Quick happy rant.
When I was in high school,(note: boarding school) my senior year the girl who lived next to me was a German girl named Verena. The two of us hung out a fair amount and joked a lot, and generally became good friends. She had another friend named Lara who I also liked, though I didn't know her that well, and I haven't seen either of them for two years. I have another friend named Akshay (from Singapore), who was in my graduating class, and it turns out all three of them are not only in town, but planning to head up next weekend for the graduation ceremony at my old high school (I'm also planning on going), and I've offered to have them over and cook for them and I might head up early to spend more time with everybody and I get to see Verena again and I'm seeing Brianna graduate next week!!!!!!