meine freunden
my german's a bit rusty so that could be off. i was just thinking this weekend how lucky i am to have some people in my life that i have somehow attained. on my travels to virginia this weekend to spend time with holly & andy, i realized i'm lucky in so many ways.
i have friends that have known me my whole life. friends with whom i can pick up the phone no matter what time day or night & know they will listen, empathize, dole out advice & especially straighten me out when i'm in the wrong. how i wish that was a "never" rather than "a lot". when holly wanted to spend time, it was not an issue for me to make the time. you just do that for friends of that calibre.
mom & dad called to tell me how their trip was going & when i told mom my plans had changed to go up to virginia to see holly, she mentioned she was so glad the two of us had maintained such a friendship throughout the years. she darn near made me cry (consequently also making me pass messages to my dad through her, only to realize after we hung up that i hadn't wished him a "happy father's day". shameful!)
so, saturday morning i packed up the car, threw the da vinci code on cd into my cd player, & made the sometimes-harrowing-but-this-time-relaxing trip up to lynchburg where i was greeted with happiness from holly & out-of-character lackadaisicalness from shazzbutt, her pug.
we ventured out to a shop called "the estate specialist" for antiquing & searching for treasure amongst trash. and by trash, i mean an entire floor of this three-story building was packed floor-to-ceiling with the unsorted purchases they'd made at various estate sales. all of these were apparently unmarked & unsorted yet, but available for perusal for those interested. i found it rather creepy that there were plenty of photograph frames with the original owners' pictures still in them. however, i overcame the creepiness (along with the slight aversion to bad 80s design items ... the 80s were really a fashion & furniture nightmare, you know). in fact i overcame it so well, i came back with a shelf i swear is ikea in design (though i can't find a marking). spiffy steel frame with birchwood shelving in an eclectic, yet functional & appealing design. for all of $30.00, it became mine. (consequently, while i was waiting for holly to pull up her car, i managed to pick up my furry friend, murphy-the-caterpillar, who liked the shelves as well. at least he was humping ... i mean walking ... on them quite gleefully, it appeared.) said shelf fit into my car only after holly's husband, andy, dismantled half of it. what a guy!
after our perusal for all things antique, we moseyed down to the bateau festival on the river, which was just shutting down. we got to see lots of empty kiosks whee wares had been for sale. sadly, we missed out on the redneck items & the country furniture pieces. deciding we needed sustenance, we met up with andy at their friend's restaurant, the depot grille. quite an interesting place, an old depot, renovated & made into the restaurant. they had maintained many of the old railroad signs & the kitchen area was converted from two boxcars, which you can see through the windows. we finished our evening with a two hour nap/swim session at the pool. rather andy swam while holly & i chatted, eventually napping. i'm telling you, naps at the pool (as long as you don't burn) are gifts from God.
at any rate, my time with holly was grand (as always). i only wish everyone had friends like mine. it's quite a shame we don't live closer to one another, but perhaps it just means we treasure it that much more. it's quite amazing to me to see all the places i've traveled away from them &/or they've traveled away from me (to asia, to europe, to south america) & we have still maintained a strong relationship. i'd have to attribute that to the 'rents in teaching me about building lasting relationships, i suppose.
we saw saved! when i got back into town sunday night. freakin' hilarious in many places (simply because we all know people like the characters). definitely not an outreach tool, not that i expected it to be, but, of course, there are those out there who seem to think any & every film mentioning for that purpose. overall, an entertaining & humorous movie, but nothing to cause more than a blip on the screen.
my day off today (in continuation of my R&R) consisted of me swimming & seeing love me if you dare. this french film was a combination of both whimsy & disturbing oddities. if you're a foreign film enthusiast, i'd recommend it. if not, this will reinforce all your assumptions about foreign films. in truth, it had some strange parallels with eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. of course, the former was not executed nearly as well as the latter, but i couldn't help seeing some similarities in the ingenuity of the film, the characters, & the situations.
