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This week one of my oldest friends definitely came through for me.  Actually, Jess is my oldest friend (besides my sister).  We've been through a lot together, since the beginning of middle school.  


Now, we don't get to see each other very much.  She went to a college near our hometown, got married, and moved back to the street she grew up on.  But even without seeing each other (or using the internet) we do pretty good at staying in touch.  The good old phone.  That's how we first developed our relationship and it's how we sustain it.


Sometimes too long passes before we catch each other and have a nice chat, but we did last Monday and it was just what I needed.  
We quickly run through what we've been up to and jump into deeper stuff.  


She calmed me down and the fact that she knows so many of my experiences she gives some of the best advice.


So this week (and always), I'm very thankful for her.


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a minor other thing I was very thankful for this week:
Last school year Liz & I went to a school with the dome and a person cut off part of our rental car and it created a very long day.  Rubina & I went back to the school Tuesday.  The day was actually going exceptionally well for being a dome day.  All day we had a little pit in our stomach that the car wouldn't start at the end of the day.
BUT IT DID!
thank you person for not sawing off a part of our car again.

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