Friends First?

Well for starters I ended up putting in a 10 work day and fuck do my feet hurt. Most of the time when I put in a maintenance shift in at the hotel I basically come and go as I please. I usually start at noon and work anywhere between 2 and 6 hours depending on things to do and how long I want to stay. Today there was a lot going on so I expected to put in 8 hours and start at 3. They end up calling me in early and then I didn't get out of their until around midnight. Surprisingly I still have a lot of energy considering I was lifting a bunch of heavy stuff all day. The good thing is I'll get paid over time and I got to listen to my headphones while I was doing most of my work.

While at work the subject about relationships came up between my co-worker. I was saying that starting off as friends before starting to date makes for really great relationships. While it has its positive aspect it also comes with a huge downside. I think that friends first make for lasting relationships but in the event of a breakup I figure that in most cases that not only do you lose that relationship but you also lose a friend. She agreed with me here, in that she and her bf started out as friends and if they ever break up she could see not ever having contact with him. That's exactly what happened in the greatest relationship of my life. We started off as friends and it made for a great relationship. Then she broke up with me, but she still wanted to have me as a friend. As much as I loved our friendship I was unable to be her friend b/c it just hurt too much to be around her. I lost out twice, losing a great relationship and one of the best friends I ever had. I do hope that one day she and I could become friends again but I guess that all depends on if I can ever truly get over her. She'll always have a place in my heart but I think it's finally time to move on. I'm sort of dreading seeing her at our high school reunion. I keep debating it in my head if I should go or not. But then again its 4 years down the road and a lot could happen between then and now.

I also got a call from my oldest bro tonight and the day I fly back into Vancouver he'll be there for the week. He wanted to know if I wanted to go to Seattle when I get back and I was like hell yeah. I will probably be completely dead form my trip but I can't pass up the opportunity to go to Seattle and especially with my oldest brother. I figure that if I ever move to the states; I don't see why the hell I would but if I did, it would be to Seattle. I've only been there once but I absolutely loved it. This time I will have to swing by the Rock & Roll museum. It will also give me the opportunity to finally go to a Hot Topic store, where I will probably end up walking out spending close to $500 on stuff.