A New Outlook (Part 1)

Looking back at this summer and the last couple blog posts I have come to the conclusion that this summer wasn't so bad. I mean it isn't so bad. I still have a month to go.

Friends
Yes I came back to a place where most people don't like me. So what! I put so much focus on the fact that I have alienated almost all the people that I considered my "best friends" that I forgot to remember that I do have a couple that still are looking out for me. I began to focus on the quantity instead of quality. I can count on one hand the friends that have had my back this summer. Some have come by but these group of guys have really had my back this summer. These 4 have have been real with me since the beginning.

One a training partner whom a lot of the old team didn't like but as he said it, "I don't care what they think of me, honestly out of the whole team I can only see myself talking to you after I graduate." This is true. I never thought I would have ended up in the same spot. I hate my old team and don't care what they think about me and my only friend from there is him. Funny how things work out.

Next comes someone I would joke around with in high school. We were on the same team and we had our share of fun but I never thought we would still be hanging out outside of the track. The jokes keep coming and I gotta say I'm glad I still talk to this guy. He always find a way to find something witty to say to cheer everyone up. Someone I'm glad to call a friend.

This one is quite interesting. This person I thought I would never speak to again after what happened in high school. I was part of the group that ruined his last month of high school just because I was under the control of a total jackass. This guy has been real with me since the beginning. Even before all of the bandit crap he was someone that seemed different to me. He was someone that knew how to fake it, something I should have done all throughout the whole mess. Glad to see that we are friends again

Finally the last. He bugs the shit out of me on a constant basis. He finds a way to get angry about everything but he is someone that is fun to hang with. Another person that has been real to me since the beginning. Someone that tried to improve who I was without trying to change the real me. Someone I got to say I'm glad to have as my friend.

This group right here has made my summer enjoyable. I never would have thought all of us would be hanging out together but we did and had a hell of a time. People up for the adventure. People that are up for driving to the beach and leaving after an hour because they want to play Monopoly. No one trying to be better than the others just a group that just wants to have fun. What friends should be.