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Robert, I love you!!! I miss you so much and I want so badly to be by your side. My last letter got cut short, but I don't mind because I got to talk to you. My mind could not concentrate. I sat in math and all of his words went in one ear and out the other. What he said never entered my mind. I asked Jason, the guy behind me to call me if he gave us an assignment. Then I gave him my number. So I left at the break. I usually wouldn't care if he gavae us an assignment or not, but I need to know if I need to hand in anything Wednesday before I pick up you. I could go to half of class Wednesday, but I know that I will be worse than I was tonight. So I won't. It will be the first (and probably the only) class I skip all quarter long. It will be okay though, it's only 107. Back to what I love. I love board games, not "bored" games. My brother, Philip and I used to play them all the time. When we lived on Mulberry Drive in South Carolina, we used to stay up all night playing them. Phil and I were the only ones though. We were really night people, unlike my mother and my other brother Joe. I love the outdoors. I love to hike and camp. I think it is so relaxing to be out where no one else is. That is probably why I study best behind LaSal. No one knows where I am, I can enjoy the sun and the clouds, and no one stops to talk to me. I haven't gone outside to study yet this quarter, that is probably because I get home after the sun has gone down. My favorite foods: When I was little my mother made our favorite dinner on our birthdays. I always used to have her make meatloaf (my mother's is the BEST) and brussel sprouts with mashed potatos and gravy. That phase has long since gone. I still enjoy them, but I also enjoy other foods. My absolute favorite is Jeager Schnitzel, but you can't get that here in the states. I didn't used to like seafood, but ever since I used to help Abraham at the "Seafood Market of El Centro" I learned to love certain kinds. Seafood is probably the only thing I am picky about. Let me clarify the chocolate thing. I didn't used to like it. I think that was another one of my childhood phases. I enjoy it now, but not as much as the chocolate fanatics that are out there. My favorite cookies are pecan sandies and ginger snaps. I used to beg my dad to buy me ginger snaps. I don't know why I liked them so much but I did. Actually I still do. I love nuts. All kinds of nuts. My favorite nut (other than you) is Brazil nuts. If you ever have mixed nuts, those will be the first gone. I also love honey roasted peanuts and and Diamonds smokehouse almonds. (at least that's what I think they are called). Other munchies I like are banana chips and sunflower seeds. My favorite cheese is swiss. My grandmother used to get it and whenever we went over to her house she would always let me have some. No one else liked it. She also had other foods that my dad and I liked but no one else, like sweet pickles. She would also make the best homemade applesauce. I always liked a lot of the things my father liked. My mother used to think that we were both strange. Usually they were odd foods that everyone would turn their nose up at (like blue cheese salad dressing). I guess that is why I am not a picky eater. I like the odd things and the "normal" foods. I didn't just like foods because my dad did. He liked other stuff that I couldn't stomach. He love to get pepperoni and anchovi pizza. Yuck. He likes liver, I tried it once and I about gagged. Dad also liked gibblets from the turkey. That is a little more common, but I really don't like it. If you want it on Thanksgiving I will cook it for you (or anything else for that matter) but don't expect me to eat it with you. I love fruits and vegetables. My favorite fruit is oranges. I absolutely LOVE oranges and anything else that has to do with them (such as orange juice). I like apples and STRAWBERRIES. Wait a minute. I tried a mango last night that my Grandmother sent with me. I didn't like it. It was okay, but I wasn't that fond of it. Chaney gave me a piece of a jicama and I liked it. I also like grapes, but that is more sentimental. Wow, get me talking about food and I ramble on. There is so much more you asked about. You asked about my favorite lunches and breakfast too. My favorite breakfasts are hash browns and bacon. I also love my dad's waffles. Of course this has to come with orange juice. Lunch can come with just about anything. I do love chicken though. Fried chicken, chicken sandwiches, General Tsau's chicken :). Yes, if you brought me a box of chocolates I WOULD eat them and I WOULD like them. I would probably share them with you too. I wouldn't mind that one bit. Cheesecake is my favorite dessert, especially with cherries and blueberries on them, chocolate on them is also good. My dad however makes a mean banana cream pie. The other day I ate a whole banana all by myself. I don't think I have ever been able to do that. I would always tire of the sweet fruit before I could finish it. When I was a younger child, I would get sick. You know, that feeling that you ate too much of something sweet? Actually that is/was the only time I ever felt it. I could eat all the candy I ever wanted and would never get sick from it. Sodas are good, but I love juices, any kind of juices. Even juices with mangos in it. I just don't like the fruit. At least not as much as everyone else does. When I was 10 Amy and I went down to the Edeka. They had Kiwis on sale. We put all of our Pfennings together and bought one. We had never had one before so we cut it in half and ate it skin and all. I will never do that again. Since then I know better and I will eat a kiwi (but I still like oranges better). See, I have rambled on even longer since I last stopped talking about food. I don't know if I can do it any more. It is making me REALLY hungry. I had breakfast this morning: Eggs and an English Muffin. I am going to finish replying to your other letters and then I am going to go home and eat. I can't believe I talked this much about food. The last thing I love that I am going to tell you about (but I love it the most) is you. I love being with you, I love talking with you, I love typing to you, I love kissing you and holding you, I love telling you I love you and I love hearing that you love me. I JUST LOVE YOU. You better just accept that because I am not going to stop loving you. I have rambled on long enough for one letter. I love you and always will. Love eternally, Wanda