A Walk in the Park

I visited a friend yesterday and we made ourselves a grand dinner! I helped her to make banana bread and in return, she made me a dinner of soup and dumplings. Afterwards, we took a walk in the park and talked about life. Apparently, my friend dreams of disappearing off somewhere and having an adventure. She imagines leaving her parents a note saying that she will be gone for two or three weeks and will only contact them when she gets back. Then she wants to go hiking in the mountains or traveling through Europe. I told her that I wanted to do that, too and she was surprised. Most of her friends didn't like doing spontaneous, adventurous things, and so she felt alone in wanting to disappear on an adventure.

"I'll totally do that with you!" I tell her. And so my friend and I decide that if either of us get engaged, we are going to disappear for two or three weeks before we have to get married and settle down.

"I'll probably meet Prince Charming on the trip," my friend comments.
"You probably will. We will probably be hiking and then you twist your ankle and Prince Charming shows up to save you. Then when you tell him you're getting married, he'll be like, 'But I love you!' And then what will we do?"
"I swear that's going to happen to me. My life's been like a love movie so far."

Well, if our adventure does turn out like the movies, then I'm looking forward to it. :)