tonight was beautiful. i drove home from sara's, after dropping off rae and heather,wondering for the thousandth time how i came by these amazing friends in only four years (ok so seven for sara, i had a head start, whatever.) i loved all the things they gave me, not just because they were things (but ok the model of the 1969 red corvette rae gave me was HOT!!!) but because they know me so well, they know the things that would make me happy, and that in itself just brings a smile to my face. rae made boxes for me and sara; mine was laquered over with pictures of our trip to spain and france, even little metro tickets (i saved all mine too--one day there WILL be a scrapbook) and inside was the car and caramels because she knows i love them above all other sweets. heather gave me a plush hedwig doll (to go with the thousands of stuffed animals circulating the michelle/wendy domain), a simpsons poster which i just put up in my room, and a plug in potpourri thing that she made for each of us. sara gave me a companion lobster for linus (still to be named), the pablo neruda book which i shall begin tonight, and a bobble head devil duckie!!!

i hope you guys liked what i made/gave you...heather did indeed go wild for the hot air balloon lol. sadly, though the poem i framed for her did make sara cry, and she loved the weird llama furry thing, nothing can replace the lure of the lost pirate flag. one day, sara, one day! all my love goes with those gifts. nothing i buy/make/write can ever tell you how much you guys mean to me, more than i have already expressed to you in words, but i'll say it again: i love you so much.

oh yeah and in ac's we played the "never ever have i ever" game and i WON! (or lost, depending on how you're looking at it cough cough). that was amusing, especially since we made absolutely no attempt to lower our voices or use euphemisms. "never ever have i ever gone down on him in a theater...." lol

tomorrow it is off to boston, to relatives, to another evening spent just slightly tipsy. maybe jj, the semi-attractive kid who goes to the coast guard academy and who is NOT related to me will be there. still a bad memory of my sophomore cousin sara offering to "so hook you up with him". ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. anyway if i like you and you have a cell i'll be texting you a christmas message tomorrow.....i suppose i can call meredith....lol. i hope everyone has a very merry christmas, and rae whatever happens know that i love you, aj loves you, heather and sara love you, we're all one big fucking happy family unto ourselves so who needs another one? i mean really! :-)