It's All Relative

Smiley Riley

Last night my good friend Sara called me to see if I could babysit at the last second for her 18 month-old daughter Riley. Riley is the funniest child ever so I had no hesitations with saying yes.

Sara was going to Park City with her boyfriend to listen to some famous house techno DJ she loves. Sara is way into techno, like she could be a total raver is she didn't have a small child to raise. I didn't even know DJ's had fans, let alone techno Dj's. I'm sorry, I don't mean to hate on techno DJ's but techno music is THE WORST music ever created. I don't get how anyone can actually enjoy listening to the same exact beat over and over and over again, until the wee hours in the morning. We went to a club in Paris and that's what they played all night. We went with it for about an hour and then couldn't take it anymore. By the end of the night I wanted to scream, "It's the same song, people! Don't you see, it's the EXACT SAME SONG! I feel like I am taking crazy pills!" (shout out to Zoolander)

Anyways, Sara and her rave.

So Sara wouldn't be back until around 2 am.m so I just brought stuff to stay the night. Since she lives right by my office, I could just head to work without having to go home.

I haven't babysat since I was like 15 or something and haven't been around little kids a lot, but Riley and I had a good time. She is hilarious. We watched Laguna Beach together and a couple times I would let something like "Oh my gosh" or "She is so mean" slip, and then Riley would immitate me. Probably not the best show to be watching with a baby, but still, she liked it I think. Riley ended up falling asleep after 20 minutes so after I put her in her bed, I flipped through the channels until I could no longer keep my eyes open.

Sara came home from techno party at 2. Sara is probably my oldest friend. We were BFF from kindergarden till about 9th grade. when we got to high school, she began cheerleading and I was into sports and student council so we kinda lost each other among our other friends. However, our senior year she joined Student Council and we had some history class together so we got to talk more. But I hadn't really seen or heard from Sara until about 2 years ago when she called me up out of the blue. She had got my number from my mom. She said she still remembered my house number after all these years. Weird, I still remember hers too. Anyways, Sara had gotten married right after high school and moved to Layton, Utah with her husband who was in the military stationed on Hill Air Force Base. She had Riley pretty soon after and that's when she decided to call me up. She remembered I had gone to Utah for college and she didn't really know anyone out here. I am so glad she called me. Sara and I were like peas and carrots when we were little. We were always together and my best childhood memories definitely include her. I am so happy we are friends again. It's weird when you remember someone as a skinny 11 year-old with bangs and a side pony tail and then have to get to know them again as a divorced adult, with a baby, nonetheless. Crazy.

It's rainy today. Chilly and rainy. Makes me want to go home and take a nap. I have to go to the gym today though, I mean I really HAVE to go. I am meeting with a trainer to go over my fitness goals and to start a workout plan. Should be interesting. I hope he doesn't laugh at me...