Framily

The other night we had dinner with my great friend, Willie.  I forgot to take a picture, so here's an old picture of a dinner we had last month with our other dear friend, Mike:

Yup, I did a selfie (I am definitely my mother's daughter).  Willie is on the left and Mike on the right.  Anyway, we went to a yummy Italian restaurant and although I forgot to take any pictures of Willie, I did remember to take a picture of my food:

It was a seafood platter with scallops, shrimp and squid...omg fantastic!

Yesterday, we went to lunch with my best friend, Melissa.  Melissa and I have been through it all together and have come out the other side burned and scarred, yet still love each other to the fullest.  We can go for awhile without seeing each other, but when we do, it's just family.  There's a comfort level between us that's just gross and uncanny.  Here she is with her daughter, Bianca:

Adorable (even with bean on her face...like mother, like daughter)!!  

Then we went to dinner with our dear friend, Racquel, which was super fun!  She's super busy and totally made time to see us, which was so sweet!  Again, I forgot to take a picture, so here's a picture of Racquel from Jessica's baby shower:

I'm really gonna miss all these people whose geographical proximity I just took for granted all this time.  Just knowing you can call/text someone is comforting, even if you never end up actually making a move.  Don't wait to make that move until it's too late.  Make that move now!  Call that person you think about calling, but are embarrassed because so much time has passed.  Or the person you forgot why you fought with.  It's so worth it!  I'm warm and fuzzy all over.

I just have to end with this.  My mom is throwing a party tonight for our housekeeper/friend/all-around awesome lady Aida.  She baked a cake and sent me a picture because she was so proud.

Then we had this conversation:

Hope that brightens your day as much as it did mine!  AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!