Who I am today would just not be who I am without Jennette. I probably would be a painfully shy awkward creature for one thing. But with our "get a life" campaign was able to muster up some social skills and consequently had a mahhhhvelous time at PHS with Jennette. I have endless fond memories....our international themed locker (so funny) in the violently frightening D-Wing our Freshman year, Sundance ticket office and Sr. Sue, ditching Sunday School to cruise around listening to our cruising mix, studying hard for our AP classes, having a horrid crush on those twins that moved from DC, our see it all trip to DC and our teacher crush on Dwanna Riddle, Room With a View (of course), Lori Liu and Julie Buck and David Jeppeson, art nights with Joey and Alex, good times with Emily, Ted, Matt, Devon, Danny and everyone our senior year (Bob's cabin, murder in the dark, Senior Seminar, Supertramp, Metallic Terra Cotta, Thespian experiences), Anatomy with Emily and Ted, St. George with "the gang", Haywood, almost drinking that schnaps in NYC when you came out for model UN, our Elms semester of exclusively not dating others so we could hang out with Victor and Kelsha, finally after much dreaming and planning making it to Europe and looking frumpy together as we conquered the continent and ate more gelatto than should be allowed and enjoying the oh so delicious Whopper Jr's in Budapest, that perfect day in Paris when we called Matt Burton fresh off the mission whilst eating pistachio magnum bars outside Les Invalides, Portabello Road,a too short visit with you in Berkeley with a tiny Lucy, getting together with our kids and not quite understanding where the time has gone since we were in weekly fights in the 3rd grade to mothers of actual people married to men that have real jobs and living in houses and worrying about our lawns and gardens and who will be president. Here is to hoping that someday we actually will have that shared back yard! Happy Birthday, thanks for everything Jennette, I couldn't have done it (meaning life) without you. "Buddy old pal...."
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Happy Birthday Jennette! Because of your help in London I can now spell...together... it had never clicked before!
Happy Birthday Jennette! I am glad you helped Anna get a life. Heaven knows she would never have let me help!
Happy birthday, Jennette! I have fond memories (and some great slides) of the Washington/NY trip. Did we share the same hotel rooms? How did that work?
I am also still in awe of how you checked in with your parents, so they would think you were home, before sneaking out quietly and pushing the car away from the house prior to starting the engine for your late-night adventures. Such bravado and creativity!
Study abroad in London was wonderful, too. Lots of good memories!
OXO
David
Many thanks Anna!!! Such good memories. It should go without saying that I would not consider myself to be who I am today without you either. I feel so stinkin' lucky! Many thanks to you too, Buddy ol' pal.
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