Time spent with friends :-)

      Way back when, we had promised to take our friends John and Julie out after their sons wedding. The wedding was a few weeks ago. Schedules finally worked out for us to go out this past Sat. evening. Time spent with good friends is such a blessing, ever so therapeutical, relaxing and yet reinvigorating at the same time!!!!  :-) !!!
      We talked about our 'kids', talked about our kids weddings, talked about relatives, talked about our jobs, talked about our church, talked about the wondrous ways God intercedes in life for us ...
      All the talking, all of the resulting laughter, all of the understanding of what the others have gone through, all of it bonding us even closer together....
      WONDERFUL!!!!!

       We went to the Beltline Bar. Brian loves their beef & onion enchilada. Julie and I are fans of their wet burritos (although we of course each prefer them a different way). Due to the special diet John has been on, he tried their vegetable filled something or other (I don't remember if it was an enchilada, a burrito, or what it was). He declared it really good, and I must admit it did look like it would be. We ate, we talked, we laughed, our waitress was excellent(!), wonderful time with friends!
      Then we went back and with sighs, the three of them sank into their hot tub. Due to the high humidity's we've been experiencing, they had lowered the "hot" part of the tub considerably. It did feel good! I just didn't sink very far in. The water moving around my body was not a pleasant mixture with my vertigo. So I sat up near the top and joined in the good conversation / time spent with friends! 
      Their daughter and her fiance were at the house, so when we went inside, we got to hear their take on a few of the details for their upcoming Dec. wedding. :-)  Their daughter has a special place in my heart!

      Sunday afternoon I told Brian how much fun I thought it had been, hanging with just our own friends for a change. He smiled and said that we really should make a habit of it!!  :-D



for the record - it is NOT that we do not usually enjoy spending time with our kids! ... I'll leave it at that.