So I have a somewhat hefty pile of homework just waiting to be done, but frankly, friends > school, any day.
I wish I could come up with a better two words to encompass the magnitude of HOW MUCH I FREAKIN LOVE YOU GUYS, but since I can't, can I just say...
Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU.
Thank you for somehow keeping this a secret from me for over 3 weeks, even with my super clever and bright and suspicious mind (HAH). Thank you for working your butts off to make this happen (You know who you are in particular!). Thank you for making me feel so ridiculously happy to walk into a room and have 20+ of the people I love most all crammed in a kitchen screaming "SURPRISE!!" and taking unflattering pictures of my face. Can I say that it was honestly one of the most heartwarming things I've heard, like a chorus of ANGELS all in unison (ok bad simile BUT YOU GET THE IDEA)
But most of all...
Thank you for reminding me that I have friends - good friends, no, INCREDIBLE friends. And that your love is so much more unconditional than I thought it'd be, even when I'm stupid and ruin things.
But know that you succeeded.
You made this the best day/weekend ever. You made me laugh harder than I have in months, (and trust me, I've done a lot of laughing). You made me smile so much that these chubby cheeks of mine are sore. You made me remember that I am loved, loved by incredible people and by a God that would put people like you into this life of mine.
And might I say, I wouldn't spend my 18th birthday any other way.
And I know I couldn't possibly express the kind of thanks that I feel right now, but I know that some special people really deserve some recognition because their awesomeness exceeds all levels of awesomenimity.
The rest of you beautiful people will get something laterrrrrrrrrr.
FIRST OFF.
SHANNON LEE/ AMAZING COUSIN OF MINE/ INCAPABLE ONE:
You are incredible, you know that? I heard that you were freaking out about this, scrambling about, getting your pretty little self all stressed out over silly, slightly stupid me. Well, I LOVE YOU. Thank you for putting yourself through that to make me feel special, even though I know how frustrated you get when you have to plan things. Thank you for putting up with this awkward turtle, for loving me even though you know all my silly little quirks and faults. Thank you for making me nearly piss my pants while laughing when you tried to do the white-eyeball picture LOL. Basically, thank you for being the most amazing cousin, shandylyn counterpart, and friend that I could ever ask for. <3 style="font-weight: bold;">ASHLEY SETO/ GIRL WHO CAN NEVER NOT LOOK LIKE SHE'S ABOUT TO RAPE LITTLE CHILDREN. JK
HEY YOU. Thank you for being wonderwoman and opening up your beautiful, newly renovated house to a bunch of dirty, rowdy teenagers like us. Thank you for being an amazing host, like always, bringing us down blankets/sleeping bags/taking care of us losers almost like we're your friends! Thank you for cracking me up nonstop with your amazing expressions and "serious" L.T. (initials for a very special man) faces that I love so much. AND WAS IT YOU WHO BOUGHT THE TRICK CANDLES? Soooooo tricky and clever, now ARENT you! On a sidenote, I remember someone saying that you're going to be a hot mother one day. And a good one, obviously. I AGREE. Okay I realize that was a weird thing to say. MOVING ON!
SO I LOVE YOU AND THATS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.
JEREMIAH DEAR
I SUPPOSE you deserve a little shout out, you silly man. MAYBE. Thank you for deceiving me and whisking away to Brookside Gardens (which, btw, we should visit at night because all the flowers were definitely dead.), for braving the cold with me, for being sweet and extra nice to me, for buying me hot chocolate. =) PATRICK ON THE PHONE, MY BUTT. Hahaha
Thank youuu hkhkhk
AUNTIE KAREN&UNCLE KEVIN / THE HIPPEST PARENTS IN THE UNIVERSE
I find it amazing that you would cook 8+ dishes AND breakfast (mickey mouse pancakes!), allow us silly teenagers to ransack your home, buy an amazing ice cream cake, clean up after, and take care of us hooligans, all for the sake of a girl that you're not even related to. I love you guys so much! THANK YOU. Thank you both for always looking out for me, dropping me a few ims (HAH and actually successfully carrying a conversation) on AIM cuz you're just that hip, for being examples of two incredible people who will go out of their way to take care of somebody with no reward for themselves, and all the while with a smile and this willingness that you don't really find in people these days. THANK YOU!
SANDY LOK & LIZZY BECAUSE YOURE BASICALLY THE SAME PERSON NOW
Lolllllll just kidding. Actually, no I'm not. I don't really know exactly who planned this/what people did but I'm sure you two played a huge part in it as well. Thank you for cracking me up every second of every hour of every day of every week of eveerysadfjls;kdjf you get what I meannnnnnnn. Sandy, thank you for being like a sister to me, for being my own professional photographer, for being the only other person out of Shandylyn who can actually make a non-cute expression and have white eyeballs UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE COUGHSHANNONCOUGH. Thank you for making my stomach hurt so incredibly much when you say these really really really brilliant things of yours. "Do frogs turn into fish?" LOLd;slkafsjdklf omg there were so many more but my exhausted brain can't think of them at the moment! Lizzy, thank you for being the SUNSHINE of my life. Thank you for always violating me with your leg wraps, with the jumping on me, it's always such a great experience. Thank you for cracking me up with how beautiful your expressions are now, for keeping my lap warm, for never failing to make me smile. I LOVE YOU
I would go on, but I know it'd take me forever.
So thank you.
You're amazing.
And I love youuu sooooo muchhh ahhhhh
Sincerely,
Carolyn.
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