It is not very often that I get to see any of my friends so it was a wonderful week this past week where I got to see five of them all in one week. I just wish I had more time with them all.
My week started off with dinner with Nikki on Sunday night. We live in the same town but hardly see each other so it was nice to show her our house and cook her dinner. She officially graduated Pharmacy School this past weekend so I am hoping I will get to see her more.
On Monday morning I flew out to St. Louis for a week long business trip, while standing in the lovely Atlanta Airport security line I run into Tara. Tara and I have been friends since high school and we also live in the same town but our schedules are so different it is very rare we get to see each other. She was also on her way out to St. Louis for business. As big as the airport is and all the different flight times I am so shocked we ran into each other. It was so good to see her even if it was only for 20 minutes. We got to catch up on her wedding planning adventures and I got to see the beautiful ring. We now have our first wedding for 2010 on our calendars.
While I was in St. Louis I went and visited Brittany, Dipal, and Jayden. I had an option of three places to go for this business trip, Milwaukee, Monroe, or St. Louis, and I picked St. Louis just so I could go visit them. I went over to their new house, Big Ed has done a great job decorating it. I was very impressed. I really wished I could have seen them longer especially their cute son, Jayden. He is probably the best child ever, whenever I have a baby I hope I have one as well behaved as him. Brittany and Dipal are expecting their second child within weeks. It was so good to catch up with them and see that they are doing so well!
My week ended with a trip to Nashville to visit Melinda. As soon as my flight landed in Atlanta, I got in my car and headed to Nashville. Russ was studying for finals all weekend so he did not miss me. Melinda and I had a wonderful weekend. Friday night we spent just catching up with each other and Saturday we had a Girls' Day. We went and painted pottery. Melinda painted a flower pot and I painted a wine coaster. I highly recommend painting pottery with a friend, it gives you something to do and you can talk the entire time, Melinda and I really enjoyed it. Also, might I add it took us 3 hours to complete, probably because the two of us are as close to perfectionist as it comes. We completed our day with a trip to the mall, it wouldn't be a complete Girls' Day without a visit to Macys and Ann Taylor Loft. That evening we had dinner at a really good Mexican restaurant then ran errands to plan Sheryl's Bachelorette weekend. Sunday, Jonathan went and got us breakfast while Melinda and I got ready for Sheryl's Bridal Shower. We drove over to Gordonsville to celebrate with Sheryl. It was good seeing Sheryl even though it was only for about an hour. We got to see all her wedding gifts and meet some of her family and friends. Melinda and I drove back to Nashville then I was off to Atlanta.
Though my week was filled with lots of travel and no Russ, it was all worth it since I got to see so many of my friends. I really miss the days we were all together and just randomly did things rather than planned them out months in advance. I am counting down to our next adventures with our friends, last weekend in May we are going to Memphis to visit Bill, Kat, and Becca as well as going to Cooper's wedding then the following weekend I meeting up with all the girls, minus a few, in Asheville for Sheryl's Bachelorette weekend. Allison and Russ both finish with school this week so I will get more time with the two of them as well.
