MOPS this morning… I did child care. The class for the 4’s and 5s. That’s Joram’s class. They were REALLY wild today. I ended up with a bit of a headache but that’s OK… I’ll survive.

We raced home, had lunch, and of course then I had to get ready for Friends Trivia at Jokers. I tell you what, I had mixed feelings. It was hart to get going… I was so sad. I mean tonight is it. The end. The end of Friends.

Warning.. you don’t like Friends… tough stuff… this is my journal… just don’t read the following…

Friends. it is so hard to explain my love of this show. Other than the bed-hopping… this reminds me so much of my life. I mean they do weird stuff like me and some of my friends through the years. But it is so much more than that. In the last 10 years I’ve gone from getting married to having kids, to moving from one side of the nation. We had lean lean lean times and we had times where we’ve been a little more affluent. I’ve had my husband travel to the other side of the world. I had a child battle cancer. I’ve had friends who got married, friends who’ve gotten divorced. Friends who battled infertility and friends who… did not. And though I’ve never made it to NYC where Friends is set, I have at least made it to Vegas and so did they. 😉

But most of all I’ve had this really crazy jumbled up life. In the last 10 years I’ve lived in four states. I’m in my 9th home in 10 years and about to move once more. Through all of that only once did I live near family and that was the year my husband was in Japan. So my “family” has definately been my friends. I’ve made my home where I’ve landed and the people I’ve made friends with have been here to support me and be my family away from family.

So I’ve had this crazy life. And the one constant in the last 10 years? Friends. The TV Show. They never moved… much. They were there for each other to be family for each other like my friends. So for me Friends represents the ONE constant since I got married, just as much as it is similar to my life of making a home where you are and having your friends be your family.

I also see a lot of myself in the shows. Like Monica I’m the mom to the group, the one keeps things neat and orderly, and the one who loves playing hostess. I’m geeky like Ross and just love being married! I know I’m kind of flakey and weird like Phoebe and I definately wear my own style. Like Chandler I love to joke and definately have my own dialect of the English language. Rachel is the spoiled girl who has to learn to live in the real world… now I didn’t have as hard a time as Rachel I definately have struggled to face the reality of what I grew up with and what my life turned out to be. And Joey… he’s got the kind heart and he knows what he wants to do and doesn’t care that he’s had some definately bad gigs… and well in my writing so have I. And in my web design… whew I had some real stinkers… But I love it, it’s my passion, so I keep plugging away.

So Tonight I’m doing Death by Friends. I’ve got a massive lineup from everything going on this week. Dateline, the tons of episodes they’ve shown, the montage, the final, the leno and oprah tomorrow.

I’ve been all misty just thinking about it. *SIGH* Friends… ending… *SIGH*

BTW Did anyone notice that MY BIRTHDAY is the excusive finale DVD release? Hmmmm… 😉 And you know what, the Dateline thing really should be on it, but I know it isn’t… that was a great dateline.

Now back to the Death By Friends to mirror the End of Friends. I have 3 flavours of Ben and Jerry’s because I coudln’t decide what I want the most so I figure soon I’ll get this mondo bowl. And I don’t want to hear anything about calories or anything. 1. Calcium 2. I don’t care it is Friends ending and frankly I deserve it.