sky blue still touches me in a way that nothing can. JE1's rendition made me cry, just sitting there, and Dan was on stage thinking of me and glancing over from time to time while Ashley and Mom and I linked arms and chatted happily between songs. I am having a wonderful week.

friday was the fritz and i barely made it at 1 AM after work but the band played extra funky when they saw me there dancing. then came the party with lots of new people and new social analysis and some other less sophisticated conversation. paulo, julie, ehron, and jon visited much to my surprise and stayed for almost the entire weekend in a tent outside the house as makeshift neighbors. Daniel and I were the very last two awake watching the sun rise from under a blanket and sitting inside a misty morning, hand in hand and laughing at everything.

My birthday was so large and loud! So many people came and it was such a lovely time, sans the headache in the morning. Catie and Rod even came by with reinforcements, and it seemed as though everyone I knew in Jacksonville was there to wish me well and spend a sunday night drinking strawberry margaritas. i have never felt as if i had many friends, but on my birthday they were all there to tell me they loved me, and i don't think they understand just how much that means. Daniel stayed the night when he had class at 10 AM and slept on the living room floor with me, soft kisses and big spoon and silly infatuation adjectives and verbs.

going to try again to see Umphrey's next week and roll. i love love love joey beyond what i thought my heart could stretch. thank you world for being lovely, although i will not thank you school for being so fucking hard!

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