Bad day and true friends

Yes.  Today was a bad day.  Let me take you through my horribly awful day...

1.  To start, it was raining, so I called a cab.  I waited about 20 minutes and finally decided to call them back to say, "Where the heck are you!??" Their reply? "Oh, when did you call?  I thought somebody already got you."  Nope.  Nobody came to get me.  I'm sitting on my steps.  Waiting.  Another 20 minutes goes by and FINALLY I see the bright yellow car coming my way.  I am now 20 minutes late for work.
2.  The office printer went down and it was left to me to fix it.  I couldn't at first, so we called our IT guy.  He texted us back: "I quit. Find another tech person."  Sure thing, thanks for nothing.
3. The boss was in a very picky and easily annoyed mood.
Boss: "Where is that ______ paper!??"
Me: "Right here!" *In my hand*
Boss: "_______ YOU CAN'T SEPARATE IT FROM THE FILE!"
Me: "I didn't!  I had the file at arms length!"
Boss: "Well you can't do that!!"
Okie dokie grumpachokie.
4. We weren't that busy, so everything was micro-managed to the extreme.

On the bright side, we did end up fixing the printer, the boss sort of got over it and the day ended on a good note.  But still.  I wouldn't want to repeat today.

Now onto the true friends part of my post.  So, we all have friends.  Good friends, bad friends, annoying friends, weird friends, friends that hurt you, etc.  We've all had our share of these types of friends.  Well, me and the Sister, unfortunately know all too well about the friends that hurt and the mean friends.  We've dealt with them most of our life.  I'm not really sure why we were selected to get these types of friends, but we were.  We are like freak magnets.  We were usually the second choice.  Most of my childhood, I wasn't popular when I was in school, I'd buddy up to someone, only to be let down or made fun of.  But I had parents who helped me understand that it wasn't me, it was them.  So I continued to buddy up, give my all and BOOM, I would let these friends hurt me.  I was used to it.  At one point, one friend really hurt me.  I sort of closed off after that.  I'm much better now, but it takes something amazing for me to trust you.  Anywho, I was blessed with one friend who was and is my Best Friend.  She never made fun of me and we got along very well.  We've had our ups and downs, like in any relationship, but we always made it through like it never happened.  We are still best friends today.  We live quite aways apart now, but we see each other occasionally and use social media and stuff.  She is a true friend and we have a bond that not many people get in their lifetime.  But I also have quite a few super awesome close friends who are amazing and I love them.  So in a way, all those other so called friends that I've had, sort of led the way to these amazing people I've learned to love and respect.  So thank you to all of you who called me anorexic, skinny, ugly, goody-two-shoes and whatever else.  Without you, I would have never known what true friends were.

Now The Sister.  She is 9 years younger than me.  She is still in search for her true friend.  She has a couple of super awesome friends, but none that have the 'true bond'.  Not yet anyway.  She has definitely had her share of more than enough bad friends.  She's been left at the door, ditched, made fun of, been called names (like stupid once...ya, be glad I wasn't home) and been un-invited to functions.  The whole she-bang.  I've seen her cry and get mad too many times over this.  I think my favorite one was the time a few years ago, she mentioned to this so-called friend, that she really wanted to do gymnastics, but we couldn't afford classes at the time and literally the next week, the friend signed up for classes and came over to rub it in with her new 'team' friends.  I'm pretty sure my mouth filled with blood, because I was biting my tongue so hard.   Really??  You never ever mentioned gymnastics the whole time you've known The Sister and the one time The Sister mentions it, you're suddenly head over heels for it??  Why can't you just be a good friend and do cartwheels in the backyard with her???

 I pray very, very hard that she will one day meet that one girl who she will share everything with.  Who will never make her cry, but will always make her laugh until she can't breathe.  Someone she can swoon over boys with, but always remind her to keep her standards.  And someone who will remind her in tough times that God is there for her and so is she.  I pray very, very hard.  Almost every night.  But, that hasn't happened yet.

So anyone interested in creating a true bond with The Sister, you will need to know:
1. She is very pretty, but doesn't think so.
2. She is a give all type of friend.  She will take your midnight calls, when you need to talk.  And be there for you when you're sad or lonely.
3. She is the funniest person you will ever meet.  No sarcasm.  For the most part.
4. She loves animals and always puts other people or creatures before herself.
5. She is incredibly talented and smart.
6. She will be the best friend you will ever have.

And if anyone tries to hurt her, ditch her or make fun of her, you will deal with me.  And when it comes to my family, you'd be better off dealing with satan himself.