young @ heart

i tend to think that it was fate that brought rachel jenkins and i together

those 3 summers ago.  we hit it off right away - within minutes of meeting

each other we were having deep conversations about the very important things

in life, including but not limited to: the gilmore girls, one tree hill, the orthodontist

we both despised, etc.

we only worked together at the spa for a couple of months, but here we

are 3 years later with a friendship just as strong (or stronger) than those with

pals i've known my whole life.  it was fate, i tell you.

not only did we like the same trashy tv shows, but we have the same name,

and we both love birthdays.  especially our own.  being the occasional

attention-whore is yet another thing we have in common.  this is what we did

for jenkins' big 2-4:

i caught her off-guard by arriving promptly to pick her up for our birthday date.

i'm usually late, but not for important things like birthdays.

i presented her with a few options for dinner, and she chose biaggi's

at the gateway since neither of us had ever been.

the service was horrific, but the food was delightful.

big cheesy portions...just how we like it!

and heavenly cannoli's to top things off.

we then strolled around to window shop (which is never as

fun as it sounds), help our dinner to settle a bit, and to

buy miss jenkins a new book to add to her collection.

i'm proud to say that i introduced the joy of reading for

pleasure to my dear friend.  she has repayed me with an

addiction to grey's anatomy.

after our stroll, we headed to the theater to watch the latest and

greatest feature film, monte carlo starring the one and only selina

gomez.  before you judge us, you should also know that we also watched

and loved the hannah montana movie, which we rewound numerous

times to learn the hip-hop hoe-down.  we may be adults, but we won't

allow youth to be wasted on the very young who think those things

are stupid.  they're simply missing out.

we considered the cannoli's part of dinner and stopped for dessert

at rocky mountain. 

good friends are one of life's greatest blessings.

especially the ones like rachel jenkins.