5:05pm: Elder wisdom
"Once you make a friend, a friend never leaves you, even to death. So a friend is really hard to find."
--Wallace Black Elk, LAKOTA
Once, an Elder told me he made a decision to be my friend. He said this friendship wasn't based on my behavior or how I acted; he said the friendship was based on his decision. He decided to be my friend. This friendship has happened like he said. Even if I don't see him for a long time, or if I get mad at him, he has never changed his decision. This is true friendship.
Great Spirit, I'm glad you are this kind of Friend.
11:24pm: Busy weekend again
It was a wonderful and busy weekend from Friday night which started off busy on the phone. Bob called me, talk about another voice from the past! Been about 3 years? Just as much a shock as it was hearing from Dean! And Max on the phone, and Richie on the phone. Was busy talking and back forth between them as they all got calls and called me back and I got calls and called them back. I even called Lil Jen, but it was hard to talk to her over the top of the Chilton kids. And Blain and Jess text messaging, too.
Rob and mom went to the boxing matches. I'm so glad Rob stepped forward and gave mom a reason to start going to them again. It was something she treasured doing with Stan. You make a difference, son.
So watched movies over at the Chilton's - Hitman and the 3 Kings. Kids watched Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Epic Movie. Then home - gosh, I think I was home just after 2am Saturday morning.
Saturday - busy busy day. Worked for couple hours... felt good getting that done. I hate to leave stuff left out half done. I hadn't completed everything when Rob texted me that he was ready. So after finishing that I went home to find out Mom had gone baby shower shopping without calling me. Shame on her! So helped her wrap everything when she returned. Drove out and picked up Boo.
Off to Tanya's baby shower. She is so beautiful, her skin is really a soft glow. Lots of her friends were there. Some of those games were pretty fun. The prayer circle before we left was very powerful.
Oh my goodness, I just realized that Paula is going to be having a baby shower here pretty quick, isn't she?
Whew!! Oh, and happy birthday on Friday, Travis. Was nice to see you while you were in town. You looked very nice dressed up to do your lobbying. Always knew you would get into politics when you got older, Lol.
And Gene and Jennifer's kids is where sometimes I am grateful to have been an only child. No fighting over toys, clothes, chairs, food, bikes, attention from mom or dad. No one to tell on you, but then again no one else to blame.
Okay, then Sunday I slept in. I had fallen alseep Saturday about 11 and slept a good 9 to ten hours. Took a shower and then ran out to meet Jess. Bought some new clothes from Boo's work cause my favorite black jeans finally wore a hole in the seam - and I mean wore as in worn out. So got the new clothes and went over to Ken's to process the score sheets. He does a lot of data entry with that. Posted everything while I was there. Couldn't get my laptop to connect with his service. I should go look and see if he posted anything about turning in the raffle tickets this week.
Then a pleasant evening with Blain. He is best friends with Chris McDowell, what a surprise. He was telling me about his freezer full of fish from his fishing buddy and something told me I would know who his fishing buddy was, and sure enough!!! LOL. Knows Erik. Was Mark's roommate and then Chris's roommate all those years ago. I must have brushed shoulders with him at Mark's services. Wow. I didn't mention that though. We went to shoot pool after eating. Jermain was there and agreed to shoot with Boo on sundays until we leave for vegas. i still can't believe we're going. Wow again.
Okay, bedtime. Hugs and love my friends.