There was close to 100 people, maybe more because the Claremont police department showed up, at Lisa's services. We each released a purple balloon with a note tied to it outside of Water of Life church. I wish I had taken a picture of it. It was absolutely gorgeous. Our procession to claremont was nothing short of amazing, too. With the entire staff of the claremont police, we had one cop car for every 4 or 5 cars. They closed the 15 freeway for us so that we could make our way down to the 10. When we exited, they stopped traffic for us. It was an awesome sight and I know Lisa would have been poking her head out of the window, laughing, screaming "I STOPPED TRAFFIC!" She would have loved this. All the purple. All the funny stories her friends told. The slideshows. All of it.
After the reception, we all mobbed back to Jordan's to wind down. We mostly joked around and watched TV. Jordan had Marcos & Santee in his room to show off some new video game. We had our crazy Mario Kart tournament with brackets and everything. It was nice to take our mind off of everything. It's been such a crazy week and I feel like we all needed to just mellow out and have some fun. At the end of the night I sat down with the guys in Jordan's room and we all had the "I love you" talk. We established that we're not in high school anymore which means "best friend" doesn't coincide with "someone I see everyday." We're growing up. We're living our lives and helping each other on the way. I can go a week... a month even... without seeing them or talking to them and, come, Saturday night, it's like we never left each others' sides. They know that if a situation arrived where they needed a hug or someone to talk to, they've got a solid group of people more than willing to drop everything and show up on their doorstep with a Mickey's and some lovin'. I can laugh with them, I can cry with them, I can watch them win a Mario Kart tournament and declare themelves a LEADER OF MEN. I definitely win at life.
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