Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003

Chris-mas in NYC

Yesterday I went to New York City for the first time ever in my life. It was pretty impressive. I did what Christopher calls "drive by tourism" which was good enough for me, especally considering all the things I wanted to see.

However, as impressed as I was by New York City, I was even more impressed by a friendship that I had forgotten about.

Every so often you meet a person that you get along well with, but then you get wrapped up in other things and end up just saying "hello" to that person as you pass them on the vast expanse of what is Concordia's campus.

I had forgotten that I had a friend like Christopher. Now, Chris, who may very well be the only person that is reading this, if I tell him about it, since I was going to take a hiatus for a while, is the kind of guy that would wait for an hour and half to meet you in the dead of winter in NYC because your friend's friend, who was supposed to be ready at 9am, was not ready when you arrived 30 minutes late (9;30) and ended up getting to NYC over an hour later than you said you would because you also went to the wrong train station. Now, if this were me waiting (I am much lesser a person than Chris) I would be upset. But luckily it was Chris, who did not appear upset, and if he was, did not let it affect our day together. Being late is my pet peeve, really. So I was annoyed that we had to be so late. I'm not sure if I ever properly apologized to Chris for this.

As we hiked through New York City, we learned more about each other, we discussed people from college, we talked about nothing and he made me laugh, which is a good stress reliever. As fast-paced and horribly crowded NYC was, I feel renewed as I begin 6.5 more days of school before Chistmas break.

I wish that I had spent more time with Chris at college. And when he asked me if I was for sure moving, I was saddened to know that if I move it may be a long long time until I see him again. It is rare that someone finds a friend like Chris. Since our friendship has been renewed these past few months, I realize that he is a friend I would like to have for the rest of my life.

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