Back to Boulder

More than 10 years I graduated from college and said goodbye to Boulder, Colorado. The town of my college career, my first real drinks, the beginning of some of my closest frienships, the beginning of "adult" Jenni, and the scene of many, many adventures. I've been back to visit a few times - just afternoon drives to see campus and eat Deli Zone.

This past weekend I went back for a long overdue real visit. My college friends and I got together to celebrate 10 years (TEN!) since we graduated and to attend the homecoming game. SO. MUCH. FUN!

We gathered in Denver for yummy food and drinks at Christy's.

Then we headed to Boulder early in the morning to tour the Tri Delta house (oh, you didn't know I was in a sorority? I so was.), did a little shopping on The Hill (you can never have too much clothing that proclaims "Go Buffs!), stuffed ourselves with food and alcohol at The Sink, cruised through campus, had some beer, saw a buffalo, and then attended the game. I hadn't been in the stadium for 10 years. When I was in college I only missed two at-home football games ever. It was so amazing to be back in the stadium. Unfortunately the Golden Buffalo of Colorado got their a$$es kicked by the damn Longhorns but I still had a blast. We ended the night with dinner on Pearl Street and then took our exhausted selves home to Denver.








On Sunday Sara and Kent hosted brunch for all of us and all the kids of us. So crazy amazing to see the kids of your friends. Keep having kids, I love seeing them!

I also had the delightful treat to start my Colorado weekend by meeting my freshman year roommate's daughter for the first time. She's beautiful and charming and I felt so special to be able to hang out with her. And then I concluded my weekend with my very wonderful Hawaii friend who now lives in Denver. I felt so lucky.




It was a weekend I definitely needed to have. My friends are awesome. Everyone is doing so well in their lives - buying houses, having kids, meeting great guys. It is so fun to see and hear about! And even as all these amazing things happen to them, they're really not changing all that much. In ten years, we're all pretty much the same. Sometimes I get very sad living an ocean away. I feel that I'm missing out on everyone's lives. But this weekend showed me that I can always just be in touch and catch up on their happiness.

And at the same time, it encouraged me to really embrace and appreciate the friends that I have here. Sometimes it's easy to think "oh, I have such amazing friends "back home" on the mainland." But truly, I have some really amazing friends here "at home" in Hawaii too.