Today is Friday, and there are a few things swirling in my head. My dear wonderful friend Christina is visiting me this weekend, and I’d wager that much food and alcohol will be involved in her visit. Also much cleaning on my part, although I haven’t quite found my motivation for undertaking that particular task. With the impending move to Boston I think I’m much more likely to strike a match at the end of the first week in June as opposed to actually clean.

Also, tomorrow is Gary’s birthday! I’d hoped we’d all be able to get together and celebrate, but I don’t think he’s too sure about what he’d like to do. Shopping for the man is next to impossible, as he’s the type to simply go out and buy whatever he wants when he wants it. Thank goodness for gift certificates, else I’d be buying him toasters and such.

Louie has sent me a copy of The World Ends With You for DS, and it should arrive Tuesday! I must say that I am quite lucky to have friends who work for the likes of Square-Enix, Turbine, and Geico. Very cool indeed. I’m excited to get my hands on the game and give it a whirl! I’m still playing the infamous Animal Crossing every night before I go to bed, and I’ve been dabbling a bit in Crisis Core as well. That’s a tough one for me to swallow though, as I’m a rabid FF7 storyline fan and more often that not I get quite choked up during gameplay. Lame, I know. But I played FF7 during a really memorable, pivotal point in my life, and it was a fairy tale that really cemented it’s place into my heart.

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I spend a lot of time at my mother’s house. She and my father live pretty much directly across the street from me, and since I have a strong aversion to dish-washing I often cook at their house for the three of us. They have this really grand azalea bush outside the kitchen window. It’s been there for as long as I can remember, and it’s been huge for as long as I can remember. It’s one of the many things I love about their house that I love and will miss once I’m in Boston.

Last summer I managed to plant a bit on my own, actually. A Beauty of Moscow lilac, a Japanese pieris, some lavender, and an Endless Summer hydrangea. Out of all those plants, the only one that managed to really thrive was the lilac. Lilacs are my favorite flower in the world, and once I finally settle into a house I want an entire garden of lilac bushes. I want the scent so strong that I’ll never want to burn another candle or use another spray of air freshener; all I’ll have to do is open the window and let that beautiful scent float in on the breeze.

Mom & dad aren’t really gardeners. Actually, for me to even say that they’re “not really gardeners” is a gross overstatement. Ok, no. Let me correct myself again. My mother could kill a plastic fern. My father, while not a flower expert, can grow vegetables in sand. Without water. Or sunlight. He neglected to plant anything this year, but I remember eating tomatoes and cucumbers out of his garden for years, and they were always so so good. I’m really looking forward to the farmshare Rick bought for me this summer. We’ll get 12-20 pounds of fresh fruits, herbs, and vegetables every week for 22 weeks. I’ll be in heaven, I tell you, heaven!

As I was leaving my mom’s house today, I picked up my chihuahua, Maya, and gave her a big smooch on the cheek… only to be greeted with that classic “Hi mom, I rolled in something!” smell. Ugh. I know that scent well. Every year when spring rolls around she inevitably finds something deliciously foul in my mother’s yard to rub her face into. I was going to let it slide, but the more I sniffed her the worse it got. Into the tub she went for her first bath of the season!

She’s currently sleeping on a fluffy purple pillow on my futon, letting the spring breeze from the window above dry her off. There’s nothing in the world sweeter than a sleepy puppy.

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