Unexpected Visitor

My friend from college, Lauren [Lola], totally surprised me last night by ringing my doorbell. This was a surprise because she's still a junior at Marquette up in Milwaukee. It's not like she lives down the street. She had borrowed a friend's car to come and see me, saying she just needed to get away for a while. I didn't ask for any more details. Lauren's my friend and if she needed a place to stay, even if I didn't have an extra bed, I have a couch. Good thing though that I do have an extra bed. She finally got to meet Baxter, which she practically squealed over and played with him for most of the night. I had already gotten pizza for myself for dinner so I heated up some for Lauren. I have now created another fan of Luvin' Oven. I was kind of embarrassed because my house is a disaster area but Lauren only laughed, telling me that I should see her apartment. I don't know what was going on at school or why she needed to get away so bad but I think we all feel that way sometimes.

It was a crappy night last night - cold and rainy - and Lauren didn't feel like going out and doing anything so we watched a couple of my movies, including Serenity since she had never seen it but she always heard about it from me. She loved it and is obsessed with Simon now. After the movie, which she wanted to watch again, she began watching episodes from Firefly. I'm so glad she came to visit. I was feeling so sad and lonely and then she shows up. Perfect timing. Although I do have to call Jimmy and yell at him for the directions he gave her. Good thing Lauren was always the unofficial navigator in our group or else she never would have found me. Jimmy is such an idiot.