SnowAngel:	hey there, zoe-cakes. r we studs or what?
zoegirl:	yahootie!
SnowAngel:	i have a total adrenaline buzz going, even tho i am completely and thoroughly exhausted. my muscles r gonna be crazy sore tomorrow.
zoegirl:	i hear you. can you imagine how in shape we'd be if we did that every day?
SnowAngel:	we could call it the winsome-threesome workout-of-the-century. we cld make an exercise video and rake in oodles of cash.
zoegirl:	even my toenails are tired
SnowAngel:	flops onto pretend bed and groans
SnowAngel:	i told chrissy what we did, and she was like, “u ran up the escalator at peachtree center? that super-duper long one?”
zoegirl:	okay yes, but the critical point is that we ran up the down escalator. you did explain that to her, didn't u?
zoegirl:	that's gotta be the longest escalator in the world. seriously, it's as long as a football field.
SnowAngel:	i nearly lost it when maddie stopped for a breather and the escalator took her down, down, down. she was all, “noooo! i'm losing ground!”
zoegirl:	hee hee
SnowAngel:	but in the end we conquered it, cuz we can do ANYTHING, baby.
SnowAngel:	it's like in “the cave” by my buds Mumford & Sons. “but i will hold on hope â¦ and i'll find strength in pain!”
zoegirl:	god, i love Mumford & Sons.
SnowAngel:	i know. and that one particular songâit's like therapy every time i listen to it.
zoegirl:	i like the line about wanting to live life as it's meant to be lived.
SnowAngel:	i do too, and how even when things are hard, we just keep going.
SnowAngel:	and do u know HOW we keep going? or at least how i keep going?
zoegirl:	how?
SnowAngel:	cuz of u and mads.
zoegirl:	awwwww
SnowAngel:	it's true. true blue, me and u, and don't forget to add maddie 2.
SnowAngel:	do u like my rhyme?
zoegirl:	very impressive
SnowAngel:	wait, there's more! er, let's c â¦ since 7th grade they did not part, they stayed connected in their hearts. zoe's the good girl, maddie's wild, and sweet darling angela is meek and mild.
zoegirl:	meek? hahahahaha! mild? hahahahaha!
SnowAngel:	fine, miss brainiac. U find something to rhyme with wild.
zoegirl:	“and sweet goofy angela tends to act like a child”?
SnowAngel:	hey now!
zoegirl:	just teasing. you know i love you.
zoegirl:	i've just got kid-type people on my brain, because guess what? i got the job at Kidding Around!
SnowAngel:	wh-hoo! happy dance, happy dance
zoegirl:	there was a message waiting for me when i got home. i'm psyched.
SnowAngel:	ah, what joy, to be wiping noses and chasing toddlers. when do u start?
zoegirl:	um, don't freak, okay?
SnowAngel:	why would i freak? ur not gonna say something to make me freak, r u?
SnowAngel:	wait a minute. don't u DARE tell me u have to start tonight.
zoegirl:	the thing is â¦ i do.
SnowAngel:	zoe! noooo!
zoegirl:	saturday night's their busiest night! the director wants me to come in for training.
SnowAngel:	but we were gonna watch “Bridesmaids” again! and eat ugly carrots!
zoegirl:	i know, and i will miss eating my ugly carrot very much. but we can watch “Bridesmaids” tomorrow. that'll be even better, because that way maddie can join us.
SnowAngel:	the point being that she has plans tonight too? yeah, rub it in. u've got yr job and maddie has her cousin's wedding and i have a big old pile of poop. thanks a lot.
zoegirl:	angela, you are such a drama queen. and you don't have a big old pile of . you have a delicious bag of carrots! with hopefully at least one ugly one mixed in for luck!
SnowAngel:
zoegirl:	you're not really mad, are you?
SnowAngel:	of course i'm mad! flames shoot from ears
SnowAngel:	only not really, cuz this way i can watch as many episodes of “extreme makeover: home edition” as i want, and i will cry and it will be very emotional, if u would just TRY the show then u would c what i mean.
zoegirl:	umm â¦ no
zoegirl:	but you know what's weird? and i mean this in the nicest way ever. last year you would have been totally upset if i'd changed our plans at the last minute. i mean, truly upset, with all kinds of wounded hurt feelings. but this year, you're so much more chill. why is that, do you think?
SnowAngel:	cuz i'm a junior, that's why. struts around in funky junior-ness cuz i can drive, even tho i don't have a car. cuz i choose to live my life the way it's meant to be lived, even tho i will be all alone on a saturday night, and even tho there is seriously something up with my parents, not that they'll admit it.
zoegirl:	there's something up with your parents? explain.
SnowAngel:	it's just this feeling i've been getting.
zoegirl:	like what? and for how long?
SnowAngel:	i dunno, maybe a week?
zoegirl:	a week?! why are you just now telling me???
SnowAngel:	it's like they're hiding something, i can't explain it better than that. i keep thinking that maybe i'm making it up, but then i think that i'm not.
zoegirl:	hmm
zoegirl:	maybe it's a good thing they're hidingâlike that they're taking you to hawaii
SnowAngel:	i dunno, that somehow doesn't seem very likely.
SnowAngel:	but, whatever. i'm not gonna worry about it, cuz i'm the new and improved Chill Angela. u think they wld name a Barbie after me?
zoegirl:	definitely. for her accessory, she could have a tiny iPhone.
SnowAngel:	no, her accessory would be a tiny picture of u, me, and mads, cuz that's why i'm chill for real. cuz no matter what, i've got u guys giving me my me-ness.
zoegirl:	maddie and i don't give you your you-ness. you give yourself your you-ness.
SnowAngel:	“you-ness.” now there's a word for ya.
SnowAngel:	my granddad's name was eunice, btw
zoegirl:	your granddad? don't you mean your grandmom?
SnowAngel:	nope, my granddad. only he spelled it “unus.”
zoegirl:	ugh. what were his parents trying to do to him?
SnowAngel:	his full name was unus faye. he went by U.F.
zoegirl:	i am so sorry to hear that.
SnowAngel:	yep
zoegirl:	well, on that note, gtg. wish me luck on my first day, which is really my first night!
SnowAngel:	good luck on yr first day which is really ur first night!
SnowAngel:	ta ta for now!