My friendship with Brandi has lasted for about three years so far. I've known her as long as I have lived here in Kansas. We didn't become good friends until our Senior year of high school. Our bond was best fused in the school day mornings while riding to school in her plum brown Ford Explorer and while sitting through English and Psychology/American Government.
At times I feel Brandi and I are very different. Then there are times when we are not. So, how are we different? We don't like the same music. Sure, that's not a bigl deal but it can be for some of us. We don't argue about music, she likes variious kinds of music but our opinions on it don't always mesh.
Brandi is somehow both more shy and outspoken than I am. Hard to grasp? I know. Ya see, she use to be outgoing as a child and slowly became shy around other people. It's the opposite for me. I was a shy child but now I'm coming more out of my shell.
Brandi is more of a risk taker. Especially while driving. She wouldn't have the patience to drive behind me. She doesn't like wearing her seatbelt. Shame Brandi! I remember when we would go to local concerts together and we would "bump the hump" or drive somewhat fast down a dirt road to the point of her truck bouncing. The first phrase sounds more fun.
She is quicker at making decisons too. I take my time. Brandi makes her decisons quickly and that's that.
I rely on her as a "consultant" for guy issues (for instance, when is a date, a date?) and what should I wear if I want to "dress up"? Ok, so when is a date, a date? Brandi says it's when a guy pays for you. So, that time I went out to eat with a local from McPherson? That was a date, I didn't have any money. I just thought it was meeting for lunch, not anything like a date. I was wrong. I also made a wrong move when I invited him to meet my cat. Brandi says it's like asking someone to meet your kid, I guess that's true. I wouldn't know! A few times Brandi would show up at my house extra early on a school day to do my hair, make-up, and pick out my clothes. It was like playing dress up. :) I enjoyed it, wouldn't know what to do if she handed me a crimper (if that's how you spell it). Last year, Brandi colored my hair for me. I picked out two shades of green at Sally's and she bleached/colored/kinda cut my hair for me. That was pretty cool, I'd like to do that again.
Brandi is also better at handling children. That's great, it's a part of her job. She works at the daycare I use to work at a year ago. She loves it there and loves the kids she works with. She actually likes talking with the parents and gets along with most of the workers there. She puts a lot of outside effort into her job. She'll spend her time shopping at the Dollar General store or Wal-Mart or K-Mart for coloring books, candy, or other craft items for the kids. She's had a lot of experience because of her two younger sisters. Brandi knew what she wanted to do since, at least since high school. Owning her own preschool. I hope I encourage her enough. She's on the right track, she just needs paper that says she can. Sometimes, when we're talking on the phone at night she'll start telling me interesting facts about babies and child development. For instance, if a baby spits up, they're over stimulated. Same goes for hiccups 'n' such. Right now she's in the middle of a Life (Sponge Bob edition) game with her two sisters. I gifted her the game for her birthday. She got me a Harry Potter Scene it! for my birthday! I was quite excited, she knows how much I like Harry Potter.
Brandi picks up on what her friends and family (and her boyfriend) are interested in. She knows what they like and can even make good decisons as to what they would like. As in hobbies and what not.
Locally, Brandi's my most trusted friend. I whine to her about stuff. Like tonight, I don't know what I'm going to wear for Halloween, she decided for me. At least I get to "zombie it up" at night. I trust her with embarassing information about myself. Ya know, not all of the kind everybody else would know. And she doesn't make fun of me for it. That's the best. When I had family troubles here, she helped me by going to the lake with me for a weekend. Sure, we didn't exactly last the whole weekend, there are some big spiders there and that thunderstorm didn't make our sleep in her truck comfy. Oh well, we had fun. I over quoted Kung Pow and it didn't get to her until the very end of the weekend. :)
Brandi and I have fun just laughing at stuff. Once, I fell out of a chair at her house, because of a balloon I was trying to hit. That was very funny. We'll watch movies at her house, play games, and do nothing. That's fantastic. I know I can trust Brandi. She's one of my closest friends. And although I haven't talked about events that we have been through together, there are so many, it would be hard to focus on just a few. Besides, all of my friendships differ and I wouldn't want to change that.
Brandi is a big fan of Law and Order. She's got a squeeky bed. She looks like her mom. I call her BDW. She doesn't like her painting class. She gives me Nerds. She's super awesomely good with doing make-up. She's a crafty person. C'mon now, she likes to scrapbook. We're both kinda messy. With this next move to Yoder, we will have moved around uhh, the same amount. Brandi and I aren't the "ohhh! I haven't seen you in a couple hours! Let me hug you!" type of friends. We both like our personal space. I have feeling she'll compare the size of this profile to Paul's profile.
I'm sorry I took so long writing this!
3:21 p.m. - 2005-11-10