I got your package in the mail today. Thank you for my pizza kit. Freeze dried cheese? I read your instructions step by step twice. How’d you figure out melting it would work? I’ve already had people trying to buy it off me… the movies, pictures and snacks too. The salt and vinegar chips will be gone in two days max. Thanksalot.
Hopeyou’reokay.
-Aaron
Chapter6
November
From:[email protected]
Date: November 1, 2008 2:01a.m.
Subject:Surprise!
Aaron,
I’m glad you got the package! I wasn’t sure how long it would take to get there. Besides sending my brother things (and he’d never tell me he got them or say thank you), I’ve only sent one other person care packages (not the “tick lick” guy). I dragged my brother with me to Target and made him help me choose things for you. I put my thinking cap on to figure out how I could send you cheese that wasn’t perishable (there aren’t that many options) and then experimented a lot. I ruined a pound of the freeze-dried stuff before I got the measurements for the water to cheese ratio correct to rehydrate it. It isn’t the best tasting pizza in the world, and if you hate it, my feelings won’tbehurt. :)
I bought and sent you a few books yesterday. Only books, nothing else, don’t get too excited. Hope you don’t care about surprises. Idon’t.
Me? Find a dark spot to pee in? Busted. I’m crying laughing. I made my friend keep an eye out for me while I did it. Now I need to text her and remind her about it so she can laugh too. Did someone you know tell you they had to do that? There’s nowheretopee!
Worrying about how much you pee in a day is something I never even thought about. Do they give you bottles of water or do youreusethem?
You “don’t remember the titles.” Okay. Right. I pinky swear I won’t judge whatever your read. Hint,hint,hint.
I readTwilightright after it came out. I was 19. This is a judgment-free zone, remember? Have I readEnder’s Game? Is there a moon in the sky? I’m kidding. Yes, I did, and I enjoyed italot.
I know my mom loves me. You can’t be that overprotective if you didn’t love someone, and there’s no one more protective than my mom. If she could have given me everything I ever wanted, she would have. After my parents separated, we all stayed with her. My dad moved back to San Francisco. That’s where most of his family lives. He has a sister who lives here in Houston. The only reason my parents moved here (Texas) was because of my mom’s family. My dad hated living here. He says the humidity reminded him too much of the Philippines when he wasakid.
I still see my dad at least once a year. He comes down to visit, and I try to go see him sometimes in Cali. He got remarried a few years ago to a nice woman with three kids who are cool. My mom on the other hand… she’s been remarried three times since him. Husband #4 is five years olderthanme.
There’s one thousand two hundred and four beads/sequins on the dress I made her. Goodguess.
My brother didn’t learn his lesson. On Christmas that year, he brought a pan of brownies. Pot brownies. Everyone except my little sister ended up high as a kite. It was probably the best Christmas I’ve ever had since I was a kid. It was a lot of fun even though my mom got really madafterward.
Why weren’t your parents into pranking? Are they really serious? Not that there’s anything wrong with it, justcurious.
No picture or video of running into the door, but it happened. Ben, husband #4, was on the floor laughing. My mom walked out of the kitchen. Luckily it was only them who saw it, otherwise it would take two lifetimes to live it down instead of one. My mom texted everyone to tell them what happened. That’s my familyforyou.
I just got home from a concert. I left my earplugs at home and don’t think my ears will ever be the same. I’m about to pass out. Hopeyou’reokay.
-Ruby
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From:[email protected]
Date: November 3, 2008 3:27p.m.
Subject: Strangestuff
Ruby,
