with friends like these who needs family??

Things haven't been easy this year (school, boy, fam.. if you forgot) and I just don't know how I would have survived without these amazing friends that I've been lucky enough to surround myself with. Oh, and that most definitely, includes you internet friends. A kind email is like an emotional hug through the computer. I feel very lucky.
Yesterday, being particularly filled with sadness (see two posts down) we took a drive. To a river. Where we drank mimosas and created various stories about the creatures that live there (who hate littering and eat hot dog eating campers).
How could I ever thank these people for taking my mind off all the goings on?

Thank them for allowing me to feel genuinely happy, relaxed etc even w/ shit was hitting the fan at a pretty rapid speed.

Knowing that I have friends that are kind, respectful, fun, genuinely good people, makes it able to separate myself from the negatively that my family can bring. God knows where I would be without them, I don't want to know.

You can't choose or change your family, they are who they are, weaknesses and strengths included. But I did choose my friends and they are a good lot.