Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Currently, I’m with one of my best girlfriends here on the east coast. We’re catching up with one another before everyone else will begin arriving and our individual schedules will become insanely hectic on Thursday. But until then, my girlfriend and I are marveling over how the time of day matters not to us right now. Nor does the weather outdoors. Just as it doesn’t matter if we eat actual meals. I always travel with what my friends and family refer to as squirrel food—nuts, yogurt-covered raisins, plantains and candy. My girlfriend has contributed dark chocolate-covered espresso beans to the mix, which between that and lots of water to remain hydrated, we’re having a marvelous time grazing on our nibbles, eating one big meal a day and spending the entire rest of our time doing nothing other than catching up with one another, incredulous over just how wonderful it is to have this privilege to spend such quality time with one another.

We do have another friend and his wife arriving tomorrow. But for now, it’s just the two of us—my girlfriend and me—the dynamic duo, reveling in it being…just…us.