In the past year I have made some good progress here. Sadly some of my oldest friends have continued to move out of the area. This has created the need for new friends and also the time to bond with them and share some meals.
I also spent last year in Bakersfield on business where I was thrown into a scramble to find buddies just so I didn’t go stir crazy. This resulted in some budding friendships and one lifelong bestest friend for whom I am very grateful.
Remember how firendships in highschool could run so deep. Partly it was all the time you spent together and partly it was all the life changes you both were experiencing. I still feel that bond with my highschool buddies. Sadly, they live in different parts of the state now. I had thought that without repeating adolescence and without committing that much time, friendships like that were a thing of the past. I was wrong. My new best friend is just as deeply connected. Sadly she lives in Bakersfield and I am 2 hours away. It does make me look forward to visiting though. I could never say that about Bakersfield before.
