Conversations with the best 9-year-old ever

I've known Megan since she was 2 years old; her parents moved into the house across from my parents' when I was up at UConn. She and her younger sisters, Caity and Norah, are like my little sisters. Megan has always been incredibly smart for her age...she talks to people as if she herself were an adult, and she even has the ability to absorb information and vocabulary like you wouldn't believe. Just recently she figured out how to instant message me through her dad's email address on MSN Messenger. See for yourself what an amazing kid she is:

Tara says: are you excited about turning 10? I remember I was scared to enter the double digits.

Megan says: not really I feel a little sad

Tara says: yeah I think I felt nostalgic, too...like my childhood is going away. boooo

Megan says: mine too, faster than you think

Tara says: exactly. but you'll have a lot of fun these next 10 years..and 5th grade was one of my favorite times in childhood, too.

Megan says: really mine was 3rd

Tara says: oh yeah? what was your favorite part of 3rd grade?

Megan says: my teacher, Mr.Senich

….... a few minutes later.......

Tara says: well I can let you go watch TV if you want

Megan says: no no its my turn to go on the computer

Tara says: okay, I just don't want you to get bored of me

Megan says: are you kidding i never get board of you

Tara says: aww thanks!

Megan says: :)

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Tara says: hey have you read any good books lately? I'm always interested in hearing about them to see if I read them when I was your age.

Megan says: yes im reading the sisterhood

Tara says: yay! really? maybe I can take you to see the 2nd movie

Tara says: have you seen the first one?

Megan says: no

Tara says: well I have it on DVD, I can bring it home next time I'm at my parents' house

Megan says: please

Tara says: definitely, we can watch it together, make some popcorn and everything

Megan says: maybe we could have a movie night

Tara says: exactly!

Megan says: :)

Moments later...

Megan says: im having a party friday

Tara says: is that the pool party?

Megan says: yes

Tara says: how many kids are going?

Megan says: and instead of presents i want 8 kids to write checks to my friend Alyssa

Tara says: is she sick?

Megan says: she has cancer

Tara says: oh how terrible--when did she find out?

Megan says: ya but it is treatable, she found out this May

Tara says: oh thank goodness it's treatable...how scary, though

Megan says: ya, she lost all her hair from the treatments

Tara says: aww, does she have a wig?

Megan says: yes, but she does not wear it in the summer

Tara says: too uncomfortable and hot

Megan says: she went to camp for kids with cancer

Tara says: have kids been nice to her since she found out she has cancer?

Tara says: did she go to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp?

Megan says: yes, they recently had a ziti dinner for her at the Firehouse

Tara says: did your family go?

Megan says: no, we made a donation

Tara says: well it all certainly counts

Tara says: I just volunteered at a camp for kids with cancer; I'm just wondering if it's the same one Alyssa went to.

Megan says: oh really, I am not sure what camp she went to

Tara says: yeah that is a famous one, and it's in Connecticut...it might be the one.

Megan says: she went to a sleep away camp

Tara says: Well I hope she gets well, and that your friends are able to contribute a lot of checks to you on Friday that you can give to her.

Tara says: yep, it was a sleepaway camp

Megan says: I'll ask her when she gets home

Tara says: we put together the bunk beds in the cabins for the kids

Tara says: definitely do that and ask her about the camp--it's an awesome place.

Megan says: I will. I have to go now. I need to create my invitations so mom can mail in the morning. Good night! We will plan on the movie night

Tara says: okay sounds great...have a good night! I will talk to you soon

Megan says: bye

Note: You can't tell me she's not amazing. I talked to her mom tonight on the phone to ask if it was okay to have a "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" movie night with her for her 10th birthday, and her mom told me that it really was Megan's idea to donate all of her "birthday presents" to Alyssa. I love her!!!

Holy crap. I don't think I could possibly feel much worse. Too much sangria. Wine. Peaches. Apples. Lemons. Limes. Roxette. Boyz II Men. Don Henley. I am sad now, and exhausted. I just tried to call Jeff but he's at the Radiohead concert. I am sitting here completely, well, inebriated for lack of a better word. I want to go home but the problem is that I AM home!! I am not driving anywhere so it should be okay but noooooooo. I want Jeffrey. Oh I want him to take care of me noooowwww. So pathetic. Ahhhh "Ray of Light" by Madonna. Appropriate. But still not making me feel any better. Want pajamas. And other comfy things. Like blankets. And someone to brush my teeth for me. And oh wow just want to go to sleep. Stupid Tara. Too mucccch sangria. Too much wine. I want Kara to call me so I know she is safe. What the hell. I just re-read this and don't remember writing any of it even though I just thought of it 5 minutes ago. Madonna is "appropriate"? Did I say that? I want dinner. I told Rachel I wanted Chinese food. She replied with "LOL." I didn't think it was that funny. What the hell am I going to eat, really? And my face is sunburned. Ohhhhh. Want to sleep night night. Crying from Aerosmith is on.

Nice. P.S. Kara just texted me. She's home safely. Yay. Pass out now for sure.