Growing Up/My Dad

It's summer. I survived finals week and the 15 hour drive home to Florida.

Alex drove down to Orlando with me and spent a week here. We went to the beach, walked around Lake Lily, visited Northland, and just enjoyed each other's presence. Oh, and the constantly being next to him, holding his hand, climbing into bed with him in the morning, take naps together in the afternoon, being on a couch or bed (not a car), staring into his eyes for minutes without being interrupted, etc. was incredible.

I was able to attend prom this past Saturday and see a lot of my old friends. I danced for almost four hours straight and my legs are still sore! I danced with boys this year, which I had never done before. It sounds so lame, but dancing like that with boys just doesn't very appropriate. I only danced with three, though other guys did try. I let Vince, Bailey (who is gay), and Dearik. I know I can trust them not to... do anything disrespectful. Even if Vince is a bit of a party kid/player, he knows who I am and that I am not like most of the girls he knows, and so I knew I could trust him to not treat me how he would usually treat a girl dancing with him (I assumed correctly).

After Prom, I went to Kristen's house and slept on her couch with Kara and Dearik. We watched a few movies (there were about 20 kids there total), ate some food, and talked. Oh, and Matt even bought me and Lauren corsages because he knew we didn't have dates. ::long, girly "awwww"::

Gah, I have 4 minutes or so before I need to leave for work and I haven't even gotten to going over to Alec's dad house at the beach (and riding in his 2005 porsche) or, more importantly, my parents and how I viewed my dad growing and how/if that is changing now.