Friends… Sigh…

Soooo… I’m minding my own business, and I get a text yesterday…

You want a lunch date? X3?

My first thought is who else… Hey, this isn’t the normal number.

Turns out it’s three high school classmates, coming through town, so I say sure! Figuring I’ll have a half hour to figure out what’s happening. Yeah, right…

So I call and ask where they are, of course they just passed the exit I was going to tell them for the restaurant, and I’m 20 minutes away from there.

Sigh… So I give them directions, jump in the car and haul it over to the restaurant and meet them for lunch, only to find that one lady doesn’t like BBQ… Double sigh…

But she likes shrimp! Yea, that’s also on the menu! We had a good time, got to hear of their ‘adventures’ in Colorado, and it was good to see them happy and enjoying themselves!

Sadly lunch was over too quickly, but they were on the tail end of the trip, and wanted to get home to their own beds (trust me, ‘I’ can identify with liking to sleep in your own bed, after a road trip)…

I’m truly glad I got a chance to see them, and it’s funny how, now that we’re approaching the 50th HS reunion in 2 years, folks are getting back in touch, and actually taking time to stop, smell the flowers, and do things like wild hare vacations. Most of us are now fully retired, or close enough for government work, and we’re trying to make up for all those vacations/trips we never got to take during our working careers.

So I’d say, send that text, make that call… You’ll probably make someone’s day, and might even get a free meal out of it! 😀

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Friends… Sigh… — 7 Comments

  1. Just went to day one of a two-day 50th reunion last night. What a hoot! Ya’ll need to go when it comes around. All those things that caused heartburn and angst 50 years ago are gone (although I do seem to have a little heartburn the morning after). The prettiest girls and the coolest guys aren’t always the prettiest and coolest any more…

  2. Hey Old NFO;

    people are figuring that they need to make the connections again, sure money is good, but you also need to feed the soul. Because when you go before St Peter to make the accounting, all the money stays behind. On a humorous note, I saw this on a Ford Ranger a few years ago. “Remember to go first class, you know your heirs will.”

    Making time with friends is always a good thing.

  3. WSF- Yep! At least I was dressed decently!!! LOL

    MJ- Agreed!

    Bob- Yep, truly enjoyed it! 😀

  4. My momma always said, if you can’t say anything nice…
    I just don’t have any nostalgia for the majority of my classmates.
    Some I know and appreciate on FB and that’s enough.
    Now if my squadron was to get together again…