The Bitch is Back in Town

So tonight I got a call from my dear friend Alisabeth. In town for some work related activity tomorrow, she wanted to get together for a while.

I got my shit together and picked up my brother and we met her at her hotel.

Had some dinner at Friday's and hung out for a few hours.

It was a good time. Makes me think about all the time we used to waste in coffeeshops together in college. Just sitting, drinking coffee, chain smoking and never once imagining our futures the way they've turned out.

Not that our lives suck, by any means. It's just that we always had loftier goals and visions...and life has, instead, turned out to be rather ordinary.

I think ordinary is good.

I so wish she and her husband would move back to Oklahoma City.

Got an e-mail this afternoon from Eric. He made it to his halfway point in his travel nearly halfway around the globe. He's cooling his heals there for another few days before he ultimately gets to where he's going.

(as an aside...being a pilot must be incredibly cool...get to go all sorts of cool places and see all the things that most people never do...but I don't think I could stand to be away from home that consistently. Would drive me crazy!)

Anyway...got an e-mail from him...made my afternoon, which was an incredibly tedious tobacco free afternoon.

Got home and had two cigarettes. Now I'm punishing myself by not allowing one before bed.

Speaking of bed, I should have been there an hour ago...so I'll end here.

Sweet Dreams, Sports Fans!