{"id":1999,"date":"2011-12-07T21:30:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T05:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/?p=1999"},"modified":"2011-12-07T21:30:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T05:30:51","slug":"roomie-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/roomie-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Roomie Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twelve years. It\u2019s been 12 years.<\/span><\/h1>\n
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2000: You'd never know we're 12 years older. We look exactly the same right? <\/p><\/div>\n

Twelve years ago the four of us weren\u2019t even of legal drinking age. It was the turn of the century. (Am I totally dating myself with that reference?) And we were four college kids just learning how to survive on our own. (Sometimes I think it may have been because of each other that we survived.)<\/p>\n

We cooked up a fabulous feast that December \u2013 before we all headed home for the holidays with our families \u2013 and exchanged small tokens of our affection for one another. Then we sat in our living room talking and telling stories until the wee hours of the morning. (Those will forever remain in confidence. Or, I no longer remember.)<\/p>\n

It was the first Roomie Christmas. Who would have guessed it\u2019d become a thing?<\/p>\n

Every year since, come hell or high water, the four of us have gathered together to celebrate the season.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve weathered headaches and heartache. We\u2019ve laughed, loved and lost. We\u2019ve experienced the ups and downs of jobs (and joblessness). There have been post-graduate degrees, Broadway dreams and global travels. We\u2019re all married now, with new families of our own. But it\u2019s safe to say we all got by with a little help from our friends.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s to friends who are family.<\/p>\n

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The Hudsons<\/p><\/div>\n

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The next generation. Which we worked damn hard for!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Life isn't always all smiles. Sometimes girls have cooties.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sometimes a giant pile of autumn leaves is all it takes...<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jen and Teddy<\/p><\/div>\n

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The McClellands (and Maude)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Seriously? Mom's being weird with her friends again.<\/p><\/div>\n

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2011: Here's to the next 12 years! Merry Christmas!<\/p><\/div>\n

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