So this is how it all went down: My friend calls me and says,"Are you home? We have a surprise for you!" This is not out of the ordinary for my friends. They find a piece of junk on the side of the road and come to my house to parade is around like a hunted animal to be eaten for a feast. So they show up. In my driveway. In hats and sunglasses. Surprise! Not quite.
is she not the cutest Hawaiian girl ever??
So, I'm guided to the trunk of the Kia SUV and when I opened the door, I basically almost shat myself. My friend, the most amazing girl in the world, who moved to HAWAII was somehow in front of my eyes for me to hold in my arms. This resulted in bawling my eyes out for 2 hours straight. If my neighbors ever had one bad thing to say about me, it would be that I stood in my driveway screaming, "WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK! I DON'T UNDERSTAND! WHAT THE FUCK!" I'm sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Campanella for my use of profanity. It was well worth it.
My biddies!
the boyz <3
For all of you that happen to be reading this, you might not understand why she is so great and why I'm crying over this girl who moved to Hawaii. I will try my best to do her justice.
I don't know if you've ever met someone that has an effect on everyone around them, where everything they say and do are deemed, "perfect" and that every action they do are selfless actions to make sure the world is a better place than where we all left it? Well, that's Hana.
When she left for Hawaii, Hana, our friend Tori and I were inseparable. I had finally reached my friendship epiphany: I need friends just like these. Nothing else or I'll be unhappy. (FYI: She was the only other asian in my grade at school, so we were the ruling minorities of the junior class.. it was a big deal.)
Once she was gone, it felt like the plates had shifted under my feet and I just felt uneasy and pissed off. Along with that, my parents said no to going to Korea that summer. The combination of the two created a bad spell over my junior year. I had "good" moments, but underneath it all, I was so caught up in my misery. I hated everyone. I especially hated my mother. I experienced no excitement or any waves in my emotions. Even with college in the long hall, I couldn't even invision and/or plan my goals or build emotions for these monumental stepping stones ahead.
Then, Hana showed up and I felt like the ice cold bucket of water was poured on my face and I opened my eyes from a shitty slumber and realized I haven't felt happy at all .. for a WHOLE year. A whole damn year. What it took was for a friend that I've missed so much to pop out of a trunk and let me cry in her arms for 10 minutes.
I feel so good right now. I'm truly happy. C: