Less Than a Week, Yet . . .

I never thought I would ever miss Provo, so I was rather surprised at how badly I miss it now. I realized why. I've never felt this welcome in a group, ever, and so leaving it, even for a couple of weeks, is really rather painful.

People:

• Eric
• Hailey
• Tia
• James
• Griffin
• Kelsey
• Cody
• Victoria

Events:

• The campfire and Blues dancing (The Pagan Pit, we call it) at Eric's every Monday night.
• West Coast Swing at South Town Swing every Tuesday.
• Sammy's runs.
• The occasional Denny's run.
• Getting ready for Blues at Hailey's and Tia's house. 
• Blues dancing at Blue Tango every Thursday night.
• Random weekly outings with Eric.
• Hugs.
• Random phone calls and texts from Eric.
• Girls nights with Tia and Hailey.
• Late nights talking with roomies.
• Dinners with Cody and Kelsey.
• Teasing, and being teased by, Cody.
• The short, but great talks with Griffin.

I'm going to make sure I spend all the time I can with these guys when I get back in town. And boy, am I going to appreciate every moment.

Crazy on Your Face

Before Blues:

Hailey: You're wearing my red pants. And this shirt. With a black tank top under it. Make sure to tuck the tank top in. It's all about rockin' the pants.

Me: Man, this makes my ass look fine.

Hailey: It totally does.

Tia: Can I do your makeup?

Me: Yep.

Tia: You already have base on?

Me: Yep.

There's a pause as I sit down to let her do my eye makeup.

Tia: Your eyes. I've never seen that shade of green before! It's like a green with blue in it!

Tia gets ridiculously close to my face to see my eyes.

Tia: Thanks for letting me go all crazy on your face.

Me: No problem.

Tia: Now for lipstick.

She starts applying it.

Tia: I'm actually not all that great at putting lipstick on other people. You can go ahead and finish that.

I finish putting it on and put mascara on.

Tia: You look so gorgeous.

At Blues:

Several guys throughout the night say: You're rockin' those red pants. You look fantastic in those pants. You really look good in those pants.

I tell a couple of guys: They aren't actually my pants. They're Hailey's.

Random guy from an hour or so earlier in the night comes up to me and says: You're rockin' those pants and they're not even yours!?

And what do we really do at Blues? See how many people we can pack on a couch.

After Blues:

So many talks about random stuff which included torturing Nathan with awesome mail. But it would be way too expensive to send a door to Peru.

The things that go on when I go dancing.

It All Made Sense at Denny's

Went to Denny's with the group after blues. Sat next to Nathan and Hailey. Hailey ended up moving over to accommodate other people (there were like fourteen people there). Laughed and talked with a tired, dance-drunk Nathan. Almost fell asleep on his shoulder. We order nearly the same thing: same drink, same entree, but different kinds of eggs and pancakes. Laugh, giggle, tired, time to go. Tabs come out.

Waitress: Are you two together?
Me: Huh? Us?
Waitress: Yeah.
Me: No.
Waitress: Oh. Let me go split your tab then.
Me: You hear that Nathan? You should feel proud and complimented. Just one night and they think we're together!
Nathan: What?
Me: They had to go split our tab. They thought we were together.
Nathan: Haha. That's awesome. We're just cool like that.
Hailey: You two just have that happy glow.

Methinks the start of some awesome friendships. Hooked on blues. Hooked on blues bad. Late night Denny's is just a bonus. Nathan's leaving after tonight and won't be back until August. If I'm not there when he comes back, he says he's going to "look me down and hunt me up." Yeah, we were tired. It all made sense at Denny's.