Saturday, November 14, 2015

Post 11: My Little Racecar (Gloria Pulley)

So this post is a little late because I lack the motivation to accomplish basic human tasks like eating or sleeping at the moment.  This, however, does not diminish the love and appreciation I have for my seat buddy, Rachel Racecar Roberts.  Four score and four years ago I first met Rachel through the other Rachael, no not that Rachel the other one. 

Rachel is one of those friends who always makes you feel better about yourself.  Why? Because in addition to being a great armrest, she is comforting to talk to.  It took me a solid four years to figure this out, which is kinda embarrassing, and I’m sorry Rachel. I underestimated you. 
I would love to write something truly poetic such as images of Rachel frolicking through bucolic meadows all graceful and like.  But all that comes to mind is Rachel rampaging through Disneyland and tripping over logs and sidewalks.  Again, I’m sorry Rachel.  If you were an animal you would probably be a raccoon, and before anyone gets offended by this let me explain…  Raccoons in my book are actually really adorable; if my parents would let me I would probably have twenty raccoons roaming around my house.  In the same way, this world needs about nineteen more Rachels.   She’s kinda shy when you first meet her, but offer food (in this case gluten free, dairy free, soy free….. food) and she’ll warm up to you.  She still has the ability to rip off your face if you wrong her, which I can respect.  And like that raccoon lurking in the woods while you camp, she is always there.  These are attributes that I value in a friend and I love her. 

In ten years I can see Rachel in one of three places:
1.      At Disney working as a fairy.  Her home is a shrine to her animation overlord.  She refuses to eat anything that isn’t in the shape of mickey mouse’s head.  Her wardrobe consists of princess dresses. Scratch that, she lives in Cinderella’s castle because she actually is a princess and deserves to be treated as such. 
2.      The CEO of a multibillion dollar company because I feel like she may be kinda quiet and unassuming but she will actually rule us all one day.
3.      A very successful, superstar, piano playing musician who will still rule us all. 
 And now for one of my personal favorite stories about Rachel… once Rachel had an adverse reaction to some anesthesia that the doctor gave her.  Unfortunately she got very sick as a result of this, but this is also where we get her interesting nickname.  Rachel was fully convinced she was a racecar.  If that’s not adorable, then I don’t know what is.

To conclude, I would like to thank you for having a last name close to mine.  I would also like to thank you for all the loveliness that you bring to my life.  Keep doing you because it will take you to great places girly.  Love ya!   



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