Trailer Wife

Taking one for the team

All week there has been something niggling at the back of my mind... like a bill I've forgotten to pay or a lunch date I blew off. And then tonight, in the throes of post-story-completion clarity, it came to me in a flood of heart-stopping, head-bashing agony.

So, Happy Birthday Amanda. Hope you can forgive your feeble-minded friend for not calling on the special day (Wednesday). My only excuse is something I'm calling Fairbanks fugue.

My ten favorite things about Amanda:
1. When sitting for a pedicure, she will choose the most ridiculous color available and totally pull it off.
2. She loves Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves almost as much as I do.
3. Whenever I see a jar of Marmite, I gag, and then smile, thinking of her smearing it on her morning toast.
4. Three words: The Witching Hour.
5. She has the most beautifully manicured eyebrows I've ever seen.
6. Because of her, I will now forever pronounce the word "gorgeous" with an English accent.
7. When I say, "Bosco Chicken Salad," she totally knows what I mean.
8. She is kind, passionate and full of grace... but more importantly, she is goofy, irreverent and a hopeless klutz.
9. That day in November 2007, when we sat all day in the writing studio of Alt Mor--the wood fire burning cheerfully, Stanley pacing peacefully, sheep bleating out the window--and talked for six hours straight.
10. She is a gift that Scotland gave me. (I miss you)

1 comments:

Hey, go easy on yourself... you were busy working on a KICK ASS story and you were only 2 days late - what did we say about the Alaskan time zone? I think that defo allows a 2 day grace period... : )

Have just spat out my marmite toast as I laughed my way through your top ten.... hilarious. I had no idea you had noticed my predilection for ridiculous toe nail varnish. Ah, six hours of chatting in Alt Mor... a treasured memory.

Thank you for your kind words, oh brilliant one.

Can't wait to hear about the feedback on your story... x x x

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