Well I've decided to move over to blogger after having heard good things about it from a friend. At some point I'll move my (few) posts over from my other blog. I really should blog more but don't have (or more accurately make) the time.
I thought my first post should be about friends. I have the best friends in the world (OK, pass the bucket around). A difficult friendship ended recently and I thought that this person wouldn't have an effect on my life anymore, but I was wrong. It certainly wasn't as bad as when we were 'friends', but it was still draining at times. I have been leaning heavily on the person I consider to be my best friend and she has been there every time. For this I am eternally grateful. There was much drinking last night (for reasons I can't go into at the moment) which seemed to make things a whole lot better, even if it was only temporary. Don't worry, I not going to turn to drink (often!). I think we've decided to do this more often (making sure my friend doesn't mix her drinks), as it's a good opportunity to air our feelings about life in general. I had never taken my friendships for granted but it really makes you see how good your true friends are when someone else is a constant drain and the main source of you feeling like crap. In every (good) friendship there is give and take but when one person is always giving and the other is always taking you start to lose perspective and this becomes the norm. That's how this went on for three years and I am ashamed to say that I defended this person when they were really indefensible on several occasions. I allowed him/her to be rude and disrespectful to others and didn't step in when I should have. The positive that comes from this is that now I am a stronger person and everything is in perspective. I won't allow someone to be disrespectful to my friends again.
Well that was all quite heavy, next time I'll try to be a bit lighter!
