Dating and Adventures -
Once upon a time, shortly after graduating high school, a friend of mine, Nerrek, asked me on a date. He didn’t tell me what he was planning, just that we were doubling with his best friend, Adam, and my best friend, Micaela. Caela and I were pretty excited and spent a while getting ready. I had my sisters help me pick out a nice shirt and did my makeup (which doesn’t always happen). Then, I picked my favorite pair of heels to wear. I rarely get dressed up for a date.
When Nerrek came to pick me up, he told me we were going shooting. As it happens, I love guns. We went to pick up Caela. She was wearing heels as well. Adam and Nerrek laughed and only then informed us that we were going to have to hike across a couple fields to get to where we were going to shoot at prairie dogs. (By the way, where I grow up, prairie dogs are considered vermin, like mice, and shooting them was and is a common activity to keep the fields clear.) Caela and I weren’t in the most comfortable footwear for this activity. My solution was to slip off my shoes and walk barefoot across fields of dried corn stalks. It wasn’t the most comfortable, but it was better than wearing heels. Caela just endured it. After we were done shooting (which was a blast, no pun intended. I shot a nice sized chunk out of a tiny little post way out in the field. Score!), we went and got pizza and watched a movie. I have to say this was one of my favorite dates.
Another fun date wasn’t even really a date. My mom wouldn’t let my sister go on a day date with her boyfriend before Prom her Junior year, so my best friend and I plotted and planned to give her a great day date without a date. It was just the three of us, and we went hiking. First, we went to Walmart and bought some strawberries and the stuff for Springville Sandwiches (if you don’t know what those are, too bad. :) ). We then went up to the cabin (Donovan’s grandparents’ cabin, technically) and had lunch and went hiking. It was so much fun! Donovan started “building a ferrari” and we played in some sand in a cove. After that, I helped Becca get ready for the dance.
Once Becca’s actual date was underway, Donovan and I headed back up to the cabin with Taylor and her boyfriend at the time. We just walked up to the cove and sat there talking while Donovan built his ferrari. This is one of my favorite memories of hanging out with friends.
I’ll share more stories later, but my point is that adventures are important, at least for me. I don’t want to get bored! If you have the right people with the right personalities, anything can be an adventure. One of my friends came to visit me last week and we went to the mall. We had fun going to the hobby store and the bookstore, but then we got lost in the parking garage. We spent probably a good 30 minutes trying to find Mike’s car. Do we consider that an adventure? Absolutely! It was fun! For me, I felt almost like I was playing detective, trying to remember every little detail that would help us locate the car.
So, go out, have some fun, have some adventures and enjoy yourself.
~Rose
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