New Years
So Jaime and I went shopping for New Year's clothes and I got this awesome sorta black sorta pink sorta purple dress that makes my breasts look fantastic (of course, they are fantastic anyway). Jaime and I put on makeup and did our hair (she had flowers in hers!) and her dad took tons of pictures of us.
Then I got the call that my math and physics teacher from high school was in a car accident. Her husband (who she had dated since high school) and her four-year-old son (whose birth I remember very well) were also in the car and died instantly. My teacher survived, but this is another haunting death of those close to me from USN. They were on their way back from DisneyWorld.
Jaime and Rebecca and I went to a party with a bunch of anarchists for a while, but they wanted to talk Mexican politics and I know nothing about this. They also got our champagne. There were also some friends of people with whom we no longer associate there, so we skipped out early.
After driving around to various coffeehouses. (Oh, the high school desperation), we ended up at Cafe Coco, but we left there too.
We ended up at Jaime's, realizing it was midnight from Rebecca's cell phone. So we drank some champagne and that was that. Jaime is an adorable drunk. Sweet and incoherent, but adorable none the less. Before she was totally smashed she asked what event of 2003 changed us the most. At first I thought of breaking up with Isaac and moving in with Sarah because it showed me I could have a fullfilling life as a single. But the I realized that even more than that, Mary's death made me realize how much I love my friends in the first place. I don't know if I would cherish Stonehenge and the girls in Nashville as much had she not died and shocked us back into seeing the beauty of each one of us. I feel like whatever happens, my arms will be open to those I care about, and I never stop caring about anyone. Even if I don't talk to someone for a long time, I want them to know that I would do anything to help them out.
In other news, I need to stop sleeping with blankets over my head. Poor Rebecca had to deal with that last night when we finally decided to abandon drinking and just go to sleep.
I want to hug you all and say "I love you!"
Then I got the call that my math and physics teacher from high school was in a car accident. Her husband (who she had dated since high school) and her four-year-old son (whose birth I remember very well) were also in the car and died instantly. My teacher survived, but this is another haunting death of those close to me from USN. They were on their way back from DisneyWorld.
Jaime and Rebecca and I went to a party with a bunch of anarchists for a while, but they wanted to talk Mexican politics and I know nothing about this. They also got our champagne. There were also some friends of people with whom we no longer associate there, so we skipped out early.
After driving around to various coffeehouses. (Oh, the high school desperation), we ended up at Cafe Coco, but we left there too.
We ended up at Jaime's, realizing it was midnight from Rebecca's cell phone. So we drank some champagne and that was that. Jaime is an adorable drunk. Sweet and incoherent, but adorable none the less. Before she was totally smashed she asked what event of 2003 changed us the most. At first I thought of breaking up with Isaac and moving in with Sarah because it showed me I could have a fullfilling life as a single. But the I realized that even more than that, Mary's death made me realize how much I love my friends in the first place. I don't know if I would cherish Stonehenge and the girls in Nashville as much had she not died and shocked us back into seeing the beauty of each one of us. I feel like whatever happens, my arms will be open to those I care about, and I never stop caring about anyone. Even if I don't talk to someone for a long time, I want them to know that I would do anything to help them out.
In other news, I need to stop sleeping with blankets over my head. Poor Rebecca had to deal with that last night when we finally decided to abandon drinking and just go to sleep.
I want to hug you all and say "I love you!"