Day 285: The wheel of fortune

[nagi_schwarz]

I thought that life went through strange reversals when I went from celebrating my birthday to mourning my sister's broken marriage. The last two and a half days have proved several things. First, it has proved who all my friends are. Seirra, you weren't there, but you help anyway by just hanging out and talking and trying to make everything all right, even if it is playing jeopardy and helping Mandi with Zelda and all that. I know my mom worries about me when I'm up here all by myself, but she really doesn't have to (although she will because it's what loving moms do) because I have great friends. We're a family, and we care for each other and love each other. We pull together every time an emergency goes down, be it a middle-of-the-night hospital visit or whatnot (and 'whatnot' covers many things), and I'm glad we can be such a strong team in the middle of it all. This has also taught me that life can turn upside down at the drop of a hat. That can really suck, but it's all so much better if you have friends, and I have some truly fantastic friends.

I should call my mom and tell her what's up. I finally gave in and told Marty what was up yesterday, because our lack of names to go with male pronouns and our oblique language and our admittedly amusing stories about impromptu weapons left him very confused.

Talking to Ericka and Megan this morning was fun, although Josh will be disappointed that he missed another of their squabbles. I wonder if I should start selling tickets to him. Just kidding.

I woke up this morning utterly exhausted, and yesterday I was alternately numb or hysterical. Almost cried in class a few times, but you will all be glad to note that my father instilled the British sense of decorum, stoicism and "the stiff upper lip" into me for emergencies. Because if I can't function for class, I totally and utterly freak out. I was also bitchy yesterday. I take a very sick satisfaction in scaring the hell out of Nick's friends. I think I should be able to safely say that they will not give him alcohol anymore.

I love being a bitch sometimes.

But I love all my friends more.

Thank you ALL so very much. I should take you all out for dinner. Or at least dessert at Lupita's.

Comments

what?!?!?!?!?!

[kawaranai.livejournal.com]

What on Earth Happened?!?!?!?!?!?!?

now you've got me worried about you.

let me know will ya, I'm here for you no matter how far away I am.

[miranwe.livejournal.com]

Being a bitch isn't always bad. :) sorry i missed ddr. i didn't realize who might have called me until 10 min later when it was 9, so I figured y'all weren't playing anymore. I'm mad at myself for missing it too. Drats. Hope you have a good weeked. If anyone wants to, I have a concert tonight at 7:30 at the Heritage Center. Love you all!

[gamila-walrus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm with Maleena. Did Shannon and Sid's divorce upset you that much or did something else happen? Gah! I always worry about you when you post stuff like this. I always want to rush down and make sure you're okay. But it's nice to know you have good friends that take care of you. It makes me feel a whole lot better. So, three cheers to Nagi's friends! Remember you now have my phone number! Call anytime for Latin or just to talk.