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Last night was a great success. All of us arrived late of course, I was still in Columbia and was trying to haul ass home. Isaac and Paola were the only ones to show up on time. Turtle and Malwina were still trying to prep everything. Megan arrived shortly after I did and both of us invaded the kitchen. Jenny and Andrew came a little after that and joined us. I was stuck peeling egg roll wrappers while Turtle helped me chop the plantains. Isaac, Megan, Jenny, and Turtle already knew what I was making and they were excited. There was so much chaos going on that I had no idea when Jose was going to stop by. I already had my game plan, ignore him. It wasn't until I noticed that he arrived when I felt icy cold hands wrap around me in a backwards hug. He whispered in my ear, "will you talk to me? please forgive me." I continued to peel the egg roll wrappers in silence and ignored him. He got up and asked Megan where he can put the empanadas that he got for the party, and said that he was about to leave. In the process of cooking more guests arrived. Ava and Teagan came together, and we haven't seen either one of them in a long time. Fast forward, all the cooking was done. At this time we all started dancing to music while the guys played Turtle's congas. Isaac invited two of his friends who are visiting from Berklee. Larry was one of the guys, and he is one of the coolest people I've ever met. He's originally from the UK, and me, Saalika, and Megan sat around talking about UK shows and British lifestyles vs. American lifestyles. He says that living in a major city in the US (Berklee is in Boston), you see all the American stereotypes brought to life. Coming to an American suburb you can see what really makes America, and how the people really are. Larry loves it here in Gaithersburg and hopes to come back to visit again. He admitted that he was assuming we would all talk with that West Virgina twang, sitting around eatin' frahd chick'n, but we are the complete opposite. He assumed that we were all roomies in Turtle's house, because of the interaction and the way we all help each other out while cleaning up after the party. We all said no, because we would kill each other.

We did considerably well this year on the food front. Past years we had issues with party crashers and not enough food. Last year was especially the worst. Will said that he would cook a variety of Indian entrees, but claimed that he dropped the food on his way out the door. Uh huh. We all said that this is typical Will trying to bullshit his way out of a situation. Teagan asked if Will was invited, and Megan said that he wasn't. She was slightly apprehensive to answer, because he was co-creator of Christmahanukwanzika. There were a lot of people who weren't invited, and we also had to keep in mind that this is Turtle's house. He does have a roommate. We can't have guests and their entourage coming in and out. The party went on much later than anticipated. The end time on the invite was 11:30 pm, but we partied til 2:00 am and stayed to clean up. We didn't leave until 2:40 am. I took Saalika home afterwords, went home, uploaded pictures and fell asleep in the process. I had to wake up to go to a dentist appointment the next day.

I seem to have the greatest conversation's with my dentist's wife. They have watched me grow up, so to them I'm like a daughter. She could tell that there was something going on this past semester, because I kind of seem a bit exacerbated when we talked about school and the past semester. This truly was the semester from hell! Gabby was feeling the same was also, and she was having breakdowns every day. It's such a shock to hear it coming from her, because she's such a chill person. My dentist's wife told me that I need to cut the negativity and the negative people out of my life. They stole my focus this semester and it's not good for my career. She told me that I'm a high quality girl, and that I will make a difference in the world. I just need focus. I gave her the summary of my semester in a nutshell; everyone's relationship drama on top of my own issues. She told me that when it comes to a guy, let the right one come to me. If I had to go through this much trouble to get nowhere, then he was never worth my time. We stood around talking for an hour until three patients came in. She told me that I'm too good and sweet of a person to give myself up for a loser. For now I need to focus on my school and career, and everything will fall into place.

As much as I keep telling myself I need to clean up my stuff, I'm in dire need of a nap. I think I'll do that.