I get by with a little help from my friends...

I am so thankful for my amazing friends. Every time I feel like I'm losing it, they're always there to keep me grounded. Most recently (within the last couple of days) Beth invited me to a pancake party with a bunch of friends from my freshman dorm, with all-you-can-eat flapjacks, all kinds of catching up, and more laughs than I've had in a long time; Friday roadtrip to DC with C., complete with junkfood, deep conversation, and wailing along with Jagged Little Pill in rush-hour traffic on I-95, followed by a movie night at C.'s place; I received a touching and hilarious Valentine's Day letter from my best bud Athena (she knows me far too well!); Saturday night Anti-Valentine's Day party at Hillary, Nick, and Skip's house -- food, booze, general merriment for all. And my friend Eve will be hosting our annual Valentine's Day porn viewing tomorrow in the duty office of the dorm in which she is an RA, because she's the "on duty" RA tomorrow night. This should be good.