A Day with Friends

I read Elizabeth's post on friendship yesterday and thought how desperately I need to connect with some friends again. Not just a quick phone call or parking lot visit, but a real visit. One where we talk and laugh and maybe even cry a little (happy tears, of course). Well today just so happened to be one of those days. See, last night at 9:15 p.m. I called a homeschooling friend and invited her and her daughter to see Beauty and the Beast, put on by one of the area highschools. They are not morning people, but with a little convincing and mentioning that the set was purchased from the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre in Minneapolis she agreed to think about attending the 9:30 a.m. show. How happy I was to get a phone call at 8:15 saying, "we're going". To make a long story short we attended the musical, which lasted until 12:05 p.m., went to a park to eat cold pizza leftover from last night's fun. I planned ahead and took a little extra in case they wanted to come along to the park. Indeed they did! We ate cold pizza and cold grapes in the cold windy shelter of the park. After the kids ate and played we spontaneously drove to Culver's for a cold ice cream cone to celebrate our friends' birthday. Then we finally parted ways at 1:45 p.m.. They went home to get ready for overnight guests and we headed off to the post office and to violin. Friends make cold days feel warm.