A Weekend In Atlanta

I rediscovered the sun this weekend. But I think more importantly we rediscovered something much more significant. Our long time friends.

It would have been so much easier to have simply written off our friends after the debacle that was our summer vacation. It would have been so much easier to claim we had "outgrown" each other. I am glad it didn't work out that way.

Ironically, we were saved by our oldest daughter. Had our friends and us not had such a strong commitment to her and being at her graduation we would never have reached out to one another. We would have taken the easy route. We would have left ourselves with a huge void.

This weekend we got it all repaired. New fun, new memories, and some new stories to tell. We can now add things like pretending to be the "McKenzie's" to avoid the wait at the bowling alley, tales of a mysterious walk that got someone locked out, sing star addiction and repulsive dog farts (well not all of them were dog farts) to our 13 year arsenal of stories. Life is again as it should be.

It is nice to have them as friends again. We find very few people who really mesh well with our sense of humor and fun. They tag right along with tremendous ease. Think about how many time we have been drunk with them. I am certain we are topping the 3 digit area.

In classic list fashion I figured I would list some of the more memorable moments in our 13 year past. In no particular order:

1) Eating peanuts out of the beer vendor's hand. Eww can you imagine just how gross this sounds now?
2) Drawing Florida and guessing "Cuba". (the cheating references alone could be a list)
3) The best looking red-head ever.
4) Day time fireworks on the 4th of July
5) Blasting the Spanish station - and you laughing too hard to stop it
6) The spilled beer and the spitting at the Ranger game
7) "Making out" in the way back of the Explorer (we never believed you)
8) Adventures in the snow (poorly dressed for the occasion from what I hear)
9) The "Photo shoot"
10) Knowing the next INXS song before they even played it

I hope this made you smile and I am so glad everything worked out so well this weekend. I know how important to you they are as friends. I know not having them as friends bothered you more than you let on.

I love you.