scrapbook pallette

it fell some time in the middle-end of last quarter.

and had been sitting against the wall in our office since..

tonight, i posted it back up again.

my wall insists.

it's time to start making new memories.

and to maybe,
not be so afraid
of the old ones.

"You're free on Fridays too?!"

"I feel like a widow."

"I'm free after...**counts to 5*
...ONE!"

"Oh, friend..."

"Chrissy, Chrissy! We have an AMAZING plan to do with our Fridays!"

"I know how you feel."

"We have it week by week! Okay--you ready for this?"

"I don't want to feel this way."

"BEAR JERKY!"

"But I shouldn't feel
this way--I hate it.
And I'm frustrated
at myself for it."

"Week 1! We'll make COSTUMES!"

"I'm more frustrated that or when I feel anything at all."

"Week 2, we parade around in said costumes. "

"I need to be functioning just as
*efficiently* as I would otherwise."

"...To gain street cred!"

"It's like..it's okay if they do.
But I don't want to more than they will."

"Then when we encounter the bear--
we'll win by intimidation alone!"

"I don't like to admit it either... because then I feel all vulnerable."

"Week 3 is when we actually
go on the HUNT for the bear."

"How do you think you're gonna be doing? Like with the distance and all?"

"And Week 4-5 will be a bit of a blur, we've left details out.
In case children are listening. All we're saying is that the bear will go
from an alive state--to a dead one."

"I'm here if you need anyone to talk to though, aight?"

"Week 5-6..we try to attach the bear on the bike carrier in the front of a bus.
And try to take the bus home--and the bear with us."

"I think I'd be worried if you DIDN'T though.
Then I'd ask why you were even together."

"We allow for a week of setbacks, when Andy's cape gets stuck in the door.
And another when he gets stuck on his bicycle in traffic between two cars.
(He's kind of the weakest link...we told him not to go for the cape.)"

"But it's ridiculous though.
He's like--technically..right there."

"Did you learn NOTHING from the Incredibles?!"

"Because when he's not here,
he may as well be three thousand miles away."

"Eventually we make the bear JERKY.
Also blurred details. For our kid viewers."

"...And then we return to the woods to wipe out the rest of the bear's family--Mafia style."

"It is okay to miss him."

"Because by then, if we don't then THEY'LL come for US."

"I can't run a three-legged race alone!"

"It's a kill or be killed situation."

"It's okay to grieve..."

"And we're *not* gonna be killed."

"..But you're right that it shouldn't be taking away
from the things that you're doing here."



"So this is the plan!"

"it sucks, but then..you get to appreciate all the new ways you get to
communicate/connect with them."


"We..can make more jerky."

"And if you ever need anyone to be emo
with, eat ice cream, or watch chick flicks--
don't hesitate to gimme a call!"

"He..he woulda wanted it this way."

"i missed you too."

"Who?"

"...you know that."

"..The bear."

"i think..i'll be okay."

"..thank You."

Commence--Adventures:
Week 1. =]