This little Chinese girl leaned over to the other 3 or 4 students who sat next to her, including me, and asked us if we all wanted to study together. It kind of caught me off guard. Most college kids kept within their own groups. She was so outgoing and friendly. I said ok. We started a bio study group and quickly became friends. She was planning to study business. I was studying information systems. Other than biology, we didn't have any other classes in common. Eventually I smartened up and switched over to nursing, while Jean switched to dentistry. Before I left UMBC I decided to take one more bio course with her. I'm glad I did since we got to be study buddies for the last time. From then on we went our separate ways and rarely talked on the phone or saw each other anymore. She then moved to NYC while I stayed in MD. I visited her twice within those 4 years. Some would say it sounds like we drifted a part. Maybe in distance we did. But each time we spoke to each other it was as if we saw each other all the time. There was no awkward back and forth "so, what have you been up to?". We always had something to talk about.
Fast forward to today. Jean and her fiance are living in Dallas, 3 hours away from Oklahoma City. Out of the entire world, they decided to move near us! Within the past 10 months, we have seen each other more than we ever have in 6 years. I'm so happy we've kept up our friendship. Below are some photos of a recent Dallas trip.
Wedding gown shopping at Priscilla of Boston! So many beautiful dresses.
One of our favorites. She didn't end up getting one that day.
Lunch with Jason, Jean's fiance, at the Village Burger Bar. Yum-Oh!
Living in the midwest means crappy seafood. We were both craving blue
crabs, but had to settle on Korean store crawfish. Not bad.
Hotpot for dinner! I love this stuff. So easy and good for you.
Dinner time at Jean and Jason's!
Botanical garden with Jean's friend. Felt good to spend the day outside.
My trip ended with this. Yes, I have developed a liking for fro yo :)
3 comments:
I love the wedding dress pictures and everything after that too! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun :) The picture of Jason cracked me up LOL!!
"But each time we spoke to each other it was as if we saw each other all the time. There was no awkward back and forth "so, what have you been up to?". We always had something to talk about."
These are definitely the friends worth treasuring as they come very far and few between, especially when you've moved on to the next stage of your life and don't see them on a regular basis anymore. Congrats to Jean and to your guys' solid friendship through the years!
That's great! I don't have awkward back and forths because I choose not to have friends.
HAHAH JOKING :)
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