new york, new york

sometimes in life really funny things happen. sometimes they are so funny that you laugh hysterically until you and your roommates are rolling on the ground with tears in your eyes. tears of frustration and laughter. last night was one of those times where i laughed till i cried and realized yet again that i have the best roommates ever!

once upon a time my roommate jenn and i would do a puzzle every sunday with one certain guy and also the pretend love of my life shane parry. {in our fantasy world we are engaged to be wed and use pet names like honey and sweetheart} well this one certain guy got jenn this amazing puzzle of the new york city skyline pre 9/11. it is awesome to say the least and it glows in the dark! it is 3 feet wide and it was quite a challenge to put together. over the course of a week the puzzle sat on our dining room table until it was completed. then it sat there for another week because well we couldn't quite take it apart because the thing was so blasted hard to complete! luckily jenn had a puzzle saver and it was transported safely to the ledge at the top of our stairs. and there it sat for another 2 weeks. until last night.

we were having our regular pow.wow at the top of the stairs and about to pray together. we were discussing whose turn it was to pray when i pointed out that it went in order of age and since jenn was older than me it was her turn to pray. if you know me you know that i am sassy and well let's face it a brat. i admit that i said it in a sassy tone and provoked jenn to pick up my coat that was next to her and throw it at me. the only problem was that i was right next to the ledge that was housing the new york city skyline puzzle. all 750 pieces of it. the coat caught the edge of the puzzle and it toppled down the ledge and onto 5 different stairs.

we erupted in laughter, jenn ran to her room with jessie and i close behind. we assessed the damage and quickly realized that there was no saving the puzzle. it had run it's course and we had to really seen it glow in the dark. i took on the task of cleaning and counting all 750 pieces to ensure we didn't lose any. jessie went to bed. jenn went to bed and i remained on the stairs counting puzzle pieces. i got a system down and quickly set into my rhythm of counting. after a few minutes i counted 765. close enough i guess.