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Friday’s lunch was a blast and I knew it would be, but I doubt that we’ll be able to pull it off monthly as Ms. D suggested (with the best of intentions, I’m sure). The catalyst for our meeting was the death of her cousin and his wife several years ago. An overpass collapsed on their car. It was a horrible thing for her whole family. While visiting for the funeral my friend’s aunt counseled her to ‘keep your girlfriends close, they’ll get you through’. It just took her a while to heed the advice, and that is no surprise as she is even better at procrastination than I am. For example, she mentioned during lunch, that she really needed to call her wedding photographer as she never received her photos. This summer, she and her husband will be celebrating their fourth anniversary. FOURTH! I love her, but she can be a flake!
Still, she never fails to crack me up. When I arrived at the restaurant there were easily ten or twelve highway patrol cars parked in the parking lot (obviously there for lunch and not an emergency). Ms. D was seated directly across from a table of six officers, and she was trying to hide the fact that she was drinking a margarita. This particular restaurant is ‘two for one’ drinks all day on Friday so her second ‘rita was sitting in front at my place (so they wouldn’t think she was having two). ‘Course, I plopped down in my seat, thanked her for the drink and took a swig before I realized what she was up to ... yeah, I’m a flake too.
The weekend was both busy and lazy; a nice combination. We got most of our chores and errands buttoned up on Saturday and spent Sunday at favorite pass times (I read a book and D played online). Though it dawned grey on Sunday it didn’t rain and by mid-day it was bright sun shiny but very windy and cool. I’d never be able to live in Chicago, as I find strong wind rather annoying. The house creaking and popping, garbage cans flying away, and some odd banging (palm frond against the gutter) drove me to distraction. I tried to sew but was having trouble keeping warm enough, it was much better curled in my chair with a blanket and a cat or four, so reading and movie watching fit the bill perfectly. In fact, I expect that’s where I’ll be most nights this week as the temperature is finally predicted to drop down into our winter range (30-40s). I know that no one north of Tampa is crying for me, as your temps are far colder than mine, but trust me when I say even that comparatively mild range is difficult (and painful), and I’ll be glad when we drift back to the 60-80 range.
Non related news: There was a message on my answering machine Friday when I got home saying that the biopsy results from the ‘maturity spot’ the dermatologist removed from my knee were in. This news aggravated me for two reasons. First: I signed enough paper to have purchased a new car and I’m sure one page at least gave them permission to leave results on the machine or call me at work. Secondly, and with a great deal more aggravation: Could you imagine having something removed that you were worried about (I was not in this case) and come home on a Friday to find that message? Why worry someone through an entire weekend...gah how I do dislike the medical bureaucracy sometimes! Anyway, as suspected the maturity spot that looked to me like a wart was in fact a wart. Ewwww!