Good Days and Yummy Drinks

Yay for peace in la casa!

In honor of that . . .

Recipe for Kiwinis:

Peel and cut kiwis (as many kiwis as servings) into quarters and blend in blender/food processor.

Halve strawberries (or peel and dice peaches) and blend.

Pour kiwi into the bottom of champagne glasses.

Pour strawberry or peach blend on top of the kiwi layer.

Add prosecco (or champagne) on top.

You can add OJ for sweetness if you want.

It will turn out looking adorable with three distinct layers and you can mix them after serving.

XOXO

I wish that . . .

I did not have "Ryan started the fire" stuck in my head

The Victoria's Secret store here would sell UW gear

I knew that I would not be unemployed next year

I could find a white apron for my Halloween costume

I could be playing Settlers.

The Worst

I thought losing my best friend was hard, but this is harder. I understand that she can't control how she feels and that it isn't her fault but I wonder if she knows how much this is hurting the rest of us. No parent should have to wake up in the morning and wonder if this is the last day they will have with their child. I am really really good at denial and making myself not feel, but it's hard for me to stay that way when I see how badly my parents are doing. And after seeing them so justifiably concerned that the worst might happen, how can I sleep at night without wondering if when I go back to school that will be the last time I ever see her?

I feel like we are all trying really hard to smile and shop and eat and have fun and all the while we are slowly freezing to death. All of us. Because if she goes, I don't know how the rest of us will survive.

2000-and late

Things I thought I would be doing this summer: R and R and learning about the differences between Alabama and Georgia criminal law and Hotlanta boys.

Things I did not think I would be doing this summer: Insomnia and learning about the differences between voluntary and involuntary commitment and re-starting down the same dead end path.

Solution: DENIAL yay.

There is only one way to deal with toxic people...

Cut them out like cancer. Overdramatic? A bit. But that's how I feel right now. I lost one best friend to leukemia...now I lost another to racism. What. The. Fuck.

Anyway, as much as I wish this wasn't the end of it, it just is. I can't be friends with someone who once made me regret who and what I am.

And what's even more tragic is that I am pretty sure that he is just going to turn it around and do the exact same thing to some other girl. I hope she is stronger than I was.

Mmmm.

There is nothing worse than looking for reassurance and being met with tempered analysis.

Only in this family... 2d Ed.

Me: "What's that on the tip of your nose?"
The Madre: "It might be Almond Roca."

Me: "If I eat that chicken it will make me feel sick."
The Madre: "So eat some shrimp or bread or sour patch kids." And, "don't neglect to notice the olives I got you."


Dad on a rampage...
Accidentally shutting of the computer: "DARN IT! There goes my facebook upload. Get this toilet paper off the table! Toilet paper, nail clippers, what is this? Who hacked into this chicken?? Did someone eat this?"