Big commitment

You've got a friend in me

No truer words have been said. My best friend and I have been friends for more than 8+ years. We even became roommates when moving to college. Crazy right? You would think we would have killed each other. Nope. We are the best roommates for each other. And crazier still we will be roommates again come August. 

So that being said, I am awarding myself the friend of the year award. What, may you ask, did I do to deserve this award? I am currently sitting in an empty mall parking garage in 84 degree weather waiting on her to get out of a store meeting. In the Alabama heat. In the middle of summer. I have been sitting here for at least 2 hours. That is true friendship right there. And did I mention that this is at night in a Sunday? Ever think an almost empty parking garage would be scary? You would be absolutely correct. Scariest place I have been in a while. 

That being said, I decided to post about it and what true friendship means to me. My best friend( from here on out known as H) and I met in a high school advanced English Class sophomore year.  Like I have stated before, I was queen of Fatdom and did not have many friends, except one known as E ( we will get to her later). So I ended up sitting next to this chick who was on the golf team. My first thought was we have a golf team? Second was that she would never be friend with the queen of Fatdom. So as the year progressed we slowly became friends. We bonded over our love of really bad teen books, the hatred of the smelly, arrogant kid that sat in front of me, and our lack of coolness. I mean we thought we were the shit, but what 15 year old doesn't? 

So as High School progressed, we became better friends and slowly advanced the social ladder. Remember my friend E? Well junior year, E kind of freaked out and went off on me. So who do I call? None other than H. H proceeds to call E and bitch her out for me. That is a true friend. We don't here from E anymore now a days. 

 By senior year we reached the level of toleration by the popular crowd. So we were accepted but not all that included. H and I just thought we were one of them. I drove H and I to school every morning and during those rides I introduced H to T.I. and other rappers. She still loves them to this day. We went to homecoming and football games together, and even were Oakleigh Belles together. If you aren't versed in your historic homes of Mobile, Al, then let me tell you about Oakleigh Belles. We dressed in historically accurate dress from the 1850s (hoop, parasol, and fan included) and gave yours of the historic home Oakleigh. We thought it was awesome, looking back it was kind of weird and lame for us to be in high school and doing that. But hey, it looks great in resumes. 

We finally graduated and got the hell out of Mobile, and decided to take on Montevallo. We even joined the same sorority. And through all of that, we have become even better friends. I honestly don't know what I would do without H. She has helped me through a lot and has given me the best laughs of my life so far. So this one goes out to you H! You can't get rid of me yet! 

Carry on,

The Big Girl