Hello, dear reader.  I'm Maria.  And I'm starting this, because my friend and I have decided that we've made a lot of mistakes.  We've made so many, in fact, and they are so strange and unbelievable that I cannot keep silent any longer.  I'm going to tell you, my dear reader, all of them. 
I hope you enjoy, because it's been not only stressful, but amazing, and in the sheer bizzare nature of it all, I've had a lot of fun; a lot of heart ache; a lot of laughs.
I'm looking forward to you having fun, too.