Last night was a pleasant surprise. I had planned on going to my friend’s AA meeting (something that was suggested to me because the program is great for more then just alcohol addiction). I ended up not making the meeting. Instead my brother called me as I was pulling onto the freeway onramp and told me to stay down the hill and that he and Mike were coming down and wanted me to join them for dinner and a movie, "Casino Royale" the new James Bond film. I decided to take them up on the offer. They had just left my house so I knew I have a good 45 minutes of wait time. I went to my favorite Starbucks, said hi to my favorite Starbucks employee and friend Michael, brought out my journal and started in on a couple paragraphs and then got a call from my friend Russ. It was great to catch up and we're trying to figure out a time to get together. Both of our schedules are hectic and since he lives in Burbank there is a commute we have to work around too. My brother showed up before we were able to make definitive plans.
Brian, Mike and I ended up going to Chevy's for dinner. Its always fun listening to them go back and forth... They've been friends since elementary school and act a lot like brothers... and of course there is always the fun 'guy talk' that I have to deal with. haha It was a fun time. My brother Brian seems to want to hang out more. They made a stop at R.E.I. and I said I was probably going to stay in the car and finish my journal entry but he wouldn't hear of it. It was kind of cute... Making some kind of sob story that he won't be around forever and I'd regret not taking the time I could to walk around R.E.I. with him... haha
Casino Royale was awesome! I was really impressed with it. I had only seen the preview once and was not necessarily expecting to like it as much as I did. I am a Bond fan though. I grew up watching them. They did a really good job! I was skeptical of Daniel Craig making a good James Bond (I'm a Sean Connery fan all the way) but mmmmm lets just say ... not so skeptical now! :-P He is a definite hottie! hahaha
I got home and in bed pretty late. But this morning I was able to sleep in. I have been working on the cards we want to hand out for our Post High School to 30-Something group, we're having a meeting today so I had to have them completed. I think they look good. I noticed a few errors on the final printout but I can fix that before we make mass amounts.
I have realized lately that I have been laughing a lot more. In a blog post back on the first of July I talked about laughing so hard I had tears and how rare it's been to have one of those experiences. But lately I feel like I'm laughing and smiling all the time. It's best explained as driving on a beautiful spring day where all the lights are green and you're listening to the best cd for your upbeat mood... I feel like that most of the time now. All smiles, ready to laugh and have a good time. Speaking of good cds! Lately it seems that the lyrics of most of the cds I've been listening to are reminding me of someone. Haha It's always interesting to see how that works out.
My good friends David and Erin just had a baby boy on Thursday November 16th, 6 pounds 14 ounces, 16 and some odd inches. Hehe David was a bit out of it when he called to tell me that night. He is a firm believer of picking the name after you get to know their personality and I just found out that they picked William Douglas! How cute! It’s their 5th and last kid … they say. I told them I wanted to stop by this week sometime and see him. I don’t get to hang out with David as much since we don’t work at linkLINE together anymore. But I call every couple of weeks for an update. I miss hanging out with him though.
Well it’s about time for me to head over to my meeting. I do hope to get some pictures up this weekend but I’m not going to stress about it. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
posted by Charity at 11/18/2006 02:09:00 PM 