hmmmm, i've seen many movies in the last week or so. must be the rainy weather. although today that wasn't an excuse ... just the overcastedness. uh yeah ... i need to get out more!
i have friends that have known me my whole life. friends with whom i can pick up the phone no matter what time day or night & know they will listen, empathize, dole out advice & especially straighten me out when i'm in the wrong. how i wish that was a "never" rather than "a lot". when holly wanted to spend time, it was not an issue for me to make the time. you just do that for friends of that calibre.
mom & dad called to tell me how their trip was going & when i told mom my plans had changed to go up to virginia to see holly, she mentioned she was so glad the two of us had maintained such a friendship throughout the years. she darn near made me cry (consequently also making me pass messages to my dad through her, only to realize after we hung up that i hadn't wished him a "happy father's day". shameful!)
so, saturday morning i packed up the car, threw the da vinci code on cd into my cd player, & made the sometimes-harrowing-but-this-time-relaxing trip up to lynchburg where i was greeted with happiness from holly & out-of-character lackadaisicalness from shazzbutt, her pug.
we ventured out to a shop called "the estate specialist" for antiquing & searching for treasure amongst trash. and by trash, i mean an entire floor of this three-story building was packed floor-to-ceiling with the unsorted purchases they'd made at various estate sales. all of these were apparently unmarked & unsorted yet, but available for perusal for those interested. i found it rather creepy that there were plenty of photograph frames with the original owners' pictures still in them. however, i overcame the creepiness (along with the slight aversion to bad 80s design items ... the 80s were really a fashion & furniture nightmare, you know). in fact i overcame it so well, i came back with a shelf i swear is ikea in design (though i can't find a marking). spiffy steel frame with birchwood shelving in an eclectic, yet functional & appealing design. for all of $30.00, it became mine. (consequently, while i was waiting for holly to pull up her car, i managed to pick up my furry friend, murphy-the-caterpillar, who liked the shelves as well. at least he was humping ... i mean walking ... on them quite gleefully, it appeared.) said shelf fit into my car only after holly's husband, andy, dismantled half of it. what a guy!
after our perusal for all things antique, we moseyed down to the bateau festival on the river, which was just shutting down. we got to see lots of empty kiosks whee wares had been for sale. sadly, we missed out on the redneck items & the country furniture pieces. deciding we needed sustenance, we met up with andy at their friend's restaurant, the depot grille. quite an interesting place, an old depot, renovated & made into the restaurant. they had maintained many of the old railroad signs & the kitchen area was converted from two boxcars, which you can see through the windows. we finished our evening with a two hour nap/swim session at the pool. rather andy swam while holly & i chatted, eventually napping. i'm telling you, naps at the pool (as long as you don't burn) are gifts from God.
at any rate, my time with holly was grand (as always). i only wish everyone had friends like mine. it's quite a shame we don't live closer to one another, but perhaps it just means we treasure it that much more. it's quite amazing to me to see all the places i've traveled away from them &/or they've traveled away from me (to asia, to europe, to south america) & we have still maintained a strong relationship. i'd have to attribute that to the 'rents in teaching me about building lasting relationships, i suppose.
we saw saved! when i got back into town sunday night. freakin' hilarious in many places (simply because we all know people like the characters). definitely not an outreach tool, not that i expected it to be, but, of course, there are those out there who seem to think any & every film mentioning for that purpose. overall, an entertaining & humorous movie, but nothing to cause more than a blip on the screen.
my day off today (in continuation of my R&R) consisted of me swimming & seeing love me if you dare. this french film was a combination of both whimsy & disturbing oddities. if you're a foreign film enthusiast, i'd recommend it. if not, this will reinforce all your assumptions about foreign films. in truth, it had some strange parallels with eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. of course, the former was not executed nearly as well as the latter, but i couldn't help seeing some similarities in the ingenuity of the film, the characters, & the situations.
hmmmm, i've seen many movies in the last week or so. must be the rainy weather. although today that wasn't an excuse ... just the overcastedness. uh yeah ... i need to get out more!
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