dear jessie.

remember when we went to barnes and noble? and first we had to stop at arctic circle. and you said you'd pay me gas money, even though it was on the side of the road on the way to b&n. you're a dork. so we went through the drive through, and i ordered a burger for you, and two vanilla courtesy cones. and the lady was like, "come on down!" like we were on a game show. then we got to the window and paid the lady, and then the guy game to the window and was like, "BUUUUURGER!" and gave us the bag. it was weird. then he kept looking in the window with the weirdest look on his face, and i was like, why is he looking at jessie like that? and then he said something, and i didn't hear him, so i was just like, weird... and drove away. then you told me he thought that my straw was in chili, and not in apple sauce. ha ha. that was funny. so then we continued to drive to barnes and noble, and i brought a bucket because i threw up the day before at about that same time. so we were getting on the freeway, and i was like, "crap. i'm gonna puke." and so we got the bucket and i was just holding it there because i knew it was gonna come any second. and i made you take the wheel. and i threw up a little bit in the bucket and you didn't even know i did somehow... then i threw up some more and you started laughing uncontrollably. and then we imagined if i threw up, and it caused you to throw up, and so we're just driving down the freeway both puking in the same bucket. ha ha, that would have been unforgettable. but unfortunately it didn't happen. then we got to barnes and noble and i dumped the puke out in the dirt, and we got my journals and looked at optical illusions for forever, then looked at the bunny suicide book (way funny) and then the chinglish book. that was the best ever. i was dying. "SWEARING eternal the spirit... sure." ha ha, that was the best. and then on the way home you were like, "do you believe that i would throw up if i saw you throw up?" but you didn't really say that, but i thought you did and it made me laugh really hard. oh what a day...

dear andrew, jessie, and kim.

remember how we went to wingers that one night and then to jessie's house to play games after? and we were sitting there playing, and jessie got up to answer the phone, and somehow the beads got knocked onto the floor and exploded EVERYWHERE. it was like a sea of beads covering the floor. i actually enjoyed it. but i left to play volleyball so i didn't help clean up. sorry jessie. i just really enjoy remembering that. thanks.

dear jessie.

remember when we went to the library that one day? and we just sat there and read the far side comics, because i knew you'd think they were funny. and they were. so we just sat there for like an hour and read them and showed each other the funny ones. and then... we left.

dear brittany, bigelow, jessie, and andrew

remember when we floated down the river in a swimming pool? we couldn't find any tubes, so we bought a pool from walmart. it took about an hour to blow it up with our measly lungs, but we achieved sufficient buoyance.

then we took it out on the little pond thing, and it was FREEZING. and bigelow splashed me with mud and made me upset. but i got over it. then we went up the canyon and finally found the canal thing after like an hour of looking for it. so we got in and started floating and life was great... for a little while. there were these... women... on tubes that we came across. i don't remember exactly what happened, it was all a blur, but i remember that it was all their fault that our swimming pool popped. but we thought it was no big deal, and the three other sections of our vessel would keep us afloat. eventually, water started coming in. ice cold water. it was pure pain. especially when rocks hit our butts. ouch. and then all heck broke loose when bigelow started peeing in the water that we were sitting in. jessie literally stood up and ran to the other side of the pool, pushing the bottom of the pool down farther, so that we all were bombarded on our bottoms by sharp river stones. finally we got out and blew it up some more, then finished our journey down the river. it was great. my favorite part was when the rope was hanging from a cliff wall above us, and i yelled, GRAB IT! so jessie tried her hardest to grab it, and we were all desperate to get a hold of the rope, and she finally got it, but the current was too strong and it slipped out of her hand. and then we realized... how would grabbing the rope even help? it was pointless, but i'm so glad we tried so hard.