Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Things I Miss: Part 2 (People Edition)


10/20/09

*My Mom's chocolate cake
*Lee’s contagious laugh
*My Dad and my dinner dates
*Poppy’s ‘new golf secrets’
*Mimi’s food, and long conversations. Already getting teary-eyed at the thought of missing Thanksgiving…
*Grumpy’s ‘you’re too little for that’ comments
*Gammy’s advice and how she is brought to tears every time we talk about the time the straw went up my nose [in Houston].

(caption) Wax Yao, my personal Texas connection!

*Sue’s soft-spoken voice
*Watching Mike consume more food than I’ve ever seen before
*Brooke’s ASV cheers
*Jennie and my catch up sessions. And her closet.
*Uncle Irl’s laid-back approach to life, which reduces my stress
level

*Molly’s sarcasm and patience
*Farrell and my love of playing games. And her randomness.
*Amelia’s bear hugs and our shared love of going out on Thursday nights
*Ashley and my long talks and walks

*Making brownies, going to yoga, and doing anything else that involves food and/or exercise with Sheridan.
*Graceann’s sense of humor. Cracking me up everyday and always talking sense into me.
*Katie P’s giggle, chats about music, and our inside jokes. (Vamp joke still makes me laugh before I go to sleep).
*Laughing so, so hard at Hannah’s stories/jokes. And our random text message convos.

*Courtney and my discussions about the world, boys, and politics
*Listening to Death Cab for Cutie and Taylor Swift with MC
*Friesen’s East Texas accent and crazy stories
*Whit Pat’s, ‘babes’
*Julia being ‘Juicer’
*Bruce Brucin’ around

*Malorie’s logic mishaps. Yes, Pocahontas is a real person.
*Dance parties and talking b-school smack with Kelly.
*Amy’s ‘nights.’ I’m talking about Kappa Cocktail…yeah.
*CeCe and my boy bashing sessions

*Going out with Whitney and always having too much fun
*Ali’s crazy lingo
*Hearing about Mary Stewart’s chaotic life. So entertaining and insightful.
*Mallory's confidence in meeting new people, which always become new friends
*Morgan’s sleeping habits
*Meeting Delts and going to trivia night with Mel.
*Watching quality TV with Bailey

*Hanging out with Meega and the rest of Duval
*Charles. And the ridiculousness that comes with him.
*Jordan’s musical funnies. (‘mmm watcha say’ and Black Betty)
*Braxton’s YouTube finds
*Mark reassuring me that I am in fact not that funny

*Colby spotting me when I want to try a new yoga pose
*Todd’s closet
*Feeling so small standing next to Robert

***BIG, BIG thanks to Frances for the treats! Made my day =) (Especially the Orange Gatorade packets…couldn’t be happier!)

Two Chinese Proverbs: 

'Distance tests the endurance of a horse; time reveals a man's character.'

'Wait long, strike fast.'



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