Dear espn.com

Thanks for providing us with this poll. I couldn't agree more. The Rays are about 50 billion times better than the Sox. That is all.  

Sometimes Funny Things Happen

So I'm at work. I get a text from Brooke's husband Mark.
What is your specialty?

To which I reply:
Family Practice, but I currently work in trauma

To which he replies:
I meant do you make a mean green jello salad?

Wait, what?

Oh yeah, I offered to bring a side dish to her birthday party.

Everything is awesome.

OCD

I don't actually have OCD, but I can be a little quite compulsive at times. For example, I searched long and hard on the interweb until I found the perfect white hangers at Shopko.com and I bought 60 of them because I was so concerned I might not be able to find them again and I can't live without white hangers. Uh....

What happens when you try to photograph a child.

First he hides.

 Then he looks at his mom.  

Then he climbs around on everyone.  

 Then he closes his eyes, 

 and opens them just in time for everyone else to look away. 

In other news, aren't my brothers attractive?

I lived for almost 2 weeks without the internet, and I didn't die

In the meantime, the nephew got a new pair of Jordan's, but if you ask him about them, he'll tell you they aren't Jordan's, they are HIS. 

I was born in a hospital and other such nonsense.

I'd like to tell you a little story about Nick Homer. 

Once Nick went to eat midnight meal with nurse-friend Brooke. He called her on his way over to the hospital and she asked if he would be able to find it. Nick said:

Oh please Brooke, I was born in a hospital!

Flashback: Summer 2008

I was 2 weeks past being homeless, 2 days out of an awesome spray on tan, and 2 hours away from signing a contract that would make me roommates with Ms. Brooke at an apartment neither of us had ever seen before. We'd been planning this little fotohike for something like 2 years. 

I don't know what's better: Lisha's pose, Jenn's awesome smile or my $5.99 track jacket. 

Atlanta

It's true. I went to Georgia to visit Liz. Not myself, but the one from high school! and it was awesome.

 I loved the Coke Factory more than I would have guessed. 

 I bought this Diet Coke piggy bank, which is always a good idea. Good thing they don't sell cans that big, because, caffeine, right? 

 

 Botanical Gardens at UGA. And also, humidity-induced hair. 

A visit from one of my favorite old roommates, Ms. Ellsworth. 

Also, the picture quality isn't great and so I send my apologies. 

My phone broke and this is the temporary replacement. 

Things I didn't hug in Atlanta

Green rental car

Turner Field

Buster Posey (not because I didn't want to, mind you)

Coke statue

Coke bottles. Or the attractive young man who complimented me on these earrings. Or the woman who sold them to me. 

 Polar bear. 

(actually I did hug him, I just don't have photo documentation)

Hugging stuff in Atlanta

That's mostly what I did. See?