happy birthday bff!

nothing i write this morning will be as eloquent as what i wrote 2 years ago. actually, nothing i write between now and whenever i eventually go to bed tonight will be as eloquent as the post i did 2 years ago. the only thing i can come up with right now is "happy birthday! god, we're old." which is true, but you see how it lacks a certain...well, eloquence. wait, eloquence is a word, right? brb, checking teh googlez...

ok, eloquence is a word. i wasn't sure. hey, it's early and i'm kinda in denial about having to work today. but it's friday and as long as the normal friday crew shows up, work shouldn't suck too badly.

but today is not about me! it's about my bff, who really is one of my most favorite people in the history of everything. thank you for not giving up on me. thank you for being there to talk me into or talk me out of things. thank you for being a sounding board. thank you for being you. i love you like i love ll cool j and books and chocolate and alone time, which, as most of y'all know, is saying a lot.

here's to a year of awesome things b/c god knows we both deserve it. :-)

answer: $30.25 (and counting?)

question: how much money have i found since the beginning of december? like i needed another reason to love this time of year, right? :-)

this week i got to hang out with bff (woo!) and finally introduce her to the delicious wonder that is fried lobster (even more woo!). i found $20 of that $30.25 last night while i was waiting for the bus after work. i got to hang out with some of my favorite sister girlfriends while attending a friend's exhibit opening, and today i hung out with a couple of former co-workers and saw all kinds of cool arts and crafts at the one of a kind show.

next weekend? brunch and mimosas and football and more drinking and steak and more drinking and probably more fat girl happiness and yeah, more drinking. i still haven't decided on where i'm watching the bears game, but if i manage to do so before sunday, i'll let y'all know here.

i'm also thinking ahead and pondering the feasibility of hosting an inauguration day brunch. stay tuned.

tomorrow, though, i get to hope for a bears victory while praying that i continue resisting the urge to punch anyone in the face while at work (yayboo).

ode to bff

today is my bff's birthday. i couldn't tell you exactly how we first met in 7th grade, but we've been friends ever since. one of the things that's most amazing to me about our 20+ year friendship is that we have never lived in the same city/suburb. as you can imagine, this made (and still kinda makes) hanging out a bit of a challenge. remember that this was before e-mail and cell phones - we're talking passing notes during class and meeting up at lockers, and even that fell by the wayside once i transferred high schools during our junior year.

during our 20's, there were times when we'd go weeks w/o talking on the phone, just b/c our schedules were insane or whatever. i loved that we could pick up wherever we left off. actually, we still do that now, but at least we're a bit better about keeping in touch.

to say that we've been through a lot is an understatement. we're both daddy's girls who lost our fathers way too early. we've had more than our fair share of family drama, relationship drama, college drama, b-school/law school drama, fallouts with friends (but, thankfully, never with each other) - you name it. an ongoing joke i have with her is that neither of us can run for office and piss the other one off, b/c we both know way too much about each other.

it's not an understatement to say that i wouldn't have gotten through the past year or so w/o her. this is not to say that the rest of y'all weren't supportive and wonderful, b/c you were & i love y'all for it. i have to say, though, that having your oldest & dearest friend in your corner when your life takes yet another unexpected turn makes dealing with it just a bit easier, and for that, i am forever grateful. (awww…)

out of all the people i knew in junior high and high school, bff is the only one i'm still in contact with. i am more than ok with how that turned out.

so…happy birthday, erica. here's to yet another year of friendship and love and support and booze. :-)