Girls Night In..

Girls night in:

We all love going out whether that's hitting the town in your fav heels for an over priced dinner that is Instagram worthy, or going to a local bar with your football shirt hanging with the boys, what's better than that? Well nothing maybe, but having a night in could be equally as great. If it's a night in with your BFF things don't get much better than making a late night run out to get something. And on the way there jamming out to a oldie but goodie song to arrive to a grocery that's like 2 min away and one you've been kicked out of more times then you can count.

You then find the perfect Frozen pizza and double stuffed Oreos, you know you don't need. And to top it off you start taking selfies of the slob cabob outfits you're both wearing, swearing you'll never post them on any sort of social media. But selfies are necessary no matter what. And usually while looking like a slob you see the hottest guys ever and avoid them at all cost. After the quality junk food is acquired the pizza cooking experience has begun. Between the cardboard and cheese falling off it's a delicious hot mess, you both high five each other and say "wifey material" (jokingly of course.. Well maybe). Nothing's better than frozen pizza, cheap tequila made margaritas, and the fashion police. You then spend the rest of your night having priceless conversations about people from high school, planning your weddings, and pinning more baby stuff than an actual mother to be on Pinterest. All toped off with pillow talk. Pillow talk is sacred and is to never be repeated. All I can say is it's the best therapy! So a girls night in is not only great, it is a must. Because yes you have boyfriends and work but it's always important to make time for your best friend; she's the one who's been there for you through it all, and the one you want to be there for the rest of it! 

Roaring Twenties

Now that I'm 21 I feel I look at the world a different way... good and bad, mostly good. My face book feed is full of engagement photos, and ultrasound photos. Everyone is starting their family whether they planned for it or not. They are all starting new chapters in their life. Like them, I too am starting a new part of my life.. Although it doesn't include a baby, a ring, or the task of being a parent at the age 21. It does include tequila, lots of girls nights, and going on awesome vacations kid free with friends! I understand people want to start their families young and I get that, I just know I could never be ready for kids right now. There's so many things I want to do and accomplish before I become a parent. I respect the ones who are ready though and good for them. Theres too much I want to do and see, and it just wouldn't be the same if I had kids. I want to finish college, marry the love of my life, travel with him, and then when were ready buy the perfect home, and have a baby. So if you look at your Facebook feed and see all the pictures, and people starting their families and think "what am I doing with my life", just know the answer is a lot. You're living your early 20's baby free and enjoying the little things with your friends. I don't mean that in a bad way but let's be honest you are doing a lot more than their able to do. Yes they are happy with their babies and family but you're happy with freedom, sleeping in, and well doing whatever you want. You're in your 20's, you are suppose to make mistakes, learn and try new things, and find out that flavored vodka is never the way to go. You may think blueberry, watermelon, and cherry vodka is your fav.. Let me stop you right there and assure you it shouldn't be. You can be a parent any time but you can only be in your 20's once. Instead of thinking you need to start popping out babies to catch up, how about finishing school, getting a degree to support those babies, and just enjoy being able to do whatever whenever. I hope that when I do have kids I am fully ready to provided for them. So enjoy your 20's and live your life to the fullest!

Quality Not Quantity

As I get older I start to realize the importance and the value in a good friendship. Flash back to high school, I was friends with a lot of people; I was very friendly and easy going. I played lacrosse so I had those friends, I had my close friends that I hung out with and talked to daily, I enjoyed photography so I had my photography class friends, I had my older friends, I had my elementary/middle school friends, and random friends throughout. The more the merrier right? Well what I lacked to see was that those friends I had would not remain constant throughout my life. Bitter sweet. I have so many fond memories with all of them throughout the 12 years of school and wouldn't change those memories for anything. Although we remain Facebook friends it's not the same. A lot of them have moved out of state, some have started their families, and some traveling the world. After senior year I said bye to all of those friends and the whole "we need to keep in touch, or we need to hang out", but let's be honest in our crazy lives we got busy and didn't. College approached and I moved five hours away to what seemed like the smallest town in the world: Rangely Colorado. Never heard of it? Shocker I didn't either until I decided to go there. I closed one door and opened another. In college I made a whole new group of friends and again I was friends with a lot of people. It was a small school, probably only 250 students so it was easy to be friends with everybody and know everyone. I was positive these friends up here would be my friends into my adulthood. I made the decision to leave and it was a roller coaster of emotions, but ultimately I knew I needed to move back home. Since those experiences I can honestly say out of all the people I've met and was friends with, two remain. The first one is my partner in crime Alex. We met freshman year of high school and we've been the best of friends ever since! Throughout high school and college she has remained constant. From all the petty high school girl drama Alex and I have never had any of it involve the two of us. The past 7 years she has remained my closest and best friend. She knows me better than anybody else, she gets me and I get her. When I go over to her house it's like I'm part of the family and same goes for when she comes to mine. We both moved away for college and I didn't see her as much, however, when we did we picked up like we had just seen each other the day before. Through college we talked all the time about things going on, and we were always there for each other after a long night of drinking and emotions. She will forever be my best friend, made of honor, my children's god mother, and the sister I never had. My second best friend I met in college, his name is Clayton. I remember meeting him the first time and thinking  oh my gosh he's so tall and goofy. So obviously we became friends. Now 4 years later we are still besties! I don't see him as much as I would like because he goes to school far away, but I know if I were to call him he'd be there. Alex, Clayton, and I are the three best friends and I feel so lucky to have them. We've had so many memories together from two seasons of Bronco games, road trips, birthday parties, late night adventures, and even personal deep things that only best friends can talk about. So now out of everyone I've met, befriended, and made memories with I am thankful for, I've learned a lot. Now that I am older I realize that it's the quality of friends not the quantity. People come and go in your life but they are in your life for a reason, to either experience new things with, teach you life lessons, or show you how important true friends really are. I value my friendships more and more now that I'm older, and I am so happy to say I have the two best friends a girl could ask for!

Xo Morgan