Snail Mail

So i mentioned this in a previous post i have a really good friend that now has gone off to the navy. i just got a letter from him from basic training. i plan on writing him about once a week just to keep him up today on everything going on and plus i think of him more as a brother than as a friend. So i just want to write him let him know people are still thinking of him even though he is gone. but now i find myself in a position that is weird to be in. I am writing letters. in the society we live in where everything is sent in an instant it seems so strange to give a message to the postman and then it will be sent to my friend and he will have it in a few days. if i said that a decade ago. the response would be ” So ” or ” Yeah ” its amazing how everything is just at a click of a button now. its seems like your being ignored if someone doesn’t respond to your e-mail within a few hours of sending it. another thing i am really cheating i am not writing anything. i am typing it and printing it out. cause i rely so much on spell check i don’t know how long it would take me to write something and make sure all the words are spelled right. and plus i type way faster than i can write. but on the other side my friend doesn’t have that he has paper and pencil so i can write two pages in the time it takes him to write a half page. the really unfortunate part is i have to read it. he has the worst handwriting & grammar out of anyone i know and if you know me that has to be bad cause my grammar is not the greatest. it just feels like writing is becoming so obsolete anymore. honestly can you remember when you actually sat down and wrote something out by hand that wasn’t a grocery list. i know some people still write more than they type but i just keep thinking about in my childs life time they will have more typing classes than classes on how to do cursive wirting. Which is such a crock by the way. all i remeber when i was in elementy school is my teach saying how we need to know how to write in cursive. everyone uses it and you have to know it go get by in society. WRONG. last time i used cursive was on a spelling test. give you an idea here were some of the words

berry

purple

judge

sofa

state

Extra Credit

Orchard 

yeah. its just crazy on how we are switching into a society that relys on you being able to type fast not how many words you can dictate on paper. i just wonder how long it will take to make it obsolete to write. think about it its not a crazy idea. do you have a blackberry or iPhone. do you write all your little reminders or notes on paper or it. yeah. its going in that direction its just crazy to think about. so i will keep typing my letters and keep trying to decipher my friends hand writing. 

-MeaD. 

Friendship.

friend·ship /ˈfrɛndʃɪp/ [frend-ship] –noun

1.	the state of being a friend; association as friends: to value a person’s friendship.

2.	a friendly relation or intimacy.

3.	friendly feeling or disposition.

when you put it that way i guess there is not much to it. i have little friends or should i say a few. i have some that i could ask for help and they would come. others that would try to help as much as they could as long as it wasn’t really in the way of something there doing. i also have a friend that would drive across the country to help me no matter how dumb it may seem he would do it cause i asked him in a time of need. i know i would do the same as well. its hard to find that kind of a freind these days or any time for that matter its so easy to find a fair-weathered friend as they say. and it the worst feeling to find out that they turn out to be that type of friend too. trust me i have had my fair share of those freinds. Some times its hard to …not ignore it but i guess to acknowledge it. to truly tell some one that they are like a brother or a sister. that they mean alot to you and there friendship means more than words can discribe cause they have been there when your flat on your face. you have been there when they are flat on there face. and when that time comes your there even if its in another state you or they are there to help them or you up. and letting the one realize that they are going to be fine they/you have been thourgh worse and there will be worser days ahead and you/they will be there. its hard to find i guess thats all i am really trying to say. its hard to find a true friend. I just found out my true best friend is going to into the Air Force. Its scary to think of him getting into service during a time like we are living in now. The thing is being a good friend in my opinion  is never just telling some one what they should do. you have to let them make the decision for them selves the only thing you can do as a good friend is to make sure they know all the options for both choices. My friend had made a list of all the pros and cons and this seems to be the best bet for him. i hope to god it is. I know he is not one to make quick and irrational decisions. its just a lot to take in when you find out these kind of things. Its just something that has been on my mind the past few days.

My prayers are with you greg.

-MeaD.

What’s Up Doc?

You ever had a friend that did service something that you use as a carrier. well my Doctor is also a friend. its cool she is really good at what she does. Christina & I both go to her i really like her as a doctor. but sometimes if can be awkward if you have a certain aliment that has some embarrassing side effects you have to describe to your friend. its hard for Christina some times to have her as a doc. but i don’t really mind it cause your talking to your doctor when im in the office. when I’m at there house im with my friends. Its just good to separate that sometimes. the plus sides is if we went to her cause we were sick. she will call us in a few days to check up on us as a friend/doc. which is really cool. but last week i had a chunk of my back taken out (large mole) and i had 3 stitches she did the operation and did great. but its kinda funny some times. she is taking them out tonight but when I got the follow up appointment call to make sure i remember the thing. it was her and she is like oh since your the last one of the day you guys want to go out to eat after i get your stiches out. yeah my freind is taking my stitches out then we go eat. ..yeah.

-MeaD.