If I could recreate this day, I would in a heartbeat.
It was one of those days that I can’t really put into words why it was the greatest, it just was.
Me, Dan, and Aly went to the doctor on Monday, and what could have been a sucky day of packed busses and big needles was actually the most fun day of packed busses, big needles, peeing in cups and mulling around Antigua. Instead of giving you the play by play I’m just going to introduce you to my friends.
Danielle Hernandez
Dan is one of those people that you don’t have to know a lot about to love, but the more you know the more you want to know. She encourages with so much humility and has written me more encouraging notes than most, without even knowing how much I needed them. She is the MOST passionate about seeing people live out their best lives in all the creativity that God has given them. Also, she is an INCREDIBLE artist.
Dan also is not weirded out by a bowl full of dead flies and is just as committed to making Aly’s life miserable as I am. She makes me laugh more than most and sometimes I just laugh at her laugh and enjoy how much she enjoys living life in freedom. I didn’t know how much I loved Dan until a couple weeks ago when we joined forces to start a war we probably won’t win. Dan has the same sarcasm and sense of humor I have, and it’s the most fun when we are both sick as heck laughing at having to pee in cups and naming our intestinal malfunctions. Dan hung out with me all day because she has an inflamed colon who we’ve named Collin. Clever, I know.
Alyssa Badinger
First of all, no one EVER calls her Alyssa, she’s Aly. Second of all, I cannot do justice to all of who Aly is in just one blog which is why I will include more in my next blog. Aly is simultaneously the most hipster and nerdiest person I know. She is working on a full sleeve of tattoos, takes the most incredible pictures, wears her hat backwards with her hair in a tiny ponytail, and loves coffee enough to have the plant part of her sleeve. If that doesn’t define hipster I guess I don’t really know what does. At the same time, some days it feels like she quotes Harry Potter or The Hobbit more than her own words, uses vocabulary that the average Joe could not keep up with, often disciples me by evaluating sample sizes, and knows more about Canons and MacBooks than Google does. Aly is the first person I go to, she’s my leader, my friend, my arch nemesis in cards, my safe place, and my mom all in one. Most people receive love via notes and hugs, Aly, however, would much prefer that you make her bed or make fun of her. This is the reason that Aly is currently in 3+ prank wars.
This is also why me and Dan absolutely GRILLED her all day, knowing that she couldn’t toast us back because we were sick. She had a ton of work to do and had us go to a coffee shop for a hot minute, and instead of being patient we thought of as many ways to make her feel bad about making two sickos sit on a couch for 2 hours. Then she took us to McDonalds, where we proceeded to give her the HARDEST time for breaking the buddy rule for half a second to walk across the street for a Kit Kat bar, and talked about our intestinal issues to make her the MOST uncomfortable about eating french fries. Aly snapped the photo of us across the booth from her, because as much as we roasted, toasted, and flamed her that day, she kinda loved it.
Wait! Your blog is called Dan, Herman, Aly, and Collin!
Who are Herman and Collin you ask?
Herman is the amoeba that currently lives in my body (I should mention the name also encompasses the flu, the bacterial infection, and the ear infection that are also living in my body) and Collin is Dan’s inflamed colon, and really the reasons we all gathered today. As much as I wish Herman and Collin would shut up, I’m kinda thankful because I got to spend the whole day with two of my favorite people, laughing harder than my sore throat and cramping stomach would permit.
Thanks God for the best days, both unexpected and planned.
