Saturday evening I was invited by a friend from school to have dinner at his house in Swansboro. First of all gotta love the old school style invite. I was totally expecting “I’ll meet you at ___ restaurant.” I haven’t been invited to dinner at someone’s home is ages. I was actually really excited. Being a traditional person, I was impressed by the invite. So I headed over to Swansboro, a nice historic town about 30 minutes away. First things first, meet the parents (something I also haven’t done in awhile). They have a really lovely home that was recently built. It looks over the sound . I loved it!!! Dinner was served family style. Delicious!!!! So nice to have a home cooked meal, surrounded by a very welcoming family. I mean I really have forgotten what it’s like to be in such an environment. It was a refreshing and heart warming experience. I then had time to catch up with my friend and also see some really cool family memos from his great ancestors from Germany and elsewhere (man I’m such a nerd about that stuff). But it was nice to have someone that also cares a lot for the past and their family heritage. We then played wii games with his brother. I made quite a fool of myself since I really haven’t played video games much in my life. We played Mario cart (HILARIOUS). His brother kept track of how many times I ran off the road……let’s just say A LOT. But I had a great time. It was also really nice to hang out with new people and get to know them. Usually at school we are always around other people. So it was nice to have some one on one time.
Then an unexpected event occurred. I should have prefaced this by saying that Christian is part of an interesting circle of friends I have formed. My best friend at college, Ashley, used to live on Camp Lejune (marine base in NC). Ashley and Christian went to high school together and were good friends. Knowing Ashley, I have come to learn about her good friends from high school. So last year, Christian started at UNC and was one of the people I had heard about. The three of us hung out a lot together. Now, Ashley lives in Nebraska, and Christian moved to Swansboro.
Enter: Diana tries to take Ashley’s place for the evening. Here I am at her friend’s house, in her old hometown (close to it). Even better, another good friend of theirs lives next door to Christian now. But he was away for the summer. So I am seeing first hand all the people Ashley grew up with. Even better, Christian gets a phone call saying that Sam is in town and is coming over. Well Ashley and Sam dated for awhile, so I’ve heard a lot about him. What are the chances of me meeting him the one night I come over!!!! Unbelievable (because he now lives in Virginia). So there I was sitting with them thinking, Ashley is going to die when she finds this out.
Point of this story. Well I just think it’s interesting how bonds form between people. I went from meeting Ashley my freshman year, to being in a position where I was basically living in her life for a moment, meeting all her friends, etc. So cool how life works like that. I mean it really is a small world!
I also just wanted to express how enjoyable it was to be in such a loving environment. These people were so nice and I really enjoyed having a place to go. It has certainly made me cherish even more the close relationships I have with people and to also realize how important it is to reach out to others.
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