Had a BLAST last night with an impromptu get together with Donna and Gardner to see a Christmas show (rescheduled because of last week's blizzard) at the community theater my daughter and I have been involved in for years.
It was so neat meeting at Bertucci's, gnoshing on appetizers before the show and finding we tended to eat more of someone else's than our own. Gardener and Donna both looked quite handsome and lovely perspectively. I tried thinking of an appropriate word.. GALette for femmes... and am stuck on the male.. GALombissimo? The company was so convivial we barely got to the theater in time to scurry to our seats.
The show was fun. One young man, hailing from the Congo just two years ago unable to speak English, performed an incredible Christmas song he's written and laid the tracks for, etc. He was amazing, just as he'd been in a past production. He comes in at 2:55 in to the song. I still get chills watching it. But I digress.
While there a woman recognized me who'd I'd bumped into before without having a clue who she was. It turns out her father-in-law was one of the first people I Reiki'd at the hospital early in the year. They remembered me. He's back in ICU now. It's my sign to get back and doing it.
Gardener went home after the festivities. It really is amazing how knowing what someone is going through creates such positive interactions. Donna had come to my aid a few weeks ago with an out of the blue invitation to dinner and a movie. I reciprocated in kind and then figured I'd asked G'Man if he'd like to join us. The, "Well I'll think about it but I have a lot of cleaning I have to do" to "No, I'm not going to be able to make it." elicited an Oh oh OH Oh Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh until I heard an "okay I'll come." The pain of divorce I know lead(s) me to withdraw. It was great that G'Man came out.
Donna and I continued on during the night and were kicked out, the last ones to leave the establishment. Granted, it was a diner. Calories were spent on dessert rather than drinks. It was just fun to get the wave and flow friendship going. Just to be in the moment.
All in all wonderful. And I was the last one in the house at 1:30 AM. I'll have to get out and about more frequently!
