Non Romantic Life Partners

I too am very pleased and happy for Jackie going back to MSU. I think that it will challenge her and interest her and get her excited about learning new things besides having to create presentations for her crazy manager and getting them written on them with red ink. Of course the other side of me is like wow our lives are going to change a lot. It has been 'Sarah and Jackie' for 5 years now? 3 vehicles for me... We've done a lot of crazy things, sliding around in my Blazer on a snowy cold night in The Springs, limo rides with guys we barely knew, bar runs and frat parties that will never be forgotten (her golden shower by Travis - hahaha-it was not on purpose for anyone that doesn't know the story), seeing Norma at the Marriott in Pontiac because we met some cute car dealers from out west and we just had to go swimming in the pool at 2 in the morning, going to the bar just the 2 of us because no one else wanted to go and we would get home and be like 'damn that was fun!', our resolution that only she and I know and that we have stuck to since we lived in the Springs. I remember when we lived there and she had it in her head that she really wanted to move out of the state and I just got so upset, I would cry about it all the time, maybe I was selfish then because now I will cry about us 'separating' but I feel better about it than I did back then. Because I know that it is a great thing that she is doing. Sometimes you get so used to a person that you don't ever imagine that it will be different and when a change is going to happen where we won't see each other every day or talk every day it will be weird. I know it sounds like she is moving out of the country and I know she will be like an hour away but it feels like a big change for me, a good one but I still want to just say these things because a part of our lives will be changed and I want her to know that I have loved living with her and even though she hasn't agreed with everything I have done she has always supported me and I always felt I could tell her things. No petty little fights, I think in the whole time we have lived together we got annoyed with each one major time and it was squashed pretty fast, I don't even remember what it was about. The other annoyances were things that didn't really make a difference. She still bought a house with me even though she lived with her boyfriend and I think that is pretty damn cool. Owning a house has been a lesson in itself all the little stupid things you have to do, mow the lawn, take the garbage out on time, clean and unplug the drains and hope that nothing major breaks down because we don't have a lot of $$ to play with. She has always been my DD which I appreciate so much! We have been pulled over twice where one time she really got away with one. She normally doesn't drink that much but we had been to a Tiki happy hour, it was me, her, Dave and Jamie and we were like 1/2 mile from The Springs and she was going like 15 over. I don't think she passed the breathalizer but the cop said that if we walked home that he wouldn't arrest her. What?! We took that offer and 'walked' with it. All in our little bar outfits at 2:30 in the morning, luckily it was a nice warm night. I remember how pissed she was storming ahead of everyone with that angry face that scared so many people at GM Card :) I think she was more relieved that she didn't get in trouble. The other time was on a cold snowy night and she had not drank at all. She was driving my car and he was like have you been drinking? "no but she has (pointing to me)'. He still made her to do the sobriety tests but she passed and we were on our way. Phew. We would always drive to the east side to go to the bars, ironic that is where we ended up living. Lipsticks, Woody's, and Emerald were our choice places with Phil, Rob and Jeff. All huge bouncer men, Phil of course is dead body guy. Lipsticks was the place of the strongest Long Islands ever! But our favorite place was always Tiki. We met many people there and have had a lot of fun nights there. It's not as fun now but I loved that place.
And Jackie, she is a great gal :) fun, cute and smart, I'm glad that we went to the Alibi that night so that I actually got to see that she wasn't the scary person I thought she was! And a great friend and 'sister' because she is a part of my family. If she isn't there with me they are like 'where's Jackie?' So I am going to stop now because this could probably be the longes post ever, Cheers to Jackie, don't let anyone get you down about this opportunity! Love you and thank you for being my friend!!!