Friends near and far

 I feel like this is my week of seeing friends I haven't seen in a while and I. am. so. happy. about. it.  Saturday night we celebrated my friend Caitlin's birthday in Manyunk and along with a lot of other great people,  it brought together my friends Sam, Drew, and Alexa who I haven't seen in ages.  I also got to spend the night with friends I live close to but haven't been able to meet up enough.  I seriously had the best time.  I don't think I stopped telling everyone how much fun I was having and how happy I was.  Part of that could be contributed to the birthday drinks we were imbibing but 90% was due to hanging with my squad.

 This weekend I'm heading to NYC to visit a bunch of my friends from UR- some I haven't seen since October, some since last year.  Again, hanging out with friends you don't see often is the BEST natural high.  Because I'm realizing how great it feels and I'm going to try my best to keep in better touch with friends near and far. 

Ways to keep stay in touch with friends:

1.    Daily emails

2.    Snail Mail

3.    Google hangout

4.    Quick weekend trips

5.    Lunch/dinner dates

6.    Girls night in

7.    Group texts

  1.   When my best friend Delaney was in France we would email each other stupid, silly stuff all the time.  A funny Facebook status, a goof thought catalog article, or just something funny that happened a while ago.  Try it, it works.

2.   I'm all about sending letters in 2013, along with every other blogger in the world!  Sending unexpected notes or cards celebrating new jobs, birthdays is a fun way to show you are thinking of a pal.

3.  Google hangout is the new skype.  I love that you can get a big group together.  And let's be real, what else do you use Google + for? 

4.   These are sometimes hard to do, but every once in a while they are the perfect way to reconnect with someone.  Also, if you plan them far in advance, they give you something awesome to look forward to and plan for a few weeks.  I can't wait for my NYC trip this weekend.  I'm only going for one night so it will be short but sweet :)

5.   Eating + friends.  What could be better.  People always say they're going to do these but never do.  I do grandma Fridays at a different restaurant almost every week with my two friends.  We will be together forever.

6.  Get a bottle of win, a chick flick, an unhealthy snack and you are ready to go.  This happens often with my friends and I'm pretty sure I'll still be trying to have girls night in sleepovers until I'm 80 years old.  Not sorry.

7.  Group texting, whatsapp, snap chats.  It's 2013, you know the drill.