I love Kansas City. I don't believe I have ever hated leaving a city this much, and I have made no secret of my desire to settle there eventually. Because I will be frank, it's a deal-breaker between me and a potential husband if he is not willing to settle in the KC area.
Tonight, I got to go with three of my best friends to see the lights, get a picture with Santa, and create some beautiful memories along the way.
I have had an interesting semester here: a career change, living
without my friends, new job and new AURH officer role is a lot to deal
with when I feel like most days I can't even break even, let alone get
ahead. So these three have become my rocks when it gets really hard to
contain. We all went and got to know each other at MACURH, and even
though Brian and I had been friends since May, Brian and RJ had known
each other for years, and Laura and I had gotten pretty close leading up
to MACURH, the four of us have grown together as a group and been
fairly inseparable ever since returning from Kearney. I honestly do not
know how I would have survived without them.
On the way home from KC this evening, I was turned around
watching the city sink away, and I felt horribly sad that I was leaving
(in my humble opinion) the best city on Earth. I also realized that with
Brian graduating in the spring, and the three of our busy schedules
coming up, we may not have many more times like this... Brian even said I
was getting emotional, which aside from being embarrassing, is just a
small sign that I truly love my friends and I hope to never take for
granted the time I do get with them.
I also asked Brian, a native Kansas City-er, if this city ever
got old. Would I still be turned around in my seat, watching in
amazement, in five to ten years? Would I still get super excited every
time someone bribes me with a trip to the city? He told me that he still
felt a lot of the same amazement and wonder as I did, most likely
because he didn't grow up inside the city... His trips to the Plaza or
Crown Center are special too. So that gave me a great sense of
excitement for the city: that I would never tire of it and I would miss
it when I was away from it. Becasue, let's be honest, to miss the city,
I would have to leave for a bit... and I think that time is sooner than
I would like to admit.
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| Brian Hillix!! (Or.. Enrique.) |
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| <3 td="td"> |
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| RJ! (Or.. Gustav..) |
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| Kansas City <3 br="br"> |
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| Laura! (Or..Winne ;) ) |
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