I had quite an eventful weekend. Because it was super hot, at least way too hot to stay in the apt, we tried to stay out and go to airconditioned places. On Friday, we had to go do our laundry. Since the laundromat is near our friends' Jay and Patty's house, we went to visit them and stayed in their nicely air conditioned home, watching their huge HDTV while we waited for our laundry to wash. They have a super cute puppy, too!

Later that night, Kevin came over to have a last sleepover at our place. He's moving back to the Bay Area after 2 years of grad school at UCLA. It's sad...but I'm really happy for him, too...He has a girl he wants to be with for the rest of his life, so he's leaving SoCal to pursue their dream together in the Bay Area.  It's a good thing.  It would have been even cooler if both of them could have stayed  down here in  SoCal with us.  Maybe one day we'll all be near each other again.

What makes it so sad that Kevin is leaving is that he's one of those good friends that are so hard to find. He was actually one of the first friends I made when I went to college at UCSD. He lived in the suite above mine and our two suites used to hang out together all the time. I think it was the first night we moved into Beagle Hall, and we had some social event. For one of the ice breakers, I was partnered up with Kevin and found out he was a Christian, too. So during the beginning of first quarter, we visited fellowships together, went to as many events that provided free food for poor college students, and went looking for churches together, too. We became good friends real fast. All these memories are flooding my mind now as I think back to those times. Too many to describe…but definitely some hilarious ones! Kevin has a super great sense of humor and didn’t mind doing funny things and just being plain silly, that most guys wouldn’t be willing to do for the sake of their pride/ego. That was one of the cool things about Kevin-he made me laugh all the time. We did a lot of growing up together in college, sharing most current crushes, sharing heartaches, sharing joys, and everything else that life was about for us at the moment.

Most people don’t believe that a boy and girl can ever really have a truly, simply platonic relationship. That might be usually true, but not always. Somehow me and Kevin was able to keep like that, and yet remain as good of friends as we are til this day. This is how good of a friend Kevin was to me: (I don’t want to give him all the credit for it, because I know it’s really God who made it happen, but Kevin let God use him to make the plan work out) Kevin is the guy who got me my husband. That’s one good friend, if I’d say so myself, ‘cause he caught a real good one for me (he knew I liked funny guys, so he found a real funny one for me)! I knew Jae before Kevin did ‘cause I met Jae in my Orientation Group before we started college. Kevin and Jae became pretty good friends our Sophomore year. But it was Kevin that somehow convinced Jae to pursue me after I told Kevin that I was looking for a guy like Jae. I didn’t tell him that I liked Jae…just someone like him. But Kevin worked his magic and Jae and I ended up together…and now, forever. It’s awesome ‘cause now the three of us are really good friends. We can hang out, talk and laugh for hours, just sitting around the table sipping tea or simply water. Kevin is the only friend that’s comfortable enough around us to sleep over still. Most people think it’s weird that we’re married and stuff to have a friend sleep over. I’m glad marriage doesn’t change some friendships. I guess that’s what makes some friendships more unique than others. That’s why I’m so sad he’s leaving. Jae’s real sad, too. I’m sure we’ll still make more memories together, but it just won’t be able to be as frequent as before. No matter how long we’re apart, I have a feeling that comfort level will always be the same.

Kinda went off on a tangent there. I was going to write about my weekend, but now I'm too tired to  finish. Besides, it would make the entry too long to read. But I think what made the weekend more special than others is because we got to spend it with Kevin. Good times...