Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Thanks Mollie



Dear Mollie,


Thanks for going on a study date with me, listening to me rant, and helping me find extra articles when you probably needed to be working on your own paper. But that is just how you always roll. I think you are pretty awesome and I'm awfully glad we are friends. It was also really nice of you to let me get ready at your apartment to go out. And ditch homework to run to Target and try on shoes...I love when we have random adventures like that.


Love,

me

Thanks Man in Suit at Musical Monday

Dear Man in Suit at Musical Monday,

Thank you for providing me with your drunken entertainment during It Sucks to Be Me. I was just NOT prepared for you to put the moves on my friend, but then you totally went for it. And got shut down. Oy.

Love,
me

Monday, May 24, 2010

Thanks Kelli



Dear Kelli,





Thanks for mailing my camera. And for still speaking to me after I looked like this:







at your wedding. You are seriously the kindest, most loving, wonderful person I know. But I'm sure you already knew that. For real, I'm pretty embarassed about the aforementioned behavior and I apologize from the very very very bottom of my heart. Thanks for being amazing. I love you with my whole heart and hope that your new life as Mrs. Paul will be filled with nothing but love and happiness for the rest of your life.

Love,

me

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Morning

Mmmmm...

Sometimes,

there is just nothing better

than sitting around in your pajamas on a sunny Sunday morning

before anyone else is awake

and reading or writing

and sipping some juice (even if it is in boxed form).

Enjoying the moment but looking forward to when the others awake.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Thanks Jason


Dear Jason,

Thanks for making omelettes and toasting crumpets this morning. While listening to Glee and Journey and Maroon 5 with an appropriate amount of dancing. There are a million reasons that I'm glad we happened upon each other, but today, the omelettes are my favorite. They made for a truly lovely brunchtime, followed by epic workout time. You rock my socks.

Love,
me


Friday, May 21, 2010

Things Im Glad I've Learned in the Past 6 Months or So

1.) I like my hot dogs a very specific way: ketchup, brown mustard, sweet relish.

2.) Twilight does NOT suck.

3.) Laundry for 1 takes half the time to do as laundry for 2.

4.) Running (and ellipticalling and biking and weight training and trying deperately to do bosu push ups even though I fail practically every time) brings peace. Well, maybe not peace exactly. But endorphins :) . And it wears me out to the point where I can sleep sleep sleep.

5.) Anytime is a good time to have tutu time.

6.) The people that you least expect are always the ones that surprise you the most when you find out how much they really care and will go out of their ways to make your life a better, happier, more well-adjusted place.

7.) There is no shame in loving musicals more then Jack's Mannequin. And furthermore, it is extremely possible to do both.

8.) Watching the people you love pursue their dreams is beautiful. Even when you have to let them go far, far away to do it.

9.) When choosing between walking or taking the bus, always walk. That's where all the fun stuff happens anyway.

10.) In the eternal words of someone covered by Hootie and the Blowfish, "Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever."

11.) Sometimes the best rebound you can have is figuring out how exactly to love yourself again.

12.) My favorite drink at Starbucks is a Venti Passion Shaken Iced Tea with 4 Splenda.

13.) My favorite pizza is pepperoni, sausage, green pepper, and black olive.

14.) I LOVE crunchy peanut butter.

15.) Writing. I'm not the greatest writer in the world and I'm probably not going to write the next great American novel. Not that I can't. I'm just not really interested. But sometimes I write things that occaisionally make people laugh. Or cry. Or get interested in things. And I like to write. So I think perhaps this is something I will do more of? I would love to write about books. Or theatre. Or weddings. Or lacking love lives.

16.) When you think things can't get worse, they probably can, and will. This is not a very happy thought, but the knowledge that things NEVER stay bad forever is always hopeful. Besides, if it's meant to be, it will be in the end. If it's not meant to be, it's not the end. Or something like that, which I'm sure I read in someone's facebook quotes or something.

17.) You should never be defined wholly by someone else. Losing sight of yourself and giving up on your dreams is a pretty tragic loss. Not one for the win column.

18.) Never underestimate the power of a cuddly baby, Jamba Juice, gin and tonic, a night out, or flinging yourself on a wonderful person's couch in the cheering up process.

19.) Unexpected freedom = unexpected adventure.

20.) Sometimes, you really do just have to figure it out on your own.

Thanks Vanessa


Dear Vanessa,

The present you left on the counter by the sink in my bathroom was priceless. I love it. Almost as much as I love you. I'm really going to miss you when you move away. But I guess that's why there are letters and cell phones and blogs. And airplanes and cars. And swimsuits for beaches that we will be chilling on when I come to visit you for our entrance into mid-20dom. Thanks for being my best friend the longest.

Love,
me