Kara and I were inseparable in high school and years after, we still talk on the phone nearly every day. We did some crazy stuff after our h.s. graduation. Moving out of our parents house pretty much the day after graduation and into a party house, chock full of bugs, beer and really naughty friends. It was a fantastic time.
We dropped out of our first college together with dreams of heading off to California. Instead, we settled for Minneapolis. After one cold winter we decided, again, that San Diego was much more our style. So we made a go of it. Things never go according to plan, and sometimes something unexpected takes you back to where you first began, like a sweet little baby boy. So with that, we moved back to Iowa.
I have all of these great memories of her that often leave me uncontrollably laughing. My favorite being the time Kara's long blonde hair became caught in the car door and the automatic seat belt went over face, basically paralyzing her. Her face became all smooshed up against the window. It was way too funny for me to come to her rescue. I'm a bitch like that. Kara's clumsiness is natural and classic, and basically hilarious. I also enjoyed the time she was passed out on one of our long car rides back home to Iowa, her mouth hanging wide open as she slept like a baby and me driving really really slow next to a car full of gorgeous guys. Good times.
I don't know if I've ever told her, but I am so proud of her and amazed that she was able to get through nursing school and then onto U of Iowa to get her BA, all while taking care of little Evan, and her second child, Gavin. She is incredible. Wait, did I mention she is incredible? She is.
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