Flowers during finals.

D has to be the most wonderful person I know. So suave. One of the reasons I love him so much.

Here’s last night’s conversation over the phone:

D: "So, Jess…"

Me: "Yeah?"

D: "Say someone decides to send you something…how does that work, exactly?"

Me: "Well, if it’s a letter, it’ll come straight to my dorm room. If it’s a package or something like that, I’ll get an e-mail to go pick it up from the mail center."

D: "Oh…well, how often do you check your e-mail?"

Me: "Not very often. Only if I’m expecting something that I’ve ordered. Aaron’s present for example…should I be expecting something?"

D: "What? No. I’m just saying you should check your e-mail more often. You know, on the off chance…like tomorrow. Between nine and twelve. In case something goes bad. I’m not saying I sent you anything, I’m just, you know. Just in case."

See? Totally suave. Love that kid.

Anyways, I did as suggested and low and behold I got a package in the mail center. It’s funny because I was still surprised a little bit. I went ahead and walked down from my dorm to check it out and noticed a big green box with the word “Flowers” written on the side. I’d been here earlier around ten-thirty “just in case” so the lady just laughed and handed me the box without asking my name.

I decided to trek all the way back up the hill before opening the box lest something should happen on the way up, which, in hindsight, was an excellent idea. There was a sheet of ice on the hill up to the dorms, and, well:

Ice: 1

Jessica: 0

The back of my jeans are all wet, so I’m sitting in my roommates chair because I’m inconsiderate.

I opened the door to the dorm room and noticed my roommate had gotten out of the shower and was sitting on her bed.

Roommate: "You have flowers."

Me: "Yep."

Roommate: "Oh, D…you guys are so cute."

Me: -sets box on desk-

Roommate: "Open them, open them!"

Me: "I am, I am."

This was all done with the awkward goofy smile I couldn’t seem to peel off my face. The box had a tear away section that decided to put up a bit of a fight but eventually I prevailed. I put together the flower ensemble with the vase and the plant food via the in-box instructions and it’s now sitting happily on my desk. My camera isn’t very good, but check these out:





He got me lilies. My favorite.

I’m so happy.

I will post another picture on here when they decide to bloom. D has once again accomplished cheering me up 100% during an otherwise stressful time period. I don’t know what I’d do without that kid.

UPDATE:
12/13/11

They’ve begun to bloom. Well, maybe they’re a bit past beginning, but definitely getting there. Oh man.








And again as an acrylic still-life painting that I made myself with photoshop. I’m such an artist:




That happened.