I’ve wanted to start a series within my blog for a long
time. Something original. Something that screams “Jonna.”
And one of the things that is so very “me” is my tendency
toward crying. It isn’t crying as much as it is welling. Tears brim at my
eyelids. I will them to stay in my tear ducts. It doesn’t usually work.
I don’t often cry big, huge crocodile tears, but I well up
at varied list of things, including, but definitely not limited to: The
Amazing Race, Phoebe’s wedding on Friends, that nurse commercial, this Buzzfeed article, and military homecoming videos.
Today’s welling, wasn’t actually a welling, but a full-on,
have-to-close-my-office-door (#humblebrag) cry for …
I figured, if I’m going to cry like a B, I may as well
be able to articulate why. So here goes nothing.
October 2008: R and I started seeing each other. We lived
about 90 minutes from one another. Most Friday mornings to Tuesday mornings, I
would spend that time with R. Then, I’d have to leave. And the floodgates opened up. Which, in
hindsight was kinda silly absolutely absurd. We would be reuniting again in literally
72 hours.
The point here isn’t my utter absurdity, but this:
On those drives back home, I would spend it with the Bobby
Bones Show. And, after awhile, those drives weren’t tearful departures from
someone I was starting to fall in love with, but drives full of laugh, Amy's horrible awesome jokes, and Name-That-Tune.
So my tears started to subside.
June 2009: I moved in with R and commuted 50 miles to and
from work. I started timing things so I’d get in the car just as the show
started playing “What Year Was It?”
It made things easier. It made things better. It helped me
get through these times in my life and other times where things were uncertain
and scary and seemingly more than I could handle.
And now, more than four years later, they are still a part
of my life.
I tried Glowing Green Smoothies because of Amy.
I ran a (half) marathon for the first time with one of my
best friends because of Lunchbox.
I saved Bobby’s episode of “Live with Regis and Kelly” on my
DVR for months.
The day before Maggie's wedding, we sat in on the show and met them all.
The day before Maggie's wedding, we sat in on the show and met them all.
But, more than any of those things, I feel connected to
these radio personalities. These radio personalities are my friends and I feel
strangely, but undeniably, connected to them. My eyes welled up with happy
tears when Amy called from Africa. My heart hurts for Bobby when he mentions
his mom and his past. I can’t help but smile when Lunch wins a game, because I
know what’s coming (“and they stay there, and they stay thereeee …”).
When I heard the news about the big move, I was speechless.
I felt like my friends were moving away to do something amazing for themselves
and their careers. I felt nervous for them because I know the change and the
risk has to be nerve-wracking. I felt excited for them because it is an
incredibly awesome opportunity that they 100% deserve. I am both
anxious-excited and anxious-nervous to see how the show looks and feels from
Nashville. I can already picture the country music beds and a Name-That-Tune
game full of country music artists.
Friday morning, my eyes welled up hearing the last show from
Austin because of all that. Bobby always says that there are a million other
things that his listeners could do with their mornings.
But, this is the only thing I want to do with my morning. I
want to listen to a bunch of best friends sit around and talk into microphones.
I am thankful for the realness, I am thankful for candor, and
I am thankful for the laughs over the years.
Happy weekend, everyone!
3 comments:
The Jonna Blog is my Bobby Bones Show. :)
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