Call-A-Friend
September 13, 2020
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I was chatting with a friend last week about my blog. We were joking around how my first two entries have been “like what a grown-up would say.” If you were to hangout with me I don’t typically spill my life story and make lessons about my thoughts. Instead I keep things pretty light or I am quiet depending on how comfortable I am. When I write, it is typically about things that I get really deep into my head about and topics I don’t talk about much with other people. But I want to keep this space, a space where not every single blog entry is heavy, because that is a lot. In this entry I want to write about something that makes my heart super happy…my besties.
With all my moves I’ve been fortunate enough to have met so many lovely people but the two friends I want to shine a spotlight on right now are Elenoa and Chris. I am going to see them soon (literally March 8th) in Austin to celebrate their birthday month aaaaand we are going to see SZA live.
You may be asking who are Elenoa and Chris? When I was at CSU I had three jobs, two of which were on campus. I worked for Housing and Dining Business Office and Call-A-Ram. Call-A-Ram was a call center where current students called alumni, parents, and other current students to update demographic information, share recent university happenings, and see if they would like to send some money to various CSU programs. I started working for Call-A-Ram my fall semester of my sophomore year, August 2016. I share this with you because if it wasn’t for this job I wouldn’t have ever met Elenoa or Chris, literally. We were not in the same social circles, not the same majors or even the same colleges for that matter, didn’t live in the same off campus housing building, and weren’t from the same hometown.
The story of how Elenoa and I became friends has a very dramatic start to it, lol, but I will share. Like I mentioned, I started working at the call center in 2016. Elenoa was manager and the shift managers were in charge of making sure the callers are actually calling but they would also walk around and play games or just chat with us. SO one day in September of 2016, I had come into work and was in a MOOD. I had the worst weekend, was angry one second, crying the next, because of what had happened. Now Elenoa was walking around and when she got to me I was in my crying phase. I don’t like to cry in public so I was trying to just focus on work and the conversations with alumni but when she asked me how my weekend was I was like “not good, my boyfriend of 3 1/2 years and I just broke up…” and I continued on with the story of how I found him with another girl and just the whole nine. She didn’t know me hardly at all, the semester just started, and here I am spilling tea all over the place.
When our 15 minute break happened she was like, “tell me more” and that is what started our friendship. Each shift we worked together it brought us closer to getting to know one another, eventually we were studying in the library or going to the gym together (shout out to her for getting me into fitness).
Now, how did I become friends with Chris? Chris was also working at the call center in 2016, he was always in on the conversations but the way I looked at the call center was like a high school cafeteria - picture the Mean Girls lunch room scene but where instead of lunch tables you had rows of computers. I explain it that way because Chris was Cady Heron, in the best way possible - he was friends with the rowing teams people who worked at the call center but also friends with the rando group (Elenoa and I), and now that I think about it Elenoa was friends with the rowing people too, i dont know if that was just cause she worked with them?? Maybe I was Cady. ANWAYS, that doesn’t matter, if you ask Chris why he became my friend it was because during a shift the group was conversing about artists and I said that I would have 21 Savages child. Now… I was 19 y'all. I do want to make it clear, sitting here at 25, I wouldn’t have 21 Savages children. Still a big fan of him though. Chris had turned around when I said that and said “I need to be friends with her” so I think mine and Chris’ music taste is what brought us together. That and when I turned 21 he was always down to go to Yeti and Rec Room in Old Town. At that point Elenoa had moved away (to Denver) and I had other friends but they were either studying abroad or I hadn’t gotten close enough with them to trust one another drunk in Old Town/tailgates. He was the life of the party and we truly were a great duo out and about in Old Town and on campus.
Both of these individuals I could literally write PAGES and PAGES about. Truly two of the best people I know. There have been countless times that they have been there for me and have endlessly provided laughter and light in my life.
The call center will forever be the greatest for introducing me to two of my bestest friends. But I do have to give credit to us for maintaining these friendships. We have had so many things happen in each of our lives - breakups, cross country moves, new jobs, new friendships, second degrees, career changes, lifestyle changes, different interests, and so much more. With all of those happenings we made each other and our friendship with one another a priority and I couldn’t be more grateful - that is such a difficult thing to do in adulthood!
I am so appreciative to have each of them my life. I think it would be really nice of you to send your best friend(s) a text, a call, or a voice memo just to say hi and that you care about them. ♥️
xoxx,
B
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