mail call...

each of us students has a mailbox in the ground floor of the law school. mine is pretty much always empty, save for the all-student lexis nexis fliers or memos from my seminar professors. but today i had a package in my mailbox...sent to me, but at the law school's street address. the return address was that of my friend and co-worker from back in the days when i worked at the philadelphia museum of art. we both quit the museum at the same time. i took another job in philly, she married her french fiance and began a fantastic life in washington, DC. i haven't talked to her in about a year and a half or so, and then only over e-mail. i.e., this package was totally out of the blue.

so, the contents of this package were:
1. a whatchamacallit candy bar (which she and i, back in the days when we were co-workers, had agreed was a superior candy bar)
2. a silly novelty ring that lights up, disco-ball style
3. a wonderful birthday card
3a. included in the birthday card was a picture of beth (my friend), her husband christophe, and JUSTICE BREYER in (as beth called him) "stevie b."'s chambers!!!

justice breyer! see, christophe works for him. how much more do we love justice breyer knowing that he's got a frenchman in his employ! justice breyer! hooray!

and another example of how fantastically fantastic beth is--
for my birthday a couple of years ago (while i was still in philly), i had a party at my house. i invited beth, but didn't think she'd be able to make it, as it was a random september weekend and she lived in D.C. so, midway through the party, there's a mad, loud knocking on the door. i look through the peephole and all i see is some green craziness. so i open the door and there is beth in a DINOSAUR COSTUME!!! i love this girl! she's brilliant and beautiful and has the greatest, silliest sense of humor! and she knows i love dinosaurs, too, hence the costume (which she borrowed from her sister, who is a grade school teacher). brilliant!

viva la beth!