ODE TO CELESTE

Friday was my roommate's twenty-first birthday. Yup... the big 2-1. That means she can now legally consume alcohol and illegally supply minors with alcohol. It also means she can legally gamble. So now her and Ari have all these big plans to leave me at home and go to a casino and sit at the nickle machines while they bring her free drinks. That's the dream.

But that's not what is important, is it? What is important is that Celeste is one of my favorite people. I met her sometime in high school, but we didn't become friends until the summer going into my senior year when we went on a church retreat. We were put in the same street evangelizing group and instantly became friends. That whole retreat my new friends, Celeste and Kendra, and I had so much fun... getting on stage in front of three hundred people and performing a cheer that goes like this "form banana, form, form banana. peel banana, peel, peel banana. go! banana, go! go! banana" yeah... I knew I would be friends with these girls for a long time. Celeste and I have had one of those friendships where even though we were away from each other for a long time and didn't talk when I first went away to school--when I came home we just picked up where we left off. And our friendship has stayed strong. I find myself waiting for the times when it will be just the two of us in the house and we can have one of our long conversations about the most random things--but always about the important things in life. I can honestly say she is one of my favorite people. So, here is my ode to Celeste! Happy 21st Birthday, Friend!!

Ode to Celeste
Celeste, my friend
I will love you till the end
You are so great
You are one I will never hate
The End

And now, here are some pics from her birthday party!

Celeste and me hugging

Us dancing!

HAPPY BIRHDAY, CELESTE!
I LOVE YOU!