Apropos of nothing...

I was thinking about how I call Dave and Rachel dude pretty often. I don't call very many other people dude, mostly because people make fun of me because...it's very dated? I think with them, it's more like a term of endearment than anything else. Like I call Dave dude, where I might call someone else dear or honey. Also, I realized this last week, although I'm sure it doesn't matter: in just under one month, Rachel will have been around for more than half of my life. She's long past being around more than half of Mark's, but she and Dave have a few more years until they hit half of each other's lives. Yay for their strength, restraint, patience, and tenacity.