Dawn’s Weight Loss Journey

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Today I shall WOW you with my tale of 7 Jenny?s?Hold on to your shirt tails buddies?There is nothing weight loss related in this blog!!! If you need that today, best just keep on movin?..Cause I sure haven?t got one thing in here about it!

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Now, my husband finds this incredibly bizarre? I don?t know that I agree?Maybe slightly unusual, but bizarre??? Hmmm?

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I think I shall let you decide?

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So, for some reason, I seem to collect friends with the name Jenny?It started young and does continue to this day?

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Now, granted?Jennifer IS one of the most popular names for girls. I believe it?s been on the top 10 list for girls for quite some time?So really, I don?t think it?s all THAT weird, but I suppose, when I ask everyone else, no one else seems to have as many Jenny?s in their life?

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So my husband thinks I must have some karmic draw to those named Jenny?It?s important to point out, that these Jenny?s in my life, aren?t just mere acquaintances?They were all, at one time, considered a BEST FRIEND?Heck, if I added mere acquaintances, school mates, co workers, my list would be twice as long!!

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So here?s the rundown (Last names have been omitted to protect the innocent!):

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Jennifer H- She was my first official Jennifer?I was 9 ish, she was 7 ish. She is that friend that we all have had at one time?My mom was friends with her mom, they lived next door, so we had to play together all the time!! Which was cool, we got a long fine?She was my ?Strawberry Shortcake? buddy?YEP?We would play with our Strawberry Shortcake dolls for HOURS up in her room?We also listened to the Annie soundtrack and danced and sang to it?

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Jennifer A- (Called ?Jay? for the longest time I didn?t even know her name WAS Jennifer!!! LOL!!! This was another one that lived in my hood?Her sister and my sister were best friends for awhile, and I am sure that?s how we got started, but this was my true neighborhood buddy?She and I would spend HOURS in the creek, playing, tramping through fields, we were definitely tom boys in those days!

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Jennifer F- Ahhhh?How to describe Jenny F?This was probably my first official best friend?I was 13 and she was 12 when she moved into my neighborhood. I remember, to this day, she was wearing aqua blue shorts and a pink and white shirt with Madonna on it?She and her little sister were in the front window of their apartment acting stupid, and I thought ?Man?What a bunch of losers!? LOL!!! She didn?t talk to me for awhile because she was, I think, afraid of me?She used to call me the queen bee of the neighborhood because wherever I went, I would have two or three other little kids following me! This is the first of my Jenny?s who is STILL my best friend even today?This is the one that I have a history with two miles long?Stolen boyfriends?Fights?Babies?Broken hearts?We have weathered a lot?

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Jennifer N- This one was definitely short lived, but I include her because for at least one summer, she and I were inseparable! She was my first ?Work? friend?I met her while working at Sisters Chicken and Biscuits (YUM!) She was young, 17, married, and had a child?And her spouse was very very abusive?So that summer, she hung out a lot with me and my mom as she tried to break free from this relationship?I haven?t seen her since that summer, but I learned a lot through her?I learned very early what I would and would not accept from a man?

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Jenny G- Ahhhh. The second of my Jenny?s who remains to this day, my best friend?Jenny, and yes, that is her given name, NOT Jennifer?Jenny was my second ?Work? friend?She and I met while working at McDonalds! HAH?And guess what?I HATED HER!!! I thought she was a stuck up little snob?Truly?Then one day, I was walking out, and she was sitting on the curb?She was waiting for her brother to pick her up. (He apparently had forgotten her) So I said, well, I can take you home?She got in my car, we popped in my Bobby Brown Ca-single (anybody remember those???) and we have been friends ever since?I was at her wedding, she at mine, we have weathered college, a divorce, parental issues, re-marriage, children, and still, we remain ever so close?

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Jenny S- She was another work friend. I actually met her right before I met my husband. I worked night shift at The Limited Distribution Center?She was married, but a true party girl. Every night, after work, I would go to her house and hang with her and her husband?And we would party?I shall leave out the good part?Wouldn?t want you guys to think I was a crazy gal or something!!! Anyway, she was a great friend to me?I ran into her at Kroger?s of all places last year?She has since divorced, remarried, and had THREE children?I couldn?t believe it. This girl was a die hard party girl?And by die hard, I do mean, heavy duty, sometimes illegal, stuff was consumed by her?To imagine her with children was near impossible?But she seemed sooooo happy. So mature?

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Jen B- And so now I arrive at Jen?Jen is the last of the Jen?s I have collected so far?I met her in 1999?Guess where??? Yes?Work again?I mean, heck, you spend 8-10 hours a day there, you?re bound to pick up someone, eh???? Jen and I clashed from the start?Both loud. Both opinionated?Both think we are always right!!!! HAH!!! I didn?t care much for her at all?(Do you see a pattern here???) well, I still am not quite sure how it happened, but we spent some time together, and a friendship was born?She is the third of my Jenny?s that is considered a true, dear, and best friend?If I want a truly honest opinion, I go to her. If I want to hang with someone who has never ever judged me, I go to Jen?Its good to have at least one of those friends in your life?

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So there you go. I currently have THREE best friends named Jenny/Jennifer/Jen?

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It can be confusing, sometimes, for sure?I hear often ?Which Jen??? My husband has devised nick names for them all, to help tell them apart!

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That, my dear friends, is the tale of my 7 Jenny?s?Now you can all sleep better at night, safe and secure in this knowledge that was just mine, and is now yours!

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Cheerio all!