well, what with the IMF protests and a conference on sunday, BS stayed home with BC and me, ostensibly to get work done. instead, he spent 8 hours trying to figure out why my new PC was fecking up the entire network. oh happy day. leading me to remark:
1) i hate windows XP
2) i hate best buy
3) i want an easter egg.

okay, well maybe not really #3. just a crank.

that being said, today, a friend of mine came over today with her adorable sons, one 12 days younger than BC and one about 8 months old. duck is a friend of mine from high school; i have not seen her for nearly 20 years. and yet seeing her was like picking up where we left off. i love friends like that. she and her family live in MA but were down for a family wedding. i am so incredibly thrilled that she was able to come and visit. BC adores her new buddy Jack — and can i say what a gentle and well-mannered (and did i mention adorable?) little guy he is. and his little brother is a charmer, with wonderful eyes.

among our memories: we remembered the night we spent in the belmar police station after one of her friends decided to drink beer in front of a cop. we had all gone to see rocky horror, and afterwards, we were going to stop in a diner. her friend pulled out a beer and swigged. next thing you know it, we 16+ year olds are spending the wee hours of the evening trying to get the hell out of the beachy police station. (since my mother reads this, i would like to point out for the record: 1) i was not drinking; 2) i was not in trouble; and 3) i really could not go home until we dropped everyone off; hence why i arrived home at 6 am the next morning. i told you the truth then and now!) what times we had. yee ha.

i hope it doesn't take another 20 years to see her again.