Saturday, December 31, 2005
What you are asking for
It has definitely been a very long time since I did that. Wow.
Ed and Laura's engagement party was tonight, and afterwards, some of us went out to Denny's. Just for old times' sake. See, when I was in high school, we (the youth group) used to go to Coffee Cravings--a coffee shop across the parking lot from the church--on Sunday nights after church. When it closed, we moved 50 feet further down the strip mall to the Dairy Queen, and that, for all intents and purposes, is where we hung out for the rest of high school. Sometime during my first year of college, when we started getting vehicles and not being restricted to the mall, we decided to go down the road about 10 minutes to the Denny's, and that's where we hung out for most of my college years, and beyond. The group has grown; different people have been privy to the Denny's Experience at different times over the past 5 years, but there are still a few of us who were there from the beginning. The very beginning.
These days, it usually makes me feel incredibly old to go to Denny's. Actually, it makes me feel incredibly old to hang out with that group in general. I love them to pieces, but it always makes me a little bit nostalgic and reminiscent of my less-mature days. Heh.
On another, slightly related, note, I've realized that I'm the absentee bridesmaid. This is the third of four weddings that I've been in over the past few years where I will just show up a day or two before the wedding, and not be there for any of the planning. I was here for all of Kat's planning, but for Jen's, Lynsae's, and now Laura's, I'm not. I just swoop in on my... white airplane?... to save the day. Or something to that effect. It has mixed blessings, but one of the advantages to not being there until the big day itself is that I'm much more aware of the privilege that it is to be there and to be a part of it.
Anyways, it's late. Besides, a day of gelato, pretend husbands, and really adorable nephews can wear anyone out. And then, you add the Denny's on top of that, and... well, there's just no hope, is there?
1 Comments:
hehe, pretend husbands. Anyways, I hope you get this today because if you don't, it's kind of a moot point. I got asked to work today (agh! that's 3/4 holidays for Kim) until 5:30. So, if you need to get a hold of me, stop by or try me on my cell, or try me at work. Talk to you later!
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