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So, it would seem that everyone is catching on to this blogging thing. Or maybe everyone did ages ago and I'm finally just discovering them. Either way, it's fascinating to see how lives are changing, yet we all stay the same. Even me.

Spending time with friends from college: We all change, yet stay the same. It's amazing that 4 years can bring you so close and no time beyond that can, or will, drive you apart. It's like nothing's changed. Men have joined our lives (well, not mine, but...theirs) and made my girlfriends better women. Our parents have become more important. Babies add joy. Our hearts have been broken. But when I stand before them, my college friends remind me who I am, where I came from.

I know I've said this before. I say it a lot. But I will never cease to be amazed by 4 years that changed my life. I'm humbled to know that there is a large group of people out there that know me. They know I'm just another average Joe. They know my heart, they know my insecurities. They laugh AT me and I'm not offended. They aren't offended by my ignorance or arrogance. They just love me.

As I spend this weekend with my college roommates, I am reminded that I am a whiny woman who operates better with women who are unemotional and, as they describe it, "the guy in the relationship." The girlfriends that I have are "guys" at heart. And their husbands/boyfriends/fiances are the "women" of the relationship (so I can relate to them.) It's no wonder making new friends is so hard: I can only find real guys and super girly girls. Being one of those girly girls, I don't click with others like me, only guys, which makes the girly girls jealous, etc, etc. Hummm...need to ponder that for a while. And find more guy friends. And rest in the comfort that I can always come back to Colorado and be loved by my "guy" friends! ;)