Disappointment

And I just heard from one of my best friends, Amanda, who lives in Vineland. Alas, it doesn't sound like we'll be able to get together for Christmas this year. She works as a substitute teacher and a waitress in a Bob Evans and is just too busy, not to mention she just had to buy a new car after her old one finally died in an accident. Like most people I know, she's also skittish about driving in the traffic around here, despite the fact that I've tried to tell everyone I know that the traffic isn't that bad if you know when and where to drive in it. I'm going to try to get her up here for New Year's instead, the first time we've done that since I moved from Wildwood.