Just got back from meeting with a friend who was in the Bahamas. I am unbelievably jealous.

It's so nice to catch up with old friends-- sometimes I wonder what I'd do without the family I've built around myself.

My blood-relations are wonderful and a gift, but my heart-relations are just as spectacular. It's a blessing that I try not to take for granted.

Another blessing: a sock full of rice and a microwave when your uterus decides to throw a coup. Ah, womanhood.