My friend Hunter came to visit me again this weekend! I was super excited for it because I only get to see her maybe twice a year. This is the last time she will see me in Boone before I move to Hickory (She says she might visit more since its closer but I don’t want her to feel obligated).

We hung out a lot and I was with her when she got a new tattoo. It looked great. We also watched “The Pyramid” and she introduced me to the wonders of “Marble Hornets”. I can’t believe I went this long without watching it. We marathoned season 1 and 2. It was creepy and weird, and it showed that imagination and dedication can help any filmmaker over come a lack of budget and make a good film.

She left on Sunday and I felt nostalgic as I always do. But its like the carnival. It will come back to town soon. But I loaded her up with some books and movies and a flash drive with movies, cartoons, music and some episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

My mom offered to help me with my apartment. She found one in downtown Newton outside of Hickory that, with rent, water, electricity, internet/cable, will actually cost less than my current nothing included rent here in Boone. She also said she would pay my first month’s rent and deposit. She said it was a gift but I am going to pay her back anyway.

Tomorrow I have a job interview in Hickory for a CNA position at a local retirement home. Its not much but it pays more than I make now and it is something to hold me over until something better comes along. Retirement homes can test you endurance, that is why I would like to do hospice work. I think I have the temperament for it.

Hunter came to spend the weekend with me again! She can only come maybe 3 or 4 times a year but everyone of them is like a vacation for me. We did some shopping, I bought her some gifts, went out to dinner with some friends and we marathoned all the “Paranormal Activity” movies. I had not seen them before and I am glad I watched them. I especially liked the first one. We also watched the found footage film “Willow Creek”.

Other than that we just hung out and milled around town. It was great and I’ll have more opportunities to do it when I get out of Boone. I’ll have a better job and cheaper expenses so I can rent a car (or get a new one) and take her up on her offer to visit her.

My friend Hunter came to visit me this weekend and it was just what they doctor ordered. A visit from her always make me feel better.

I know she is going to read this but she looks even more amazing (if that were possible). She has slimmed down a lot and I am going to take her work out/nutrition advice to heart. It only takes 30 minutes a day. She has also got me out of my rut of being down on myself because I am can’t draw. I am going to try and practice. I won’t post anything because I know it will be crap but imagine something simple and everyone drawn in profile for now. Like she said, I have to start somewhere.

I gave her some gifts that I had been hoarding for just such an occasion and she gave me my birthday presents, a TON of awesome original art that she got at Bronycon. I am going to find frames for all of it so it does not get messed up.

Hopefully after I get my medication aide certification and get a decent paying job I can rent a car to go visit her or take mine, because if it does break down it won’t be the end of the world.

We mostly bummed around town and watched kaiju movies. That is a typical day for me, but having her there made it special.

I really should have written this up sooner but I am either to busy or too lazy.

Last weekend my friend Hunter came to visit and it was a blast! Since I had Monday and Tuesday she got to stay longer. She arrived Friday afternoon and left Monday morning. We hung out, went around town and went to Blowing Rock. I only live about 10 minutes away but I rarely go there.

We ate out and went to go see “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and it was really good.

She brought her copy of Hannibal Season 1. I know it is hard for tumblr users to understand but I had never seen it before. I was really impressed by it. I tried to pack in as much as I could but I was exhausted and fell asleep into some of the later episodes. We also watched “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”. I thought it would depress me because it looked like a “lovable loser” film, but it was a life affirming feel good movie! 

My mom, aunt, cousin and her daughter abstained from my family’s Easter get together because of what happened to my cousin’s daughter earlier this year. I don’t want to get into the details but it was bad and some body in my asshole family will say something stupid about it. So, Hunter invited me to Easter with her family and they seemed pretty nice.

When she left I just laid in the floor and stared at the ceiling for a while. 

Overall, it was a fantastic visit and It did me a lot of good. I only wished my apartment was not so dirty. Its hard to make time to clean between working 8 hours a day and then going to class 4 hours a night. Hopefully she overlooked its state.

Things really sucked for a while because on Thursday at some point I lost a $50 bill. I have no idea where the fucker is, I practically tore my apartment apart trying to find it. It is not the end of the world but I could have bought a lot of food and it made me feel really shitty.

I did manage to go see “Pacific Rim” and it was awesome. When the first kaiju appears and destroys the Golden Gate bridge, I actually felt like a kid again watching my first Godzilla movie. It was an excellent film. 

I text’d hunter afterward and we geek’d out over it. She also said that she was going to visit sometime soon. That is always fantastic. She had to cancel her last visit because of Father’s Day and ever since then my mom keeps asking “When is Hunter coming to visit you?!” I just tell her when she feels ready too, I don’t want to push the issue. She called last night and ask for the 100th time and I told her point blank that I did not know and neither did Hunter and I would gladly inform her when she did. I got a little annoyed. 

Anyway, she also told me that she is going to BronyCon and will bring me some treasure from it. It is in Baltimore and I have no money to attend. Hopefully she will bring me something cool. When she when to FWA she brought me some kick ass pony badges. I still have them hanging in my room.

Once I pay rent and tuition it will take me some time to work and recover. I should also have my pistol paid off by then. Once again, that missing 50 spot could really come in handy. But once I get my nursing degree, I can afford to do things like go to conventions and commission art. Maybe afford some of the finer things in life instead of scraping my pennies together in the hope of buying a $15 box fan at Big Lots. 

I have it worked out though. My landlord is pretty friendly with me. If I ask her to delay my rent until the 15th then I can pay both and not starve for most of the month of August.

Speaking of which, my birthday is the 15th. I feel old. So very old. 

This past weekend was awesome. 

Hunter came up and we hung out for most of it. I gave her her belated birthday presents and she seemed to like them. I took her and Yvonne to dinner and after that I took her to see the “Evil Dead” remake. But, before we went to see that we watched all three films from the original trilogy. 

We had coffee with Scape and had a good time. 

The only thing that put a damper on things was I got sort of cash and had to borrow some from Hunter. She forbid me from paying her back and seemed to get mad at me. My sense of honor compels me to, though. 

The worst thing about it was the idea that I made her mad. There is nothing that terrifies me more than the idea of losing her friendship. That is the kind of thing that wakes me up in the middle of the night. 

I will do something nice for her to pay her back. She will see. 

Oh, and I know you will read this Hunter. Love you! ;)

My friend Hunter is coming to visit this weekend and is staying with me. 

I know that she will read this, but I don’t care. That girl is best treatment for manic depression on the planet! AAAAAAHHAHAHAHAH!