Now what?

"I feel like an Indian!" That's how Kiah plays DDR.

Meet Nikiah Maria Riggs. Alright that's not her actual name, but say it out loud i dare you. You just did, didn't you? And you probably just said it again just because of how much fun it was. I did that the whole time i was at girls camp. Anyways, her name is Nikiah and she is my best friend.

Several months ago, i was walking to math class and i saw Nikiah crying. Well not actually crying, but her eyes were red and she was wiping under her eyes. Naturally, i asked her what was wrong. She wouldn't tell me at first, but i finally got it out of her about 10 minutes after the tardy bell. She told me that her Dad was offered 2 new and improved jobs; one in Manti (i think about 3-4 hours away), and one in Alaska (about 100 bajillion years away). When she first told me this, it was only a "i might be moving." Not too much later though, it became "i'm for sure moving to Manti."

So over the months, the shock has worn off. But still, i can't forgive myself for how much i've taken her for granted. Me, Ashley, and Nikiah (we're basically inseperable. and a little bit chemically imbalanced.) have been spending literally as much time as possible together. You'd think that we'd start to get on each others nerves after a bit, but that almost never happens. And when i say "almost", that's only when it's both mine and Ashley's time of the month. At that point, she is extra mean and slightly insensitive and plays lots of tricks (she knows this is true so i don't feel bad saying it) and i just get impatient and emotional and super irritable. BAD mix, and poor Kiah's always in the middle! Wow okay anyways the point is that the three of us somehow manage to love each other through all our faults.

Yesterday (or was it the day before...?), Nikiah called me while i was closing up at the coffee shop at around 2:30. She was just asking me if i could hang out, and i worked it out so i could. Little did she know that i've been trying to hang out with her, just the two of us, for a few days because of this:






This is what i always say to Nikiah, and she's always sure to say it back.

If you don't know what that is, it's called an Exploding Box. I saw the one mama made for Mommer for Mother's Day, and i new i just had to make one for Nikiah. But there were some complications. One being my own laziness, so even though i had the stuff to make it like 2 weeks before school even got out, i didn't even start working on it until like last weekend. Another one was that by the time i got to Nikiah's house (about an hour later because i had to take mama home), there was another girl there. Not that i had a problem with the girl, it was just frustrating because i didn't want to give Nikiah this really, really special present in front of someone who not only wouldn't understand how much it meant, but would ask us to explain every picture and every inside joke. (That was a long sentence.) So i had to wait until she went home, then i gave the box to my best friend. I recorded it on my camera, but i don't really know how to put videos on here. Oh wait... is it that film stip lookin thing up top there...? Well look at that, it is! I wonder if it will work...

Nope no luck. Anyways, i made her cry with this. Me, mama, and Ashley all predicted that once she took the lid off, she would keep doing it over and over because well, Nikiah is very easily entertained. But we were all wrong, because she took the lid off and... well, if this video would work you'd see what she did. At first, all she could say was "Aw...!" After a minute though, she started to cry. A lot. She told me she was really glad i'd waited til her other friend was gone, because that could have been embarassing.

Later that day, we went to my friend Kaylie's house so i could get my hair cut. Ashley met us there, and we went on a secret adventure. Oh you'd like to know where we went, wouldn't you? Oh well, too bad. =] lol

Well i guess the main point to this essay is to show off what i made for Nikiah (i admit, i seriously considered keeping it forever. it's my pride and joy.), to say how much i love her, and to explain why i asked for gas money to travel to Manti on my wishlist on our family blog. Ash and i are going to take as many road trips as possible to visit Nikiah, who promised to act as stupid as us while we're there. ;)

i wonder why all my posts are super duper long... ? I'm sure i get made fun of for it *cough* Chasen *cough* but i don't know who would do such a thing.

♥