hanging at the zoo

rain

gorillas

anticipation

rock band

rent

dave barry

church at christmastime

three in a twin bed

eggnog

french people

surprise visitors

old-fashioned sleds with runners

louisa (!)

being tagged in facebook notes

holiday songs

not being in middle school anymore

one piece of cake left in the fridge

winter break

low battery phone signals

audrey hepburn

being sent thirty music files at a time full of ben folds and vivaldi and rachmaninoff and dar williams

a certain rachel who makes me feel like a good person (and is MIA from here?)

peas

stomping to get the snow off my boots

back massages

advent hymns

a certain louisa's new profile pic on facebook (not that i was stalking. it came up on my feed)

revealing personal things

nicknames

unwrapping babybel cheese

long phone talks

hugs from second graders

making "that's what she said" jokes

cheesecake