The older I get, the more my Fridays seem to change. If I look back over the Fridays of my life - they are maybe the single clearest indicator of how I have lived and changed and grown over the past 26 years. But no matter what age or stage in life, Fridays have always been exciting; a beacon leading to the upcoming break from the daily grind.
As a kid - my Fridays were spent begging my parents if I could spend the night at Andrea's, or Jessie's or Katie's or Amanda's. We loved to have late night Michael Meyers movie watching fests with way too much candy and ice cream, and stay up late talking about our futures.
In high school, Fridays meant football or basketball games - a chance to see and be seen at Roncalli events. Fridays meant glittery makeup and ribbons in your hair and late night Steak n' Shake runs. Or on the lucky weekends we got to play - it meant basketball games and team dinners and bus rides.
In college for the first two years, Fridays in the off-season meant taking advantage of every party and late night that you could. During season, Fridays meant getting out of class early for shoot arounds and meals and game night if we were home. If we were on the road it meant tests on the bus, and late nights watching film, followed by a game and then travel to wherever our next match-up was.
The second two years, Fridays meant relief when class was done, afternoon cocktails with my roomates, dinners together and late nights hanging out and visiting the Greencastle bars. And, sometimes even a trip to, or a visitor from Terre Haute.
After college, my Fridays were remarkably similar to the Fridays in college, for a year or so. However, the strain of real life budgeting and paying the bills started to put a damper on that.
The next stage of Fridays involved lots of vacation and wedding planning and house searching and nights with our moms. And nice dinners out and post-dinner drinks with friends.
Now, my Fridays are Fridays my 21 year old self would be ashamed of :)
They are spent with Dave and Dexter - usually at home, and usually with a bedtime of 11 or so. Lots of Netflix and DVR'd show watching and homemade, money-saving dinners. But they are wonderful in their own grown up sort of way.
So wherever you are in life, and however you celebrate your Fridays - I hope today is a great one!
Love this! :)
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