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Can a girl actually be this blessed? Okay okay, I know that my last blog was a downer, a stressed-out-suicide-inducing rant, but thankfully that Almighty guy in the sky keeps life interesting. Last night, I threw myself a farewell party to celebrate the years I’ve spent in Boston, the friends I’ve had the privilege of knowing, and new beginnings. [side note: somehow my cake only managed to eke out “Congratulation,” so perhaps I should only be happy about one thing. But whatever, I’m too thrilled to pay attention to that]

As I was saying, last night was a celebration and my beautiful friends made quite a turnout, even though I asked them to come all the way down to the little neighborhood of JP. I looked around the room and just couldn’t believe the caliber of people that surrounded me. I mean, yes, they really are (physically) beautiful people, but more importantly, they are REAL people. They all got shit to deal with but they deal with it because that’s how life goes. Plus, they are just the right mix of fun, funny and outright bizarre to reflect the time I've spent in Boston. Jocelyn met Meghan, who as a child was in the Girl Scout troop run by Jocelyn's mother. The two Mexicans were talking to the Frenchman in Spanish. My cake only gave me one "congratulation." An Australian convinced me that Philly is a place worth visiting (who knew?) And somewhere in the evening, an intense conversation on human rights law cropped up.

So many different spheres of my life intersected last night, people who might be in my life for a season, others for a lifetime, still others who might pop up periodically like a Viagra addict. But they were all there at The Alchemist Lounge last night – a sign, perhaps, that even a person as messed up, fallen, selfish, and dull as I am can have a life transformed into something precious and valuable by forces larger than I discern.

Although this may speak more to my wildly emotional personality than anything else, in just a matter of days, I moved from lonely, anxious and broken-hearted to relaxed, beloved and excited about the way life unfolds.

Ahhh, measure a life in love, friends. Measure in love.