Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008 - 6:04 pm

Last night I got my birthday drunk on. I had a fantastic time and I am still convinced that my friends and I have way more fun than old folks are supposed to.

I've taken to e-mailing Lea when I wake up after we've been out. It appears that she has come to expect this and calls it the "Morning After Call". This morning was no exception. I wrote to thank her for coming out to be with me and to tell her that I had a great time. I also wanted to fill her in on a couple of things that happened from the time she left me to the time I got in my car. All the important stuff, you know.

Her response? "I'm so glad you had a good time! It was kinda hard to tell between all the giggling and smiling if you were REALLY having fun or if you were just faking it."

Lea is a smarty-pants. One of the infinite reasons I love her. I'm thankful I've had this second chance to get to know her even better since I've moved back home. I can't really describe what spending time with her and getting to be a part of the Little Girl Nutjobs lives has meant to me.

Anyway...

I've had to amend some whining I've been doing lately. I sometimes complain and wish that just ONE thing would turn around and go right.

Just ONE.

I'm usually stressing about finances, job situation, my weight and the black comedy that is my love life because none of these things have been going well for me for a ridiculously extended period of time. All of them, all at once.

However, it didn't take me long to get over myself and realize that as long as I have my family of friends, there IS one thing in my life that is good and right. When everything else is falling down around my ears, I always have that one thing that is better and more precious to me than I could have ever asked or hoped for.

YOU.

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