This week I will be heading to Napa Valley, CA with Aurora and her parents. I am not really a big fan of wine, but I hope to appreciate it more when I'm over there. Which reminds me, I need to figure out what to get her for her birthday... I guess I will have to go shopping tomorrow, yay. fun. woo.
On a more somber note, my good friend from college, Kristin Idlebird, lost her fight with cancer on September 19, 2013. I miss her dearly... I know that she's in a better place, but I can't help but feel like I let her down. As I try to remember the many different times we were together, I'm starting to forget..
I don't want to forget the times we shot pool and played arcade games at the UC.
I don't want to forget the time we went bowling together with a group of people from her floor when we lived at the dorms.
I don't want to forget the first time she and I went to our very first gay club, South Beach.
I don't want to forget the time she introduced me to her family and her grandparents.
I don't want to forget the times we worked on video projects, scripts, and short stories.
I don't want to forget about a scene she wanted to do on top of the Welcome Center at UH, where Jamie Woody and myself were spies or secret agent ninjas. She loved the view from the roof..
Then there was a time when she drank alcohol for the first time, and I gave her so much grief about it. She said that it's not like she's an alcoholic, and she was right.. back then I didn't understand alcohol that much..
I remember the first time I met her. My forever next door neighbor, Linda Fox, showed me around campus, and we stumbled upon the Library. When we were inside, the library was gated off and closed. That was when we met Kristin. She wanted to check out the library too, but it was closed. Linda had to go, and Kristin and I went on an adventure... and the rest was history...
Then there was the times we worked out together at the Rec Center..
She introduced me to Frenchy's Fried Chicken.
One time, I left two lighters in her messenger bag, and when she was over at her grandparents' place, she dropped her bag and the lighters fell out.. oops.. sorry Kristin...
I remember studying with her.. getting the new radio head album with her..
... I remember when she got her refund check. She bought a desktop computer, an Xbox 360, Bioshock, and for some reason I remember her blanket or comforter..
Oh, and then there was the time I brought her to GLOBAL to meet other gays. She was very supportive of me... and then I remember quitting GLOBAL, and she was still supportive of me and my decisions.
I also remember losing touch with her.. which I hate the most...
I started to hang out more with people on my floor at my dorm and she hung out with Mercy, Jamie, and Brandon. It's like with most of my really good friends though, we hang out from time to time, but we have our own lives and our own different groups of friends. So I just didn't think much of it.. then I didn't hear from her in such a long time. I think I heard she couldn't afford school, she was looking for a job, and then I find out what had happened on Facebook.... really?
I had no idea what even happened! It was like seven months later from when it first happened..!
I called Jamie and she told me everything..
I then find out she was admitted to Memorial Hermann TIRR, which was right next door to where I was working at the time. I brought my violin and went to TIRR to come see her, but she was no longer there...
Jamie ended up taking met to go see her at home.. it was so sad...
I ended up playing my violin for her, hoping it would help her... praying that she could remember....
Rest in peace Kristin.. you will always be in my heart. You will always be in my mind.
(and you will always be with me whenever I watch the Houston Texans play..!)
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