Ain't no sunshine when she's gone...

Dear blog world,
Today is a sad day. My sweet bosom buddy Jenna left for the wilderness of Kentucky. I understand that God has a great purpose for her there, as God doesn't send people where he doesn't want them; but it still makes me sad that I am spending yet another summer without my partner in crime. "You have a husband now." You may say, and to that I say: Yes, yes I do, but a husband is not the same as your close gal pal who will tell you that your butt does in fact look huge in those jeans. I appreciate that Jenna is completely honest with me, sometimes to an extreme; but that's just how we work. I tell her when her hair is a hot mess and she tells me if I have a muffin top (Not ok BY THE WAY) Also Only Jenna will understand why BY THE WAY is in all caps. (This goes back to Senior year and will never be revealed.) One of the saddest parts about this summer is that I will say random things and expect people to laugh, only to realize that they aren't laughing because they aren't Jenna. Also who will I talk to with my eyes? Isn't it cool that we can do that? For years we have simply only to look at each other and the other one knows exactly what the other is thinking...great for us not so great for the people who have no idea why we are laughing hysterically.
I feel that at this point I have complained enough to you in the blogosphere and now I will use Thankful Thursday for it's real purpose and tell you that I am thankful for my friend. I am thankful that God is using her to love on the "site babies", I am thankful that she will learn about Kentucky culture and that even though she is gone now, she will come home in July. I am thankful that she did not get her internship in Tennessee, because I was about to resort to drastic measures (of which only lunch bunch would know of). I am thankful that God is allowing her to meet new people, and that she will have lots of fun stories to tell when she comes home. I am thankful that she will get to go to a Jane Austen festival (because Jane Austen is her favorite and for good reason.) I am thankful that she will probably get a chance to visit Buck Run where our favorite singing couple attend, and to visit Poor Richard's (the best book store ever.) I am thankful for so much, but I suppose that I am MOST thankful that God gave me Jenna to miss in the first place. I promise that my next blog will not be so sad, but today this is where I am. I will attempt to be more peppy and fun for the remainder of the summer, if for no other reason as to not bum out the person to whom this blog refers.
Thanks for listening,
Waiting expectantly for the end of July!