All good things

1. I woke up this morning to my dad dancing a letter into my hands from one Michael Conner. Yes, I did wake up late. No, the mail never comes at 9 am. Yes, I love getting letters. No, I needed to put another "no" to parallel the second "yes."

2. One Kayla Maree Johnson blessed me with a phone call this morning. For those of us who were with Kayla during her "rainforest-frogs-text-beep" phase, you'll understand the humor of her ringtone being "rainforest-frogs." We chatted and I missed her. I even did a GREAT job of not being jealous because she, Anne, and Mike all got to hang out this weekend. I'm so happy they're friends. :)

3. Shelty took me on a date. She texted me and asked me if that would be okay, and I said yes, not realizing she was SERIOUS. She picked me up and presented me with a rose. We then went to family church (Matt abandoned us for REAL family). She then took me out to Thai because she's just a great date. Don't let her tell you stories about how I say "HUH!" in the big auditorium when the Pastor says something interesting about the history of Bethlehem. Don't let her tell you how silent the rest of the room was. Don't let her tell you she laughed about it for 5 minutes straight. She then walked me to the door after she dropped me off, like a gentleman. Gentleshelty.

4. I picked up canvases and paints and a giant purple crochet hook. The beginning of Lodge dec prep has begun. Lodge dec prep. LDP. Serious business. Our Lodge is going... to be... LEGIT.

I told Anne I was making a HANDMADE rug like this. Anne asked if the cats were included.

Remember when? Find jokes you were in on...

(I got all this stuff off my cell phone)

Remember when...

Danielle was Gandalf?

Music made us want to fly through fire?

Danielle creeped on South hall from under the ping pong table?

Art night was always a success?

Eric Price was silver in McConn and it was the biggest thing in weeks?

I had shingles?

You creeped from the study room?

You used your sock to clean up coffee in the library?

Danielle dutch-boy patched her soup bowl with spinach?

Emily lied about taking exlax for "the contest" and Danielle panicked?

There were Christmas lights strung between North and South hall?

Kayla was ashamed to be using a Malone blanket?

Noelle had a random piece of clothing hanging on her door? Do not disturb.

Emily texted the world over Christmas about footies.

Emily had her FIRST face surgery?

We used Emily's face to frame our welcome-back-Danielle-note?

Nick helped Anne pick outfits from her wardrobe and it became a unit event?

We Snow-Dayed on the retention pond?

Lindsay used a snuggie as a blanket when we nomadically camped out at Grace?

Anne and I combined our spanish and french powers and desecrated the game of Scrabble for lab credit?

The phone cord got stuck... and then Ashley got stuck... and then Mary Beth was stuck?

I bought my 4th mailbox key, only to find the original under my mattress?

We concentrated for two hours, working diligently, to finish this puzzle, just because?

I miss you THIS much