One of the signs of healthy (or desperate - there is a fine line) relationships is the spontaneity of last minute plans.
Friday afternoon at 4PM do you know anyone you can call and say, "hey, come over for some dinner and poker" and they would without hesitation cancel a meeting with the leaders of major corporations and foreign leaders to come over.
It takes time to build such relationships. We enjoyed many such relationships in VA. It’s taking a while to develop such relationships here in CA.
So when the call came yesterday afternoon at 4:45PM to go fishing at 5:45PM out on the delta I was thrilled. It didn’t matter how far down I was on the list or who else had said no (if such a thing happened. It’s nice to be called.
In other news, Kristi over at My Life The Musical, has provided this very funny link to a new website dedicated to bringing maps to US American children and such.
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August 30th, 2007 at 10:52 am
I personally believe that US Americans should all such as play poker in the Iraq and eat dinner.
August 30th, 2007 at 10:54 am
I had the friendship w/ the Walkers in Florida. Though I feel that close to several here in CA, the distance between houses often becomes an obstacle to just dropping everything to do something with friends. Here in the desert, we have that with Josh and Heather.
August 30th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
we had that alot in bozeman and some in albuquerque; friends in the neighborhood drop in and if its close to dinner eat whatever i happen to be serving, or stay up to the wee hours talking and laughing…
it is taking longer here, so many are busy, or have family in the area who take up those ‘luxury’ hours… or we just can’t get past the small talk.
glad you were called. that is a good feeling.
August 30th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Randy, you, Greg, and your families are welcome to come to our home for dinner any time. We’ll order out Sonny’s and Charlie and Jake’s bbq.