Friends and Animals (or, We Went to the Zoo)

Last Tuesday was a great day. After 4 extremely long years, I finally got to see one of my very best friends. It was so great, because in the 5 years since I graduated high school, I've only seen a handful of my friends. And the fact that they were able to come visit? Even better.

6 1/2 years difference.

Here we are, getting ready to go to our Junior Prom (2007), and the night they got here. Not too much has changed, and I was so thankful for that. (Sometimes it breaks my heart to see how much people have changed since the last time I saw them. I understand that they are discovering who they are, but I miss the person I knew growing up.)

Wyatt and his boyfriend Alex spent the week going to the beach, Disneyland, Aquarium of the Pacific, and on Saturday, they took us to the zoo. I was so thankful, and excited (giraffes!).

Sper was so unimpressed with everything that day.

Alex (left) and Wyatt being adorable.

Bear and Husband loved seeing the animals together.

Bear sat here for a good ten minutes with Turtle.

Me and Wyatt.

This was my favorite part of the whole day.

I really loved having them here. I miss them already, and can't wait until I get to visit them again. This was Wyatt's first time in California, so I was super happy that I could be a part of that.

Bear loved having them here, as well. He called them his "People." (That's what he calls visitors that are around often enough to make an impression on him, but not often enough that he knows their names.) He has been so sad since they left, and keeps asking for them.

Bear and Wyatt watching Monster's Inc.

All in all, it was a really good week, and it was just the thing I needed to lift my spirits up.

Any of my other friends want to come visit? We'd love to have you! (Hint, hint!)