Petite billet doux (little love notes)

Dear Africa,

I wish I could come visit. Why do you have to be so dangerous?


Dear allergies,

I'm grateful for what I've been gifted in life, but allergic to the yellow fever vaccine... Really?


Dear San Diego,

I finally feel like myself again. I have you to thank for that.


Dear Little Italy,

I like your little neighborhood. I mean, MY little neighborhood.


Dear new job,

I like that I made my own hours, my bosses appreciate me, my salary is perfect, that I basically have the run of the town, and my accounts love me already. Plus, being able to walk to work is a HUGE bonus.


Dear Mama,

I miss hanging out with you and talking forever into the night. I am so grateful that I was able to spend 4 weeks with you. I wish you were here to see my new place, but I know that when you come visit, you'll absolutely love it!


Dear Dad,

I miss you. I'm sorry that my move wasn't planned better. There's no time like the present and there's no point in waiting it out. I'm happy here, but I miss you a whole awful lot.


Dear little sister,

Sorry I couldn't explain it better or wait any longer. I hope that one day you'll understand the why's and how's of it all... And in the meantime, just know that I miss my best friend and really wish I could drive across the bridge to see you right now.


Dear Allisen,

I miss hanging out and wish, now more than ever, that I'd spent more time coming to visit. I hope you'll visit me soon.(and maybe stay?)

Dear Michelle,

I am so glad that we've come back into eachothers lives. I forgot how much I missed you and I'm so grateful to you for needing me as much as I need you right now.



Dear blog friends,

I don't have Internet yet, but I promise to update more and catch up on what I've missed as soon as I do.


xx Carrie



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petite billet doux (part deux)

Ok.. so I know that I just did this same format a couple of days ago, but I've had a rough day, and I'm hoping that writing it out will make me feel better.

dear fox news channel,

your so-called 'news' is slanderous & a disgrace to real journalists.  change your name immediately.  maybe the 'fox opinion channel?'

dear media-in-general,

your stories are ridiculous.  I am so tired of talk about tiger woods' & john edwards' affairs.  1-they should have known better than to cheat on their wives; 2 - what does this have to do with sports or politics because let's face it, it's not the first one & it's certainly not the last one.  3 - if this is all the news you could muster up in the world, you suck as a journalist in general.

dear grandma opal,

please please please listen to your daughter and don't try to get up by yourself.  I cannot imagine how frustrating this must be after 88 years to have to rely on someone else for everything, but you must understand that this is for your own good.

dear hospital clerical staff,

please do not spend 20 minutes collecting a patient history if your coworkers are not going to bother to look at it.

dear emergency room doctor,

don't uncover the wound that my mom & I so carefully covered and walk away to get her x-rays done with the damn wound open bleeding all over the place.

dear nurse(if you even are that),

I could dress a wound better than you did today.  As a matter of fact, a five year old girl scout might have done a better job.

dear supervisor of said nurse,

don't walk into the room as I stand up and start to flip my lid on your 'assistant' for her incompetence in applying a dressing (and almost applying neosporin - which the patient is allergic to) and not know how often the dressing needs to be changed or how long until the x-ray films come back.

dear mama,

I don't know how you manage to stay so sane handling everything that you do.  you single-handedly take care of your ailing (and aging and stubborn) mother.  I cannot begin to tell you how strong and caring and supportive that you are and express my deepest & most sincere gratitude for being my mom.  You are such an inspiration for me.  You have always been there for me to talk to whenever I needed advice.  If it's any indication just how easy to talk to you (and caring & supportive), most of my friends have (at one time or another) come to you for advice.  thank you for always being there. and thank you for being so wonderful & so patient.

ok.. yep, I feel better.  thanks for listening!