Fun with Friends

And now back to our belated vacation stories....

So it was a slow start Friday morning, a bit groggy from the wine and late night listening to crazy people scream and smash stuff. I took a long shower and mostly sat on the couch watching the kid play Xbox 360.

I met my bosses for a nice lunch downtown by the water. First truly gorgeous Friday afternoon of the year, so the patios were packed! I had some more yummy fish tacos...these ones were tiny, but oh so delicious. We had a good meeting, then I decided to just hang around downtown and see if I could find anyone that might get off work early.

I walked for a bit with my coworker until he had to turn off to go home and get back to work....haha....and then decided to head to Starbucks to get my caffeine fix. I mean, seriously, it's now 2:30pm and I still haven't had a coffee!! (Note to self: bring my own coffee to the kid's place). I gave my friend Jamie (yes, she's a Jamie, not a Jaime) a call on her cell, hoping she would answer because she works in the building that the Starbucks is in...but no such luck. But, as I stood in line waiting to order my beverage I turned around and there she was in line too! She actually had the day off but had been downtown shopping and just happened to stop in to have coffee with another friend. So we all chatted until her friend had to go back to work, and then Jamie came with me to LuluLemon to pick out some overpriced gymwear.

She had to head back home about an hour or so later, but as luck would have it my other girlfriend Rhyanon decided to leave work early, so she came downtown and picked me up. Perfect timing! We opted to go to her place and sit out on her front porch with some cold beverages. We chatted and caught up on all the news from the last few months, and enjoyed the sun without cooking in it.

Later, my other girlfriend Tiffaney picked me up and took me to pick my suitcase and stuff up from the kid's place. (The boy roommate was just getting home at the same time and he apologized profusely. I just told him not to worry about it. It wasn't really his fault and it wasn't his screaming that kept us holed up in another room. Shit happens.) Tiff and I then headed back to her place, changed our clothes, had a drinky-poo and got ready to go downtown.

We decided to head down a bit early so we could get a decent table and some dinner before our other friends showed up. We had hoped for a big group, but being the long weekend quite a few people were away or previously engaged. No biggie, I still got my girls Charmaine and Ingmarie, and a few others. All good fun! It ended up being a relatively late night of chit chat and a bit of wandering around...but it was soooo nice out, it was worth it!

Ingmarie & me

Me and Charmaine.

Me and Tiffaney enjoying our much beloved and needed Strongbow.