Last year, I rang in 2010 at the Philadelphia airport. I was supposed to be in Athens, Georgia with three of my best friends, lighting up the town, wearing something incredibly sparkly, and drinking champagne. Instead, I was sitting beside a lady reading a Paula Dean cookbook, wearing a dirty PC t-shirt, and drinking Diet Dr. Pepper with a side of Dramamine, hoping my plane would decide to finally take off after a 12 hour delay.
Well folks, this year we had some making up to do.  And making up we did.   "The 15 Best Friends That Anybody Could Have" gathered once again to A. Celebrate the 973 engagements that have happened this year (I mean, damn.) and B.  To Celebrate the best year of our lives, aka 2010.  Thus, this blog is going to be a celebration of 2010.  Here's to "The 15 Best Friends That Anybody Could Have".  We did it, my friends.

2010 began with an incredible evening of dance at ADPi Christmas party.   Everyone always knew where I was because the sequins on my dress all fell off by the end of the night.  I was like Hansel and Gretl, sequin style.

One night, and appropriately, during the 2010 Winter Olympics, it snowed....a lot.  Smurch, B, and I decided it would be a great idea to "body sled" down a hill beside the gym and to eat the fresh snow.                 

February 2010:  RIDICULOUS production of "Vagina Monologues".  My ladies were balling.  

And then a little thing called "Hall Crawl" happened.  This night will be forever immortalized as the night the senior apartments went to Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Cuba, Mexico, France, and America in 2 hours.  Many of us will count this as the best and worse night of our lives!  But it will forever be remembered.

"Throw Down for your hometown" was a night of representing our people back home:  a country mom, Miss Granite City, a pregnant devil, Greenwood--the widest street in the world, and a Hose, respectfully.

This evening was also filled with big hair, lots of rap music, and a variety of dance moves that most aren't blessed with.  It's ok to be jealous.

And then we had our first big kid wedding shower with "The 15 Best Friends That Anybody Could Have", filled with greasy finger foods, sitting around in a circle awkwardly like grown ups, and presents!  No  big deal.  


And what would a year at PC be like without me and Brice in party shades, a band party, and me stealing the microphone?


Or a Thursday night T-Shirt night at Theta Chi?


Near the end of the semester, we had a senior night. This particular evening was filled with magic marker and lot of dragon love.

And then a little thing called Beach Week happened.  If you needed a fried egg, you could have easily cooked it anywhere on my body. 



But even I'll admit that it was very much worth it.

And then we graduated.  What a terrible idea.  Don't ever graduate.  EVER.  But we did get some cool pictures--
like this:

And this:

And we bedazzled our graduation caps.  We thought tons of people would do it....they didn't.  We were the only ones.  Score.  

And then BEN AND LIZ GOT MARRIED!!!!! 

Not only did this night include dancing and a major love fest, it included our first fight over a bouquet.

First post-grad reunion in July.  Which included:

Singing,

Dancing,

and prom poses, naturally.

In August, we found out that Kelley was PREGGLES!  And I realized I have never technically held a baby....oh God.

And one time, PC played Clemson.  I mean....at least we had good tailgate food.  Right?

The fall was spent reuniting with a lot of people....and trying to pretend like we were still in college.  Most of these attempts were unsuccessful....but A for effort.

The month of October was spent freaking out at the fact that ANOTHER one was engaged!  Laurie and Craig added the total numbers of weddings that I am singing at in 2011 to six.  I mean, dang.  

I also spent 5 months in CharTown with roomies Patricia and Schaeffer.....and JASPER!

Before I knew it....I had become the cat lady and it was Christmas.....

....and Erin had added the number of weddings I'm singing at in 2011 to seven.  Whoa.

And then I rang in the New Year with my best friends:  an evening filled with  BL Lime, lots of sequins, lots of loving, hot dog stands, and deflated air mattresses.  

Most people try to make New Years Resolutions.  I used to try to say that every year I would start working out at the YMCA more....but when I would go at the beginning of the year, I found the whole town in the workout room as well because they had all made the same resolution.    So bump it.  This year, my resolution is to stay happy. I couldn't have had a better 2010.  I'm going to value my family and my friends and my cat as much as I can!  And who knows....maybe there will be a lot less high wasted pants-wearing women, more sushi, less debt, and more reunions in 2011.  So, my friends, enjoy this year.  Heyohhhhhh.

And until 2012, at least I'm not this guy.