Old Friend birthdays

Thursday September 8

Sue was sick.  Ditched her to exercise for an hour.  She was fine.  Got exercising twice in!!  Three miles (ran two) and biggest loser.  Great video. 

Then - the big event of the day for me.  I took a birthday present to a dear friend.  We knew each other and went to garage sales and fixed up our houses and did make it on nothing projects together when our big kids were preschoolers back in New Orleans.  She lives near by - but just far enough that we haven't talked much in the past year. 

I managed to surprise her with a couple of things I knew she'd really like.  And - thanks to facebook - I managed to do it ON- not near- her birthday.  It was so happy and fun.

I realized how much I miss her.  She is a beautiful person inside and out. Her happy spirit and zest for life are so infectious.  She is so my kind of person, and we definitely need to get together more.  We laughed and smiled so much my cheeks hurt.  Old friends are good things.

So - taking a birthday present to my sweet friend was checked off my list. Clearing out emails to their folders also got checked off.  This has been building up all summer and was in desperate need of doing.