Tired From awesome days and exhausting days and my mind is muddled with what i did/ haven't yet done and still needs to be done. It's a mental picture of calender events, of allocated energy supplies.
But i should write down the things i am thankful for.
On Saturday Laeyah and Phelix got married. Laeyah and Phelix are genuinely awesomely nice people, with a lovely vibe of niceness around them. They're good people. You know this by looking at them. Laeyah shares my birthday, and one of my best friends. It was an honour to have been there- surprised as i was to have received an invitation- i know how costly weddings are, and i never expect to be invited to them. We came, we ate, we clapped and we witnessed - the first night of the rest of their lives together. We danced. Zane danced. For the first time in the 7 years since we've been together- he danced with me at a wedding. Thanks dudes, for making that happen. And congrats!! I know you're gonna be amazing together.
On Sunday - Phuong made Pho, and Banh Canh. And we ate and the kids played and then Carol came to pick me up for a coffee. Carol who i have not sat and actually spoken to for the longest time. Not since school. We write sometimes - we catch up in chats- in facebook messages... in a few minutes when our calenders cross. She came out to see me, to steal me away from being a mother for a while. To talk about life and where it's led us... it was... just what i needed. Time out, with someone who cared enough to Make time, to give time. To spend time. I'm so glad to see her happy, at peace- comfortable in her own skin. It's like being reassured all the people you knew and loved... they're out there... and life is being good to them, just as you've always hoped. Thank you so much, it was one of the highest highlights of my entire weekend. I didn't even take any photos. We did it old school. Just coffee and conversation.
On Monday - the other side effect of the wedding- having Chris home- meant a reason to go out and enjoy the weather and food. Just like old times. It was a little disorganised in classic us styles. But the sun shone, the children ran, and laughed and we ate. I saw the difference in our lives now. And the sameness. I forgot to put the battery in my camera that day - and i didn't have my phone- but it was a good day - thanks to Leet who made sure the kids were fed on time. Hehe to all the girls who are my second family. To their families. To Chris who even though she says she doesn't want to live here anymore, knows that this is home. Home is where you feel 15 and it takes a while to realise that all those little kids running around, actually belong to your friends now. Hehe good times.
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