The Girls, reunited...

The Girls: Rachael, Me (duh), Natasha, Mollie
(And yes I am the odd man out, silly girls and their sunglasses)

It was a good day. The conversations flowed whether being shouted over the roars of a Mexican restaurant or giggled over in a Barnes and Noble cafe. 6 hours wasn't enough. I miss these girls when they aren't around.

I met Rachael during freshmen orientation. I laughed at her white girl fro one morning and we've been fast friends ever since. She's the friend that I don't always have to say the words out loud because we just know what the other one is thinking.

I met Natasha sophomore year of college because we shared a suite and a lot of mutual friends. She's the friend that both understands and shares my neurosis, we make each other feel normal. lol She's the only one left in the major T-town area.

Mollie was my college roommate. She's the friend you can live vicariously through and trust to never blackmail you... because she was there too. I remember all my friends complaining about their roommates and thinking, "that must suck", because I adored mine.

We've all been through a lot together and I think as the years pass it will only get harder to say goodbye each time.

Easy come, easy go...

A former co-worker/good friend was involved in a near-fatal car crash early Sunday morning.

Her heart was punctured and she had to have emergency heart surgery.

They lost her twice.

I saw her today at the hospital.

You almost couldn't tell she had been in a car wreck.

Despite the big scar on her chest from the surgery she didn't have a single bruise on her.

I'm so thankful I could cry.

I take that back... I have cried.

The doctors say she should have died.

Only one person in Japan has ever survived her type of accident.

It's been a week... to say the least.

My blog love...

I am in some kind of ridiculous love with my blog. Much love and thanks go out to this guy. Anyone who can put up with my whining and complete lack of knowledge about this type of stuff... well they are pretty special.
Isn't it beautiful?!
Go tell him so.
Now.
lol

As a side note: the photo at the top of my blog was taken by yours truly several years ago outside of my parents place.

Oh the embarassment...

The other night Husband and I are attempting to do some mall-walking after a dinner full of El Chico fajitas.

This girl smiles at me, I smile back thinking "gee, she looks familiar..."
After we pass by I hear a... "Karen...?"
I turn around and this mystery girl starts talking about how she always sees my mom and asks how I'm doing, etc....
I attempt to introduce her to Husband when I fail to tell him her name she offers it up instead.
She says her name is Katrina.
A vague light bulb goes off in my head but I still have no earthly idea who she is...
We exchange awkward pleasantries and go our separate ways...

I call my mom in attempt to jog my memory. She finally figures out who I'm talking about and offers up a last name. Then it clicks... I had drama with her... my freshmen year of high school. I know I haven't seen her in 7 years because since graduation I haven't really been back there. To be quiet honest though I'm not sure I really saw her much or had any interaction with her after Freshmen year.

It's weird that people can remember me and recognize me after all these years but I have no idea who they are. So I guess the moral of the story is if you ever see in the mall and I just blankly stare at you... take no offense... I do it to everyone.

End of an era

It was announced today. The thing myself and many others knew was coming. Yahoo!360 is more or less shutting down. You can read the crap they posted about it here. I know a lot of us former 360 users have already gone "indie" but I can't help but feel like I've lost an old friend with his announcement. 360 is where I met and was befriended by so many wonderful people. It feels like the end of era. I began blogging back in the summer of '05 when Husband was deployed overseas. Looking back I never thought my simple way of staying in touch with him would lead me where I am today. It's been fabulous though. I can only hope now that I won't loose these wonderful people just because yahoo couldn't be bothered to work on the best idea they ever had.