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Better than good....

Yesterday was....good. It was very good.

Started out pretty damned early. It was Cuz's birthday and I was dragging her across the state, and then some, to meet some bloggers. Huh. Personally, I think that's pretty funny.

It was kind of surreal to me, as we drove across Central Florida and down the east coast - I saw so many places that I'd been on a regular basis back in my Road Warrior days. I mean DAMN! I did see a lot of this state in my 10 years down here. But even with all that nostalgia, the drive seemed to take forEVER. I just wanted to get there. I just wanted to see my friends.

Now, if you've read over at Bou's you see that - yes - there was a teeny little bit of confusion in finding the actual restaurant. But in my defense, I wasn't driving. OK. I didn't see the Barnes and Nobels either, and had no idea we accidentally parked right NEXT to Chili's. But still....I wasn't driving, so it doesn't count. :-)

I popped in to the restroom real quick, it was a 3 hour and 53 minute drive afterall, and as I came to the front door I saw them. Bou and Pam out talkin' with Cuz. I'm a dweeb. I"ll admit it. I was so excited I literally started jumping for joy.

Maybe someday I'll grow up, but I wouldn't count on it any time soon.

Anyway - hugs all around. And then we went in and settled into a booth and hunkered down for a bit of conversation.

It has been about a year and a half since I've seen Bou, and like she said, we picked up the conversation right where it ended then. Oh, and don't let her fool you folks, she looks marvelous. Short, but I won't hold that against her! ;-)

Pam is a DREAM. You can see her sense of humor in her eyes, and she has such a gentle nature. She looked fabulous, and I kept thinking how cool it was that I could actually look in her eyes as we talked. Cuz, who hadn't really had a chance to read her, but fell in love with her during the afternoon.

I cannot WAIT for her to visit the Chicago area. One afternoon is just not enough.

It was, unfortunately, not as long an afternoon as I wanted, and it came time that we head back up to St. Pete. We had promised Cuz's brother that we'd stop by and it was gonna be tight getting there before it was too late.

But the whole drive across Alligator Alley, all the way up the Sun Coast, I just had to smile.

I had the pleasure, and the honor, to spend an afternoon in the company of two really incredible ladies. Ladies I would never have known if it were not for this silly blog. Kinda of amazing isn't it?!?!

But yeah. It was a good day. A very good day.....

Posted by Tammi at January 25, 2008 08:04 AM | TrackBack