03-07-23 I needed that!
A few great things happened in the last two days. I got to FaceTime with my Jackie yesterday and decided to just enjoy the feels without even sharing it at day’s end. She was so thrilled to see me and kept pointing and blowing me kisses, celebrating when I responded that I had lost 45 pounds. It was absolutely lovely and teary. I promised to try to see her in July when I am down.
Today, I texted first thing this morning with my friend and asked him to seek out good places to solo travel. He messaged later that Iceland and Ireland kept coming up as the best places. I have always wanted to go to both but really want to go to Ireland. I may just fly there and hope my UK friends will join me! Something to think about for sure.
At the end of the day I picked up Diane and Zoe and we went to Ella’s restaurant for dinner. We had the Burger Month special, the Souljah Burger. It was delicious and so much food! Aleithah is so lovely and takes such pride in their lovely restaurant. The bathrooms are super cool as well. I got a nice compliment about my earrings which I had forgotten were Office Specials as I had forgotten to put some on this morning!
After dinner we went back to their house and I was glad I brought my pool cue as Diane and I played three games of which I won 2 and then we went upstairs and had a game of crib that lasted forever as we were talking so much. To be fair, I think she was listening and I was downloading. She is definitely behind the idea of me getting away and highly supports the idea of going to Ireland and hopefully seeing my friends.
All in all, sometimes the best therapy is a good friend just accepting who you are and loving you for that. I have had three of them share that love with me in two days. I am a lucky woman.
I am watching a documentary, Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry On and still can’t believe that the man who is on the screen, Taj Mahal, was in my golf cart chatting with me last summer. And in 2012, I was blessed to experience Buffy herself at our Festival on Vancouver Island. Again, I am a lucky woman
triumphgal 