January 1: The Laurie Tales

2009? Pretty good so far. And by pretty good, I mean I alternated between sleep, brunch with my college roommate Laurie, fielding/making random "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" phone calls, watching "Gilmore Girls" Season 7 on DVD, and getting hopelessly lost when Laurie and her boyfriend John drove me back to pick up my stranded car from last night's party in Crofton, Md.

So, I couldn't actually ask for a better start to the year/more relaxing day off.

I laughed today when Laurie told me about the time she was at a party in high school, and when the cops broke it up, she climbed up a tree to hide, and it took her friends an hour to find her afterward.

Apparently Laurie ran with a tough crowd in high school. Who knew?

I laughed today when Laurie and I were trying to find our way around Crofton, and accidentally drove over a rickety wooden bridge that we're 99.99% sure was pedestrians-only.

Note the laughter came after the shock of the near death experience...