I recall part of Stephen King's IT (the scariest book ever, I'm convinced) when the librarian talks about his relationship with his assistant. They joke about being in love but she's joking and he's not. Well, that's the way I feel about Mira. I get jealous about her boyfriends (and boy does she have a lot) even though I have no right to be that way.

I talk to her mother quite frequently on the Internet. The last time I went to visit Mira (the first time I went, actually), I ended up spending more time with her mother than with her because of her work schedule. So we're tight. Anyway, I blather to Mom Sorvino about my women problems all the time and she tells me not to worry and I still do. I really get along with her mother. I was talking to my brother about this and he told me that that's been the secret of his success, to always work on the mother. So is this my subconscious staking psychic Mira claim? I don't know.

So that's the Mira story. She's my dearest friend. I'd be lost without her. And I want things between us to be like this forever.