I know I'm not the only one LOST

Okay, lets brainstorm some memories from the last three seasons... I will try to post some of what I remember and you other addicts please add more in the comments (Cara, this might mean that you actually have to leave a comment;)

Jack - was a doctor, dad was a drunk, wife left him because of his job (right?), was in Australia to get his father's body.

Sawyer - conman, parents were conned by Locke's dad, went to Australia to kill the man he thought conned his parents, met Jack's dad in the bar

Jack's dad = also equals Claire's father (per my sister.... I don't remember that)

Kate - thief, fugitive because she blew up her house with her stepdad in it, mother is frightened of her, previously wanted to leave the island on the raft so she could go back to running from the law instead of waiting to be rescued - now wants to be rescued - what????

Locke - conned by his father into donating his kidney, then dad left him, eventually ended up in a wheelchair because dad threw him out the window when he was confronted, couldn't kill his father on the island, found out dad conned Sawyer's parents and told Sawyer so that Sawyer would kill him. Did Sawyer kill Locke's dad? I don't remember? And how did dad end up on the island. Locke has healing powers on the island - he keeps getting killed and never dies.

Hurley - was in the mental institution before the island - WHY? One of the patients recited the numbers from the hatch over and over, also were the numbers he played in the lottery, won the lottery and life went to crap. Why was he in Australia?

Charlie - heroine addict, in a band. Was playing guitar on the street when Desmond ran out of a building after Penny

Desmond - I don't remember his backstory and why Penny is searching for him

Claire - got pregnant was going to give her baby to a couple in LA. Who else crossed into her story?

Ben - brought to the island as a boy, father worked as a janitor for the Dharma initiative, eventually gassed a bunch of people including this father, but I don't remember WHY

Juliet - fertility doctor/researcher and lured to the island by creepy guys after they had her ex husband hit by a bus, needed for her expertise because women who get pregnant on the island die

Sun - pregnant, found out that her baby was Jin's and she got pregnant on the island

Desmond - has visions of the future, sees Claire getting into a helicopter to leave the island

Okay, add to this whatever you can think of!

AND - Who do you think the Oceanic 6 are? Obviously we know Jack, Kate, Hurley (and probably Claire) - WHO ELSE?????

LOST

For those of you who are fans of this incredible show, you fully understand what a momentous day today is!

I'm very excited to sit down and watch the season premier tonight and see if our survivors get rescued.

HOWEVER, remember my memory issues? I just cannot retain detailed information sometimes... Well, I'm having a problem with LOST. I watched part of last season's finale last night and I realized that I don't remember stuff about the backstories of the characters. And I feel like there are specific details that I need to remember. For example, I remember that Sawyer knew Foxy's (aka Jack) dad, but I don't remember how or why it is significant. I know there are other cross over details like that and I just cannot remember what they are.

So my challenge to you who watch: Please give me a refresher of any back story details that you can remember. Especially anything where the characters crossed over.

PLEASE!

My lovely husband, knowing that I have been lonely and feeling smothered by being a stay at home mom, gave me the most wonderful Christmas gift. He bought me a plane ticket to Memphis, TN to spend 3 whole days with my BFWW. Three whole days without the responsibility of caring for my children. Three whole days of not picking up my house to turn around and find a mess in another room. And as it turns out, three whole days of not cleaning up vomit in the middle of the night and doing lots and lots of laundry.

I flew out on Wednesday night. After several serious delays, I finally arrived in Memphis at midnight. BFWW and I collected my one bag - ONE relatively small bag filled with only MY stuff - not anyone else's stuff - and were back at her house to chat for a few minutes before heading to bed at 1am.

The next three days were spent talking. Literally. The entire 3 days. We ran out of saliva. We never turned the tv on, never had a silent pause where we tried to think of something to say. When I first got there I had wondered if we would be staring at each other with nothing to say by Saturday afternoon. I guess it had been too long since we'd spent quality time together because by Saturday afternoon I felt like we were just getting started - and then I had to leave.

We did abandon our couches for very brief periods of time to grab a meal... Thursday night we had chinese at PeiWei and I ate my entire meal with chopsticks - first time for that! I also told Elise a secret - that she had been a very good girl at the restaurant. Then she told me a secret - that I had eaten my food very well. And she told BFWW a secret - that she drank her drink really well. And then we headed to the grocery store for ice cream and beer. Back to our perches on the couch until 1am.

Friday we had had breakfast at the Blue Plate Diner. BFWW surprised me with a talent that even she didn't know she had - I will refrain from sharing so as not to embarrass her (I've already done enough mockery;) In the afternoon we made our way to Michael's so I could buy some knitting supplies. She had started knitting and knit her very own scarf. It was so cute and she did such a great job that I got inspired to knit my own. We spent an extraordinary amount of time trying to pick out yarn for my scarf... I finally walked out with some gray for an everyday scarf & some red for a little dressier scarf.

At night we went out for sushi with some of her friends. Again, a first for me. And I am severely disappointed that I probably will never have sushi again since Cornbread won't go with me. It was AWESOME! Lets just say: Sushi = delicioso!

And back to our perches until 1am.

Saturday we knit together for a while and then went out for lunch at Costa Vida, where I apparently picked up the scent of the kitchen because Cornbread told me on Sunday that I smelled like Mexican food when he picked me up;) And then it was on to the Memphis Zoo. We were just about the only guests at the zoo because it was pretty cold. There weren't many animals there, but we were able to see their two pandas, the fish, Chompy the alligator, a gigantic reticulated python - AND three tigers that apparently thought Elise was their prey since every time they caught sight of her they started stalking toward us. The tigers were pretty creepy, but fascinating all at the same time. I suppose if they had been stalking MY child I would have wanted to get out of there, too.

My flight landed in Chicago around 7:45pm. I was really happy to see my family. To be honest, I didn't really miss them. Of course I love them and enjoy being home, but I was enjoying myself a little too much and didn't miss the responsibility aspect at all. I really enjoyed playing with and getting to know Elise - and not being responsible for her. I really enjoyed having grown up conversations about anything and everything. I really enjoyed going out to eat for meals and not having to make meals for other people. I enjoyed doing grown up things. I enjoyed not having to abide by everyone else's schedules. And I enjoyed not having to put children in a car seat every time I got into and out of the car. It was a wonderful weekend.

And then on the way home, as a way of saying, "Hi mommy - I missed you so much and I'm so glad you're home" Nora threw up three times in the back seat of the car when we were approximately 3 minutes away from home. Since Cornbread had been cleaning up vomit the entire time I was away (Ryann), I offered to clean out the car and let him relax. It was lovely.

I miss my BFWW. I so wish she didn't live so far away. There is not another friend in my life that I can spend 3 days with like that. We talk about everything. We don't necessarily agree on everything, but we can have great discussions about it. She is inspiring to me in many ways - her generosity, her heart for connecting other women, her desire to do better and to be better than she already is, her love for God, her love for her husband and her daughter, her patience with her 3 year old. Seriously, I love this woman. And I love my Cornbread for being thoughtful enough to send me away - and being willing to put himself in my shoes for 3 days.

I am loved.