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You don’t look like a crack whore!
Now that I’ve got your attention with my shocking title and quote, I want to tell you about my friends.
You know those friends you’ve known for a long time but hardly get to see, maybe once a year if you’re lucky, yet when you do see them it’s as if you haven’t been apart, you just continue where you left off?
They’re the friends that know life can get busy because it’s busy for them too, so no hard feelings if you haven’t kept in touch.
I first met the lovely ladies in the photo above at the Mustard Seed where we all volunteered and worked at some point in our lives. I’m the oldest in the quartet and was the last to join the foursome in 1990.
Anyway, Adele contacted us a few weeks back to see if we’d like to do brunch together and we all jumped on the opportunity. So this past Saturday we met at the Breakfast Company on Edmonton Trail ‘to do brunch’.
Old friends are somewhat like family in the sense that when they get together after a long period of time, they revert to who they were back then. We are no different.
We did some catching up to find out who was working where and doing what. We talked about Kathie’s company, how my attempt at self-employment didn’t work out. How Carmen took a media communications class at SAIT, but it was very hard to get a job in that field and the work that Adele is doing around mental health and addiction at the hospital.
I told them of a cartoon I saw recently of a folk singer on stage with a guitar and the caption read, “This next song is about giving up on your dream so you can pay the rent.” We all laughed.
We talked about losing our dads and how that affected our moms and changed each of us forever. Sadly, one of the ladies has also lost her mom.
We talked about how I am the oldest of us four and Carmen is the youngest and Adele has the youngest looking hands and I have the oldest looking hands (too much sun bathing I guess).
We talked about the birthday trip that Kathie is going on next month with fellow students from the university she attended, all of them have their birthdays within the same week of each other.
This led to a discussion about how gross passport pictures are because you’re not allowed to smile. We surmised that the deer-in-the-headlight photos that result are exactly what we would look like if we were nervous going through customs because we had drugs or something. We bemoaned the fact that we are not allowed to smile on our driver’s license anymore either. We even passed around our licenses to each other and analyzed the photos!
At the end of brunch, as we hugged out our goodbyes, we expressed a desire to get together more often. We’ll see how that works out. If not, it’ll be ok because we know that life can get busy – no hard feelings.
~ HUMP DAY CHRONICLES ~
I suppose I should explain the title and opening quote.
When the waitress came to take our orders, she asked Carmen how she would like her eggs. Carmen said, “You know, fried… like over-easy but with the yolk cooked… ” “You mean over-hard,” said the waitress with a smirk.
During brunch I told the group that I looked like a crack whore in my passport photo. Later when we passed our driver’s licenses around, someone yelled out, “You don’t look like a crack whore!”
After brunch, on the sidewalk…
“I should call this post Over-easy, Hard – You don’t look like a crack whore!
(laughter)
Ahh I’m not brave enough to do that.”
“DO IT!!!!”
(shrug) “Ok.”
Minuscule Moments said:
Diana got my attention, love the gal pal day and find time with friends like these very precious. I can see you all there having a wonderful day full of shits and giggles.
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dianasschwenk said:
It was a lot of fun Kath! ❤
Diana xo
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Minuscule Moments said:
You deserve to have some fun Diana xxx
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Val Boyko said:
Don’t you just love friends who encourage you to be sassy and funny!!
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dianasschwenk said:
I sure do Val. ❤
Diana xo
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Val Boyko said:
Keep em close!
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Sheryl said:
The title of this post definitely got my attention–though I must admit that I was relieved when I read the actual post. There’s nothing like spending time with old friends.
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dianasschwenk said:
Took courage to use that title Sheryl! And yes, never take your girlfriends for granted, they’re amazing! ❤
Diana xo
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kerbey said:
I’m so glad they don’t think you look like a crack whore. And if you ever do, it’s a friend’s job to tell you. 🙂
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dianasschwenk said:
haha I agree Kerbey! ❤
Diana xo
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elizabeth2560 said:
You all look so happy together.
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dianasschwenk said:
We do, don’t we Elizabeth? Food was pretty good too. ❤
Diana xo
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jmgoyder said:
Big huge smile, Diana!
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dianasschwenk said:
Ha! Good to hear Julie! ❤
Diana xo
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utesmile said:
It is great to have friends like this, as you say they are friends for life. I have some like that too. I am sure you had so much fun together chatting about girly things and others. Good to meet up like that, do it more often!
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dianasschwenk said:
Thanks Ute and yes, we should do it more often! ❤
Diana xo
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joannerambling said:
I don’t have friends like that
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dianasschwenk said:
Like what Jo-Anne? To go to brunch with?
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Healing Grief said:
You are brave Diana and have wonderful friends. 🙂
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dianasschwenk said:
(smiling) thanks Karen. ❤
Diana xo
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George said:
Friends…they say the darnedest things..:)
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dianasschwenk said:
Ha! So do I George. 😉
Diana xo
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vanbytheriver said:
Love those friends and those moments…it’s like no time has passed at all.💕 Wonderful. So glad you went for the title, D. ☺
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dianasschwenk said:
Thanks Van, yeah I love those ladies! ❤
Diana xo
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Wyrd Smythe said:
The Trump Effect — saying outrageous things! XD
You get my vote, Lady Di!
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dianasschwenk said:
Oh my gosh, he scares me Smitty. Every time I think about him possibly being the president, I break into a sweat. I think he would take America down a hole that would be very difficult to climb out of later on. 😦
Diana xo
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Jennifer Kelland Perry said:
That’s the thing, Diana. If you were a crack whore, you wouldn’t be going around saying it! 😀
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dianasschwenk said:
True enough Jennifer! ❤
Diana xo
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cyclingrandma said:
Nothing like getting together with friends who can finish your sentences and know your thoughts. Enjoy!
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dianasschwenk said:
Yes, I agree Lisa! We lingered on the sidewalk afterward, we didn’t really want to say goodbye, at least I didn’t. ❤
Diana xo
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