Earlier Lessons

Although this blog focuses on what I am currently learning, I have, of course, been learning for a while, and this weekend I was reminded of some especially valuable lessons.

1.  Funny friends are the best friends. I got to see one of the funniest this weekend, and she, true to form, kept me laughing the entire time I was with her.

2.    Allowing things out of your control, such as a wedding day filled with tornadoes and rain, to roll off your back means you have arrived and are officially an adult. (I’m not there quite yet, but my friend who got married this weekend is a pro.)

3.   The words “since” and “because” should not be treated as synonyms. “Since” goes with time (Since 1980, I have had brown hair), and “because” goes with reason (Because I have brown hair, grays show up a lot).  Why, oh why, must people misuse “since”?  (I realize this one is a bit unrelated to the others, but I’ve been editing since–properly used–I got back to Starkville.)

4.   When staying at someone’s house, you should always make the bed before you leave. Moms who teach this lesson are good moms.

5.     Being hungry at 2:00AM after having a few drinks at a super-fun wedding, no matter how staunch you are in your convictions, will probably result in very poor eating decisions. For example, you may, despite your best intentions, ask your friend to go through the Arby’s drive-through, resulting in quite a bump in your “no non-local meat” agreement with yourself.  (Good friends console you and tell you that you aren’t a bad person afterall.)

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