Birthday Blogging continues. I enjoy the birthday blog - it is a great way to get to write a little something about the people i know and to let them know that they are special. Most of us may be beyond the age at which we are allowed to throw crazy princess parties and make a huge deal out of our birthdays, but a little specialness is OK.
Happy Birthday Amanda!
Amanda young is one of my work friends, but she is so much more than that. Amanda started working at ERDC a little over two years ago. When she started out she was doing graphic design and video-ography. That made her different from the other women I work with! We hit it off from the get go. I'm not sure why we became such good friends, although the fact that she was in the office directly next door probably didn't hurt. The reason doesn’t matter - but we were fast friends and great friends!
It is hard to summarize my favorite things about Amanda, because she is such a good friend and a good person. One of my favorite things is that she is a really kinds, and extremely nice person. Whenever I'm down she is able to bring me up, be it through telling me it will get better, empathizing with a similar story to show me how it will get better, or just plain listening! More importantly, Amanda is a computer person. As well as being a graphics person, she knows computers. As a result, she knows computer humor. She loves geek humor, and is forever sending me great forwards and links to crazy gadgets! She is also one of the few people who truly loves the despair.com de-motivators as much as I do.
Amanda is always able to crack me up. Some of my favorite stories about her actually involve the crazy punishments her mom cooked up when she was little. Now that we are adults these things are funny to us. She slammed her door one time too many and angered her mom. Her mom's solution was taking the door off of the hinges for several weeks. THAT is the way to teach a lesson. You know she doesn't slam doors any more. I have to admit that another favorite thing about Amanda is her daughter - Virginia turned 1 year old in October, and she is as cute as a button! Amanda and her husband are huge animal lovers - they have a handful of cats and a big "kitty kat" known as Allie the rescued greyhound.
Another favorite story comes from a few months back. I had been unpacking some stuff and came across some class pictures from grade school. I was showing them to her, and she pointed to one of the girls and said: That girl is me. You know she was pointing at a younger Sarah! We are scarily similar in too many ways!
Happy Birthday Amanda, I'm happy to be back in Vicksburg to hang out with you this year!
Happy Birthday Amanda!
Amanda young is one of my work friends, but she is so much more than that. Amanda started working at ERDC a little over two years ago. When she started out she was doing graphic design and video-ography. That made her different from the other women I work with! We hit it off from the get go. I'm not sure why we became such good friends, although the fact that she was in the office directly next door probably didn't hurt. The reason doesn’t matter - but we were fast friends and great friends!
It is hard to summarize my favorite things about Amanda, because she is such a good friend and a good person. One of my favorite things is that she is a really kinds, and extremely nice person. Whenever I'm down she is able to bring me up, be it through telling me it will get better, empathizing with a similar story to show me how it will get better, or just plain listening! More importantly, Amanda is a computer person. As well as being a graphics person, she knows computers. As a result, she knows computer humor. She loves geek humor, and is forever sending me great forwards and links to crazy gadgets! She is also one of the few people who truly loves the despair.com de-motivators as much as I do.
Amanda is always able to crack me up. Some of my favorite stories about her actually involve the crazy punishments her mom cooked up when she was little. Now that we are adults these things are funny to us. She slammed her door one time too many and angered her mom. Her mom's solution was taking the door off of the hinges for several weeks. THAT is the way to teach a lesson. You know she doesn't slam doors any more. I have to admit that another favorite thing about Amanda is her daughter - Virginia turned 1 year old in October, and she is as cute as a button! Amanda and her husband are huge animal lovers - they have a handful of cats and a big "kitty kat" known as Allie the rescued greyhound.
Another favorite story comes from a few months back. I had been unpacking some stuff and came across some class pictures from grade school. I was showing them to her, and she pointed to one of the girls and said: That girl is me. You know she was pointing at a younger Sarah! We are scarily similar in too many ways!
Happy Birthday Amanda, I'm happy to be back in Vicksburg to hang out with you this year!
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