the skinny
Well, the night owl in me is finally winding down. Which is a good thing at three in the morning! I have had an amazing weekend, and it's not even over yet!!
Went to a friend’s roller-skating (yes, you read that correctly) bday party Friday night. How absolutely fun! The funniest (or saddest?) part about it was that we were at a roller rink that has been around for a LONG time - long enough for me to have had my 10th or 11th bday party there back in the day. How about them apples?!? I shared with Charla and Pierre that I had vivid flashbacks of wanting nothing more for my birthday than to hold hands during a "couple-skate" with my (ahem) love interest at the time. Hilarious... and so naive. Sigh... the innocence of childhood.
Tonight, I had the privilege of attending a memorial service for an amazing woman – Dr. H Elsie Austin. She passed away a couple of months ago at the age of 96 and had lived a full and glorious life. No books have been written about her to date (of which I’m aware) but she was just inspirational! What moved me most was a film that the fabulous Kari has been working on for a while now. The care and love she (and others) put into the film was evident. In particular, Ms Elsie's words during an interview from some years ago at the end of the film really affected me - moved me to tears, really. She spoke about the day in which we live, how precious it is, and "if not now, then when" will we take advantage of the opportunities before us. She was just fantastic.
To top that off, we went back to Karen and Emeric's where we looked over some of Luthando's drawings (that man is crazy talented!) and talked until super late. About what, you ask? About life, love, marriage, the book that Sina is writing about what men need to know before they get married (HAHA!), sports, photography and all other good stuff. It was just so enjoyable. I had a headache by the time I got in my car from smiling so much! No joke.
The joy really started Thursday night, though. That is when Charla and I had scintillating conversation over dinner at Cheesecake Factory until all hours of the night. Well, until they closed in any case. (Thanks for the QT, babe!)
AND THE FUN IS NOT OVER YET!
I still have all of Sunday tomorrow to rest and play. Does it get any better than this?
Comments
yeah, you and i are a regular pinky and the brain. although, really we're both the brain. ha!
Posted by: delara | December 16, 2004 09:14 PM
TOTALLY could get used to it. It could be our idea sweatshop. Except... if our ideas get lucrative, then we can make money to pay our staff. But, you're right staff and delegation seems key to our ability to take over the world with our brilliant idea-making minds!
Posted by: kari | December 16, 2004 11:11 AM
oh my goodness! we HAVE to stop!! it's out of control! or, even better, we have to hire staff. how cool would THAT be?!?? you and i could be an idea factory and we could have a staff of like 3 people who make it all happen! a girl could get used to that, baby!
Posted by: delara | December 15, 2004 09:06 PM
and Delara - together you and i are like one big idea factory. by the way i have another one... i'll e-mail you.
Posted by: kari | December 15, 2004 11:49 AM
nicole is nicole barnes - jim and patty's amazing daughter. :)
and kari, we just had too much fun, yo.
Posted by: delara | December 14, 2004 07:20 PM
Nicole, who are you? I feel like I should know, being a Minnesotan (Chicagoan now) myself. But, who are you?
Delara - the weekend was fantastic. Especially capping off Saturday with time at Emeric and Karen's. I looked around and saw a room FULL of my favorite people all together. Well, there are about 4 others who should have been there to make the evening complete. But, there was not one person there who I was disappointed to be spending time with. (hahahaha) In fact, it was a room full of people who I don't get ENOUGH time with. And to come out of my workaholic timewarp - as sleepy and hungover* as I was - and entering love like that, man, can't get too much better.
*please follow the workolic train of thought when reading about my hangover...
Posted by: kari | December 13, 2004 05:32 PM
ah, nicole - so good to see you too! i don't know if we'll get the opportunity to hang out before you go back to mn as i'll be out of town until the 26th. boo... but email me!
thanks for the props, abs. cruising along is good. hitting some fab destinations along the way is even better! still working on that... chi-town, events at the HOW, and other various things and people miss you too! believe me...
Posted by: delara | December 13, 2004 02:17 AM
Delara,
I happened upon your blog via Abby's and I just wanted to say hello. It was a pleasure seeing you on Saturday night. I hope we have time to speak again before I depart for colder pastures(aka Minnesota).
Peace and much love,
Nicole
P.S.
Say hi to Luthando and Karen for me when you see then next, thank you :)
Posted by: Nicole | December 12, 2004 09:33 PM
ok lets talk about things Abs Misses a lot:
1- Cheescake Factory
2- Luthando!!!
3- events, any, at the House of Worship.
..not necessarily in that order but, you get me.
Sounds like you're crusing along though D, and that, my dear, is fabulous news.
Posted by: Abby | December 12, 2004 10:48 AM