I bought a prom dress on Saturday. Not a formal, poofy dress, but a nice cocktail dress that I will wear to chaperone prom this year. It was quite an ordeal to find something to fit my oddly shaped body.

I'm An Alien

So, today after school a student asked me if I was an alien. At first, I was kind of taken aback and didn't really know what to say, so she proceeded to explain to me her reasoning. Basically, she said that I am probably the strangest person that she has ever met, which, if I'm honest, is probably true. Then, she started explaining how she always feels like I'm looking at her, even when I'm not, and sometimes she can feel me try to read her thoughts and see what she's thinking about. Once she finished this explanation, I took a deep breath, and told her that I think that she's an alien trying to convince me that I'm an alien. As she walked out, I promised that my kind would bring her no harm.

Friendship

I hate that how sometimes the best things in life are also the hardest, most painful things in life. But, I guess that's the way that it has to be so that you appreciate it when it's good. Being a true friend is hard. Way harder than I ever thought that it could be...and just when I think that I've been a friend to someone at rock bottom, it seems that God always takes it one step further. I love my friends, and I would do anything for them, and I think that I am a very, caring, selfless person - I am good at being a friend, when I want to be. But it's hard. It's hard being there when you'd rather be anywhere else in the world. I think that it's hard because I know that I am voluntarily putting myself in a sad, depressing, painful situation. It hurts to watch someone that you love feel pain and sadness - in a lot of ways I think that it's worse than feeling the pain and sadness yourself. There are days when it would be easier to say "Screw it, I don't need friends"...but then what happens when I need someone?? You have to be a friend to have a friend...When it gets hard, I just try to think about how awesome it is to be going through something painful and to have someone else to share the burden with - it makes a world of difference just to know that someone cares. I like being cared about, and I also like caring about other people. I've had a hard day, but it was a good day. I spend a good day with a friend going through a hard time. And I thank God that I have a good enough friend to have had such a hard day.