February 2009.
It's 8am on a Thursday morning. I just got off the phone with my friend Carolyn. I saw from the call display it was her before I answered so instead of saying 'hello' I shouted 'wa-hoo'! My 16 yr. old son who was eating breakfast and packing his books for school just rolled his eyes. Even I was pretty surprised that I had that much gusto in me for my first real conversation of the day.
I am blessed to have some pretty diverse and amazing girlfriends in my life. This despite the fact that I am not a ‘phone chatter' and tend to be unbending in my opinions. It's funny, if I look around to the people in my circle of friendship; I have surrounded myself with people who can bring out the best in me, all in different ways. Carolyn is feisty, strong and always tells it like it is. She is not afraid to lay it on the line and doesn't fret too much about what others think. She's also incredibly organized and a focused planner. These are attributes I admire but don't really possess. Her call this morning came as she was driving to the coast to meet up with an old school chum for a weekend away.
The last time Carolyn and I were together was on the weekend, having dinner at another good friends place, it was Valentines; our husbands had cooked dinner for us. The food was fabulous and plentiful, but apparently so was the wine. We laughed, we talked, we ogled our husbands as they cooked and reminisced on high school, crushes, and concerts. Coincidentally, we got louder as the evening progressed and the 'wha- hoos' that erupted when another lost 80's song on the stereo was played had our husbands rolling their eyes much like my son was doing this morning.
Carolyn is going to see Blondie perform in concert tonight. It's a road trip down memory lane. Blondie, and Debbie Harry in particular, epitomizes everything that was cool, stylish and 'awesome' back in Carolyn's high school days. Big hair, lots of eyeliner, funky outfits and glittery shoes were the rage. How fun to relive it again for a night.
Carolyn called this morning to let me know she found the earrings I left on her doorstep to borrow for the concert tonight. They are chandelier sparklers set in fake gold that I have had since....1982! I knew she would get a kick out of them. When Carolyn first got her tickets for the Blondie concert she had gone out and purchased a pair of shoes specifically for this event. The shoes are shiny patent gold with a cute kitten heel, sexy, but still sensible enough to dance the night away, kinda like Carolyn herself.. I know she will have fun tonight, her gold shoes, her retro earrings and her 'wa-hoos' will be loud and lovely just like her and it makes me smile. I hope to introduce you to more of my fantastic friends in my blog eventually. Not all of them will I print their names, I wouldn't want to overstep our friendship and their privacy. But with Carolyn, I am not hesitant to put her name in print because that's just her style. Wa-hooo!
I am rich; I have golden friends who give me moments to treasure.
It's 8am on a Thursday morning. I just got off the phone with my friend Carolyn. I saw from the call display it was her before I answered so instead of saying 'hello' I shouted 'wa-hoo'! My 16 yr. old son who was eating breakfast and packing his books for school just rolled his eyes. Even I was pretty surprised that I had that much gusto in me for my first real conversation of the day.
I am blessed to have some pretty diverse and amazing girlfriends in my life. This despite the fact that I am not a ‘phone chatter' and tend to be unbending in my opinions. It's funny, if I look around to the people in my circle of friendship; I have surrounded myself with people who can bring out the best in me, all in different ways. Carolyn is feisty, strong and always tells it like it is. She is not afraid to lay it on the line and doesn't fret too much about what others think. She's also incredibly organized and a focused planner. These are attributes I admire but don't really possess. Her call this morning came as she was driving to the coast to meet up with an old school chum for a weekend away.
The last time Carolyn and I were together was on the weekend, having dinner at another good friends place, it was Valentines; our husbands had cooked dinner for us. The food was fabulous and plentiful, but apparently so was the wine. We laughed, we talked, we ogled our husbands as they cooked and reminisced on high school, crushes, and concerts. Coincidentally, we got louder as the evening progressed and the 'wha- hoos' that erupted when another lost 80's song on the stereo was played had our husbands rolling their eyes much like my son was doing this morning.
Carolyn is going to see Blondie perform in concert tonight. It's a road trip down memory lane. Blondie, and Debbie Harry in particular, epitomizes everything that was cool, stylish and 'awesome' back in Carolyn's high school days. Big hair, lots of eyeliner, funky outfits and glittery shoes were the rage. How fun to relive it again for a night.
Carolyn called this morning to let me know she found the earrings I left on her doorstep to borrow for the concert tonight. They are chandelier sparklers set in fake gold that I have had since....1982! I knew she would get a kick out of them. When Carolyn first got her tickets for the Blondie concert she had gone out and purchased a pair of shoes specifically for this event. The shoes are shiny patent gold with a cute kitten heel, sexy, but still sensible enough to dance the night away, kinda like Carolyn herself.. I know she will have fun tonight, her gold shoes, her retro earrings and her 'wa-hoos' will be loud and lovely just like her and it makes me smile. I hope to introduce you to more of my fantastic friends in my blog eventually. Not all of them will I print their names, I wouldn't want to overstep our friendship and their privacy. But with Carolyn, I am not hesitant to put her name in print because that's just her style. Wa-hooo!
I am rich; I have golden friends who give me moments to treasure.
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