I'm Just Me (Simple As That): #142

Blogger note: I've been putting off this post for a few days now, because I know that I have some rocking pictures that I haven't had time to dig out. I will post and look for a few, but I reserve the right to add pictures at a later date.

I have known #142 his entire life. Our parents are friends (see here), his sister is my best friend, he is my husband's best friend, he has been a childhood friend of my brothers, and Jeff and I are friends with his brother. (Remember this?) It's hard to condense my thoughts because #142 has been present during all phases of my 39 years so I"ll just hit a few points (and they are all not high points)

* I vaguely remember something about #142, my brother, my grandfather, a closet, and some firecrackers, but it is a little fuzzy, so I'll stop there.
* I will thank #142 for inviting Jeff to join him to all the fun LSU and Saints games back in the day. I will give him partial credit for setting us up, if you can set up 11 year olds.
* I will not thank him for spying on me and his sister while we were naked in her bedroom and I will not thank him for letting Jeff spy on us either.
* I will thank him for letting me blame him for all the times Jeff got into trouble and it was really Jeff's fault.
* I will not thank him for encouraging Jeff all those times and being his partner in crime.

* Speaking of crime...I will thank him for going with the flow and letting me cut two eye holes in a sheet for his ghost costume for my PT school Halloween party.

* I will not thank him for stealing the Keg taps at that same party from the medical school students. By the way, I think those are in my attic.

* I remember the nasty dorm room that he and Jeff shared in college. He can thank me for all the times I let him shower at my apartment so he did not have to compete with the Clorox and the "barber-shop" in his communal bathroom in the dorms.

* How many of you out there have an annual tradition of making Easter candy with your husband's best friend? Since he moved to Houston, I cannot find anyone even close to his level of help with this. Enough said...

* He has been a part of so many fun times:
           *skiing trip to Colorado starting with a 24 hour straight drive which almost tragically ended when we tried to catch a few Z's in the car about 10' from a railroad track.

           *an awesome surprise trip to L.A. to catch the Billy Joel/Elton John concert with Jeff and Sarah Sue Sue which included a tofu club sandwich and a limo ride

           *trips to Last Island with lots of card games and not so many fish

           *teaching my boys to hula hoop after the Mardi Gras parades

           *having "my back" after the same Mardi Gras parade at the Burger King drive-through after I took him to get stitches in his head from a "fall" Let's hear it for self-medicated ansesthesia!

I could go on and on and on... But seriously, I love him like a brother and a great friend to Jeff, my boys, and me. I know I can call him anytime and he would always come to my rescue, no matter what. Thanks #142 for being such a good friend! OK - I'm going look for pictures...

6th grader - MICS Bluejay