Rachel,

Every time I type to you, I also use a Word document. However, it’s not for spellcheck; it’s so I look like I’m working on something important.

My mom is going to love you even more and more emphatically wish that you were her daughter instead. Oh, as I was watching HP 6 last night to refresh my memory (HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), I decided I think Mama G is like Mrs. Weasley. Warm, kind-hearted, welcoming, funny, spunky. It’s true.

We’re having a surprise baby shower for my boss in a few weeks. There is an email going around for who will bring what, and someone just said that she would bring a breakfast casserole. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE BREAKFAST CASSEROLES?! For someone who doesn’t really like breakfast foods and/or breakfast in general, it’s pretty shocking. My mom asked me what I wanted to eat when I come home next week. I will suggest a breakfast casserole… RIGHT NOW.

I think I’m out of my feel-sorry-for-myself slash hate-the-world funk. It lasted a couple weeks. I feel better. Thanks, Jesus.

I can’t believe how PUMPED I am for Black Friday. I mean, seriously. I haven’t wanted to go for the past several years. I think I was in my I’m-a-college-student-let-me-sleep rebellious phase. But now… I am SO EXCITED I CAN’T TAKE IT!!!! Plus, we go out for breakfast, and do you know what they have at breakfast places? BREAKFAST CASSEROLES. P.s. thanks for the coffee maker tip. Maybe I will get one myself since my sister’s little tiny coffee maker BURNED MY COFFEE. But Findlay doesn’t have a Target so we’d have to go to Toledo, and by the time we get there I doubt such coveted items would still be in stock. It’s up to you, Rachel. It’s up to you.

I’M REALLY INTO CAPS TODAY.

I’m reading a Times article about Harry Potter 7. And I thought to myself… I don’t know how I feel about a HP installment without Hogwarts. No classes, no fun little spells, NO QUIDDITCH. I mean, Hogwarts is my favorite part of the entire series. I will be sad without it. You may have to comfort me with a candy bar or an iced latte.

I don’t think Catalogna is pronounced either way you suggested. In my mind, I read it as cat-a-lo-nee-a. Catalonia. Like that. I think because in Italian, Bologna is pronounced that way. And in case you’re wondering why I capitalized Bologna, it’s because it is a city. In high school, I was really obsessed with this big atlas my family has, and I would pour over it every night for a while. One of my goals was to memorize all the major Italian cities and their Italian names. I will share them with you right now: Torino, Milano, Venezia, Firenze, Bologna, Roma, Napoli, Genoa, Palermo. See? I have always been a major geography nerd. Why didn’t I major in that? Mannnnn. Regret!

I have soooooo much laundry to do as well. I think I will do it on Friday night and make it my chore night. Go to the gym, do all my laundry, and pack up for this weekend. I didn’t go to the gym last night because I decided to watch HP, and I can’t go tonight because I am having dinner at Carrie Gomez’s house (YAY!).

It is lunch time. That’s more important than you, so bye.

Becca?!?!?!!?