My voice is hoarse from smiling

Helen's retirement party was so packed with awesome people that I didn't even get to talk to all of them. And I like everyone who was there so, so much, even the people I just met today (and especially Helen). I don't quite fit in at Windsor House the easy way that I used to, but it still buoys me up.

I wrestled and sang and told silly old multimedia room anecdotes that didn't go anywhere with Cody and Conor a bunch of others, and argued genially with a snarky little girl on a unicycle (yeah, my school is awesome). I learned that Sasha and Vanessa read this sometimes (hi!), and that Karen and I, entirely by coincidence, are about the same way through reading the same book. Afterward, I went with cola to eat Chinese food and talk about the art of pulp science fiction, and my fortune said, "The rainbow's treasures will soon belong to you." (Cola's, which I forget, was at least as entertaining in a similar way.)

Does anyone want to go with me to see Howl's Moving Castle?