I suck as a BFF. See yesterday was my BFF 36th birthday and I meant to get this post up yesterday, BUT, I had a sick child that needed to be picked up from work and taken to the doctors. Excuses, excuses.

Now my BFF and I have known each other for 28 years. We met in third grade. I was kicked out the classroom for talking. She was kicked out shortly after for the same. Our punishment was to sit outside the classroom door (that was closed) on opposite sides. Luckily one of us had a couple of pennies and we played shove a penny football. Our friendship grew from that day.

Jennifer is one of those girls women that puts her opinion and thoughts out there for the world to see. She is intelligent, strong willed, and determined. Here are 13 reasons I love her and some of our memories rolled into it all.

1. She came to every one of my birthday parties growing up. She is the one in the hat, I am in the one in the super hot black and white suit WITHOUT the boobs and I am in pain from sliding across the cement during red rover. The back of my arms and head were bleeding. I am awesome. Jenn was awesome for helping me hide from my mom that said not to play that game on the cement.




2. Yep, we were cheerleaders. Rock, steady, because our team is getting ready. I know this picture is a little small (to hide the HUGE part down the middle of my head and the blinding metal braces I wore for four years). But in this picture Jenn has perfect hair. She has always had perfect hair. HOWEVER, her perfect hair took ONE hour to dry from start to finish. She has extremely curly hair that she would blow out straight every other day. Do you know how long an hour is to a friend waiting to tell her BFF nothing. HA. And she had the best smelling hair. You would walk past her and still smell the conditioner (Pert). Where is my hair always smelt like dirty perm.

3. Around age 11 I slept over her house. We decided it would be hysterical to toast marshmallows over citronella candles and throw them at cars as they drove by her house. She or I (I forget now who it was) nailed a car. With the car window down. WHAP right on the side of a laides face. She screeched and turned around and ratted us out to her parents. She didn't even get punished. My mom on the other hand punished me for a year I think.

4. The first time I ever cut out of school was with Jenn. Walking home from the high school in 11th grade in the pouring rain. Who passes us by? Her mom. She drags us to her house and calls my mom. Jenn did not get punished. I on the other hand got punished for a year and a half I think.

5. Before we were 21 we had fake id that lied and said we were 21. She had the best ID ever, I had a fake id that said I was 5'4". Have I mentioned to you folks that I am 5'11"? Anyway, we got in regardless. We never drank alcohol. We would get waters with cherries. Lots and lots of cherries. Jenn and I would dance the night away. I can remember many a nights with the entire dance floor circled around us why we did our gay little dance routine.

6. We lived together in a tiny apartment for a short period of time. While living together I was sleeping on the couch and her hairless scary cat decided I was the toilet. It shit and threw up all over me. I did not realize it until the morning. We still can laugh about it to this day. Damn rat cat.

7. Then she left me to get married. She actually met him at a club while we were celebrating my 20th. We got into the biggest fight we have ever had because of it. I felt like I had just been flat left. I was immature and apologized many years later for being such a tool to her. Still to this day it was my first broken heart.

8. Not only did she leave me but she went off and had the cutest baby girl a year later. And then she done and did it to me. She moved to Tennessee for what felt like an eternity. Visiting her in TN was a top ten vacation. We drank beer on her porch and laughed for four days straight.

9. When she would come home for visits we would get to hang out. I will still never forget the look on her face when I said I was taking her line dancing. Here she was visiting from TN where she said she could not get away from it, and I dragged her to the best honkey tonk bar on Long Island. For the record all, I love that crap. Line dancing rules.

10. Jenn is a complete dork. Just like me. BUT Jenn is a complete movie slaker. Say a quote from any main stream movie that has a legendary line associated with it and she is clueless. I know everyone else in the world would know when I quote "Um, yeah, you need a cover letter for your TPS report".. she would look at me like I had 47 heads.

11. Thank god she moved back to NY so she could make me take a picture with her wearing my beautiful bridal shower hat. What are BFF for if not to make you look incredibly silly so that you look hot right?








12. Jenn is a mother of two. She has a beautiful, smart, completely adjusted teenager girl and a sprouting little man who is the apple of her eye. Her children are so respectful, polite and have Jenn's straight forward sharp as a tack personalities. She has so much to be proud of in her two kids.

13. (my fav pic of all time of her taken the morning of my wedding - she was one of the bridesmaids) And last but not least at all. I do not get to see Jenn everyday. Or every month. Hell we have gone years sometimes without seeing each other. But our friendship can be picked up at whatever point or state we leave it. I value her opinion. She makes me see the other side of situations where I would have tunnel vision. Jenn challenges me with her conversations. And I am never afraid to share my views of politics, religion or basically anything really. She accepts me for who I am and what I think as I do her. We have seen and traveled many roads over the last 28 years. I am blessed to have such a wonderful, opinionated, straight forward, loving friend in my life. I never have to fear that she has an ulterior motive when speaking from her gut to me. She never has to worry about me sugar coating anything just so she can hear what she wants to hear. We are honest, brutal and sometimes overbearing to one another. But you know what? I love her heart and soul.

Happy Birthday My MUCH OLDER BFF.
(I should mention that Jenn is exactly 91 days older. Older means older. just like a win means win right?)