Melissa, a girl I've known since we were in nursery school is in London for a weeks for her tour of duty. This is the first time almost all of us are in one place (there's 4 and she's back home waiting for her baby to arrive awwww). It strikes me how grown up we all are, with our grown up jobs and grown up lives...we're at that stage where we reminisce about crazy things we did in grade school...there's a lot since we've all been together since we were 4. A quarter of a century...my oh my. A lot of things have changed, and yet we're still the same...it's a cozy feeling when we meet up...everything is relaxed, no bull since you've practically known each other when you were still too young to stop yourself from weeing in your pants. Or when the teacher tells you to pull up your pants eh Meh?
Everybody's coming here at the same time...Shiela's been here to visit for a couple of days of shopping before jetting of somewhere else to do what else but another round of shopping. My cousin's also been here to visit which was really cool...I haven't seen her for years! (The last time was when I was in high school) We just spent the whole time talking and catching up. I've been so detached from my extended family...they all live in 14 hour trips around the world. It's been great to catch up!
I've been in my new job for three months now. It feels like it's longer, maybe because I've settled in so quickly. It's a good feeling to be earning money, to actually not worry about where you'll get money to get food on the table (ok I'm exaggerating a little bit here).
Busy lives...but never too busy for friends and family...that's one good thing I keep in mind all the time.
