
   My Mom said it was fine, she'd call when she dropped off Alayna to see if I needed to be picked up. Emily and I started walking to Tropical Smoothie. We got there pretty quickly, because it isn't far and we both walk fast. We talked a lot. We talked about missions and missionaries, school, books, movies, life. Another friend joined us for a bit just before I left.
I can be happy with other people. Nothing has to be a big deal. I will survive when Alayna leaves, because I have great friends who will never let me die (a bit extreme I know).  I love awesome people. It's a good thing I know so many of them.