This weekend I found my happy place. Fall Break was setting in, my birthday was still on my heels and my bets friends birthdays were still to come. My 3 other best friends have birthdays on October 9th and October 12th. All 3 of us were turning 21 this weekend so one can assume that we would celebrate appropriately. I have been having a rough time the last few weeks and in case the reader is not a dedicated follower to this blog, my post last week caught some people's attention. I come to you all in a much better place than before. On Friday night I had the chance to go out with some friends and get my mind off of things. When we are with people instead of being alone, it makes us feel alive. We're human and we yearn for the company of others to make us feel wanted and loved. Loneliness can be a sickness and the best medicine for loneliness is friends to lean on. I was well medicated this weekend. I got the chance to see some close friends from high school that have gone far away since graduation. We all rendezvoused in Columbus for the Ohio State game. Columbus is always a great atmosphere as it is, but if the 64 degree fall weather of Ohio is in the air, it is a no brainer for me to head southwest. One of the best friends I was most excited to see was Cory Wilder, who is a pitcher for the NC State baseball team. Cory's family moved to Georgia last fall and it isn't as easy to see him anymore. Luckily, Cory is a great guy and hasn't changed in the big division 1 spotlight. He said he loves when he has the chance to come to Ohio to see all of us because we all just love having Cory around in general and his younger brother Chase is now a freshman at OSU, so visits are mandatory ;). Being a pitcher, Cory gave me some advice on how to bounce back from my knee injury and even though I am five days older than him, I have always looked up to him. As we sat down and just had a good private talk, I came to the realization that no matter how many bad things happen, there are always gonna be good people there for me that love me and will do whatever they can to help. I have thought for a long time that just keeping my problems to myself is what is best for me, but when I use the friends and family that I have been blessed with and keep them close to me, nothing can bring me down for long. Having Cory and the rest of my friends around really helped my morale and how I am looking at this stage in my life. Today is Cory's birthday, so it is only fitting that a post be dedicated to the one and only Cory Wilder.
The people around you can really be helpful when you're having a rough time. I'm an introvert so I have a hard time making friends and I thought that since I am an introvert I'd be fine without hanging with friends all the time. What I realized is that I really do need a support system and people to talk to else I will drive myself crazy. Sometimes just having one person that you can talk to and open up to can make all the difference.
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