Whoa. Fullerton.

Two of Sammi's best friends from Orange County are visiting this weekend. They are Allison and Sandra. I know them slightly because they helped me with Sammi's birthday present^[1] over the summer. They came in late last night, and they're sleeping on our futon / floor pads.

I told them I was from Portland, Oregon, but I was originally from Fullerton, California. Allison said, "Me too!" She looked familiar, but probably only because I'd seen her picture on Sammi's Facebook page.

Everyone but me got to sleep in this morning. After my class, we met up back in the dorm room before lunch, and Allison asked if I had ever played soccer. Specifically, Fullerton Rangers Youth Soccer. She was unsure about why she kind of recognized me. But that was all I needed to go on.



We were on the same team when we were 12.



Intense.

Footnote:
[1] For Sammi's birthday, I handmade a book containing things that she loves.
I put in old Greek myths, poetry, quotations by her favorite writers (Dumas, Homer, Steinbeck, Whitman), the Coffee Psalm, her favorite short story: A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas, jokes, wordplays and puzzles, and Did You Know?s. I also contacted all of her best friends to ask them, "What is your favorite spoken word?" I put a list of those in the book. How did I find out who her best friends were? I used Sammi's Facebook. I looked to see who she designated as her "Top Friends," and who she conversed with the most in the digital world. Then I emailed those people behind Sammi's back. It was very sneaky