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reasons why today is/was great.

• jayne's fantastic story this morning about an old lady - naked - in bryce's friends back seat.
• i bought an outfit for katie's wedding and/or my cousin's briday shower.
• melissa made the catwalk over at sis!
• i'm thisclose to being done with my class sample for the recipe book.
• i scrapped a layout for myself!
• i found this video on youtube from the nkotb show on friday that i was at. awesome.

 

i'm particularly fond of the line "Ooo, It's so crazy, she's like Baby, I'm like Swayze"

the one that only melissa got.

family date night. with dad (and mom!) and satchel. slickest foors ever. liquid diets. must be all of that october. step touch by step touch. does this necklace come any bigger? i just wanna touch jordan. free pizazzill giveaway! the "roll the cookie dough" dance. i can't believe you said that to my husband. bob says no! super high nipples. he doesn't even want those fries. hand/face dryers. it doesn't matter . . . were in wareham. that time we almost got kicked out of target. where's mom, guys? the ridiculous photos in the photo booth. $247.69. i don't even like that. the birthday condom. madonna dance parties (with or without hans :). it's not that easy jill, my cd's are in his truck.

un.real.

productive.

The dishes are in the dishwasher being washed as I type. Laundry has been started, and more is waiting in line. I drove to Somerville with Dad this morning to check out a sweet new ride for Mom. Mercedes, what what! I made a stop by the State Police Department to pick up an accident report, finally. Three charges, including DUI. I'm not surprised. I just want the whole ordeal to be over with. I need to fax the report on over to my insurance company, and then I'll be done with my end of things.

I spent a fabulous Saturday afternoon with Melissa and Breanne in Boston. Good times. Good weather. Good food. Good laughs. Good shopping. Good soap. Just plain old goodness.

That's pretty much what's been going on around here lately. Besides work. And the occasional craft-tasticness. I'm looking forward to a change of pace. More friend time. More pumpkin ale. More creativeness. I'm working on it...

it's 3:01am

and melissa just punched me.

no words ... just emotions.

let's go to a party.

i'm just realizing now that i didn't even mention going to see gavin degraw last week! blasphemy!

we got a little lost, but it was all good because heather's gps worked OUT OF THE CAR. so we were those girls walking around boston holding a gps system trying to find the wilbur thetre. whatever, it worked. the concert was fan-tastic. the more i listen to his music, the more i love him. and seeing him live was just the icing on the cake. oh, and the little factoid that melisser texted me (because she has insider info on mr. degraw, ifyoudidn'tknow) made me smile.

i'll leave you with this video from the concert (it's not mine, thank you youtube!). love this song. love this man. love those dance (?) moves :)

bob says no.

The past 3 to 4 days have been pretty great. You can visit Melissa's blog for a complete update of my Friday night. My Saturday went as follows:

• buy suit with SAC
• eat lunch
• have no visibility whatsoever on the highway during the torrential downpour
• go to dinner with Bob and Melissa at Longhorn
• laugh until I almost pee my pants (it's a given with that girl)
• have innapropriate conversations
• TRY to go to the movies but arrive only to find out that they are "closed due to power outages"
• pout on the way home, because Bob says no.

I lost 4.5 more pounds! It feels good to be back on track. Speaking of, I've made approximately ten layouts over the last week. Unheard of for me, I know. Now if I only had the motivation to take pictures and upload them...

new day. new week. new month.

I was finally able to get some sleep last night. The accident kept playing over and over in my mind yesterday and it exhausted me. I hope I never ever see something like that again in my life.

I am more grateful today than I was Saturday night. I'm grateful for my life and the fact that I was not hurt in the crash. I'm grateful that my friends who I had just dropped off were safe at home in their beds and that they did not have to experience what I did. If something had happened to them I wouldn't have known what to do with myself. I'm grateful that nobody was driving down Route 6 East bound at the time of the accident. I'm grateful for each member of my family that I got to see and hug when I walked in my front door early Sunday morning (and for my sister and brother-in-law who I called hysterically crying too :). Life is (and is going to continue to be) good. Sometimes, as shitty as it is, it takes something like this to really put things into perspective. We are not guaranteed anything, and I'm going to try my best to not take things for granted.

I hope that the man who was operating the other vehicle is recovering from any injuries that he may have received during the crash. And I really hope that he is thinking about what happened and how lucky we are. I know that I am.

The accident report will *hopefully* be ready to be picked up tomorrow morning. Then I can contact my insurance company and start to put this whole ordeal behind me.

Today I plan on enjoying life. Getting my scrap on. Eating a yummy (and healthy!) lunch. Spending time with family and friends who I love dearly. Maybe even getting a little sun. Happy Labor Day, homeslices.

/sappypost.