from last night

[terrypurple73]

There aren’t a lot of people who make me cry the first time I hear their voice in a long time. Heck, I saw Mei Li last night for the first time in a year (since she graduated), and as wonderful as it was to see her, and to talk to her again today, there were no tears of happiness. So how is it that a five-minute phone conversation with Mana brought tears to my eyes as I hung up the phone? How is it that I miss someone so much? It’d been a while since Mana and I talked, at least a week, probably pushing two. And she’s calling me tomorrow night, and I will get to spend Wednesday and Thursday nights with her (in her new apartment!!). I miss her like crazy, and every time I realize/remember that, it makes me sing our cheesy Shania song in my head: Looks like we made it / Look how far we’ve come / I’m glad we didn’t listen / Look at what we would be missing / They said / I’ll bet / They never make it / Well, just look us holding on / We’re still together / Still going strong / You’re still the one I run to / The one that I belong to / You’re still the one I want for life....
Having Kat and Jill here this weekend was a really good time. I hadn’t known what to expect, since we didn’t know who was staying where when, and we didn’t have any other ideas for plans other than the concert on Friday night, but it all worked out beautifully. We spent quite a bit of time with our favorite Phi Dorks- Dan Justin, Paddy, Neal, Jeffy, and Jason Beste. I hadn’t anticipated seeing any of them for certain, and Jeff being in town was a good surprise. Even though we spent basically our entire weekend in St. Paul with those guys, I still felt like I got some good catching-up time in with both Jill and Kat. Neal and Jeffrey made dinner for we three girls, which was when Kat and I couldn’t stop grinning. Neal asked Kat at one point what was so funny, and I said that I had the exact same smile on my face, but I couldn’t pinpoint either what in particular was so darn humorous. The combination of Jeffy and Neal was wonderful to be in again; Kat and I especially couldn’t stop smiling. I do love them and miss living with them; they will always be referred to by Katie and I as “our boys.”
Jill and I spent a lot of time talking, too, quite a bit of one-on-one. We chatted it up while the Jesuit novices played an intense game of sand volleyball. (Describing the game as ‘intense’ is meant in all honesty- I hadn’t realized how seriously these guys take their volleyball!) And then Jill and I had more time together while we waited for Kat’s hand to get x-rayed after the volleyball craziness. It felt good to catch up with her, hear about her plans and whatnot, especially since we hadn’t spent quality time together when she was in town last week.
I go to Omaha on Wednesday night!!!

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[whoiskatie.livejournal.com]

:)...I thought of you the other night...I've been uber-emotional and weepy last night, and pretty much had a nervous breakdown Thursday night/Friday morning, called Matt (my cute, chainsmoking boss) and talked to him for half an hour, and in all my rambling and almost-tears (I thought I was going to cry, then thought that might not be such a great idea while on the phone and driving...), managed to figure out that what was really bothering me was a) I was really super incredibly nervous about meeting with House and Senate Leadership, and b) I am really lonely. For all the good parts of living alone, I don't like getting up in the morning and making coffee for one, getting dressed without anyone to ask if these shoes look ok, going to a big empty office all by myself, working all day with only a couple obnoxious College Republicans coming in for a few minutes to break the monotony, going home 12 hours later to a completely empty house to eat dinner all alone and spend another night with no one to talk to or watch tv with or just be around. It's a sad, sad day when you look forward to Friday not because it's the end of the week (hah, like I really have weekends...), but because Friday is conference call day, and then I have some adult, co-worker conversation...So Saturday night I watched Love Actually and just bawled. And it felt good. But I thought of you, because I knew that you would understand.