Apple Burr.

One time, last night, I was writing a research paper that would grow to be 10 pages when complete. (I don't want to talk about it.) It was a beast, and liked to nibble my knuckles with fatigue as I tried to write it. It also had a curious side effect of making me bored out of my mind.

So naturally, since the walls of my apartment are thin, I was half-listening to my roommates shouting/squealing over the discovery of beer and a mysterious note on our porch. I was thinking to myself, man, that Halloween decor is really inviting. We've never gotten this much porch-attention. Then they say something about it being apple beer. I'm not listening closely enough to really understand, but I'm hungry. So, there's that.

Then Olivia comes in and shows it to me, and my heart does a little flutter. And she shows me the cryptic note, which obviously doesn't go with the beer. All the months of watching Castle with my mom come out in me and I think, it was mere coincidence these two items were on our porch together. They don't match up! There's no connection! The STEP-BROTHER DID IT. Wait? No. What?

I'm really thinking to myself, Cody owes me some Apple Beer. But he has a broken foot and he's a man of quiet, and also 70 miles away from me, so that'd be a little out of character/the realm of possibility. But still I hope. So later, when I get a message asking me if I found anything on my porch, I can't help but do a little victorious fist pump. It wasn't from my roommates home teachers. It was a little caloric lovin' from my best friend!

Is there anything more beautiful? I ask you.

It was quite the hump-day (I've just always wanted to use that expression, so thanks.) pick-me-up. And it's SO sincerely comforting and happy to know someone is thinking of you. Nice things are.... really nice.

Also. When I tried to interrogate him as to HOW he could have gotten it here, he insisted it was magic. Maybe even that he apparated.

Um. I have a crush on him. SHUT UP ABOUT IT. Ugh.