Got any cheese?

It's been interesting these last few days. School has started back up, MVs are in full swing, and I'm meeting lots of new people. However, one of the most interesting things going on here recently is my reconnecting with an old friend.

She and I were friends way back in freshman year of high school, when she transferred into our school from the next county north of us. We had lots of mutual friends, and after a while, we became really good friends as well. We even sang some Phantom of the Opera together in a duet on a choir concert junior year.

Eventually, we ended up having what I'd like to call a Steve Urkel-Laura Winslow relationship. Follow me for a second.

On "Family Matters," Steve and Laura were next door neighbors, and pretty good friends. My friend and I weren't quite next door to each other, but we were definitely good friends. Like Steve, I was also very close to my friend's other family members. But that's not where the analogy ends.

You see, Steve always had a major crush on Laura. I kind of always felt the same way about my friend. I never was vocal about it in the way Urkel was, but the feeling was definitely there. Like Laura, my friend dated other people, off and on, but I was always there to be her friend, with hopes of something more. That's about where the analogy ends.

We sort of lost contact about mid-way through our senior year, and have just reconnected in the last two days or so. In talking about the past and remembering the good times, she casually remarked, "It's a wonder you and I never ended up together, as good of friends as we were."

So of course, I confessed. :P

Her response to my former crush was, "I always kind of knew that, and I felt the same way about you too, but I didn't want to jeopardize our friendship."

Who knows what we might have missed out on.

Now, readers, I have a challenge for you. Sometime in the next week, BE TOTALLY HONEST with someone about how you feel about them. It doesn't have to be confessing a crush like I did, and should have four years ago, but just share your feelings with someone. It could be as simple as admitting that you miss someone, or that you really don't like their new haircut, but just be TOTALLY honest.

Your life might be different because of it.

By the way, I submitted my request to get out of jury duty, in case you were wondering.