Half the fun is the anticipation...
As I anxiously await the start of my vacation-have I mentioned that I'm going on vacation next week?-I anticipated that this week would drag on more slowly than the start to finish of one season of American Idol. And I was right. I woke up this morning thinking it was Friday. Alas, it's only Thursday. Yesterday, we had a staff lunch and I was miserably full for the rest of the day. Sitting at my desk with my full belly, I laid my head down and actually dosed off. I stared at a document I need to finish and I stared at it for quite some time. And I'm still not finished. Tuesday was my three-year anniversary so Cody and I went to eat sushi and of course I drank loads of wine. I could feel the effects of that yesterday so that didn't help. I'm totally rambling.
One of our friends ended up bailing on the trip. We had a feeling this was coming. For months, he and his girlfriend said they were coming, yet they never sent any money, so Joanna kept calling them and they kept saying they were coming and would send money. Finally, about a month ago, we found out that she probably wasn't coming but yes, Brian was still coming and he would send a check. A few weeks go by and nothing. Yesterday, he finally caved and said that he couldn't come. I won't bore you with the details of the many theories that we have as to why he's not joining us, but Angie brought up a good point.
Angie is going to St. Croix in June with her dad and brother and she's really excited about it. I mean, who wouldn't be, right? But she's not half as excited about that trip as she is about this trip and we're just going to Florida. See, our group of friends tries to get together once a year for these trips. We all live very far apart and have made other friends. Angie seems to have made the most and those friends have other friends, but none of them can believe that we all met working at a restaurant in Baton Rouge, LA and we're still so close and make it a priority to get together. It's because it is important to us and the fact of the matter is that it's not as important to Brian and Tracy. And we just have to deal with it.
With neither of them coming on this trip, I am concerned that this is the beginning of the end of our friendship with them. And that makes me sad. I'm disappointed that he's not coming and I'm afraid that he will regret it. But he's a big boy and if he really wanted to be there, he would make it work, especially since he committed to coming a year ago and continued to commit until a week before we leave. We all have choices in life and he could have made the choice to honor his commitment and to join us on what will be a memorable trip. They always are.
One of our friends ended up bailing on the trip. We had a feeling this was coming. For months, he and his girlfriend said they were coming, yet they never sent any money, so Joanna kept calling them and they kept saying they were coming and would send money. Finally, about a month ago, we found out that she probably wasn't coming but yes, Brian was still coming and he would send a check. A few weeks go by and nothing. Yesterday, he finally caved and said that he couldn't come. I won't bore you with the details of the many theories that we have as to why he's not joining us, but Angie brought up a good point.
Angie is going to St. Croix in June with her dad and brother and she's really excited about it. I mean, who wouldn't be, right? But she's not half as excited about that trip as she is about this trip and we're just going to Florida. See, our group of friends tries to get together once a year for these trips. We all live very far apart and have made other friends. Angie seems to have made the most and those friends have other friends, but none of them can believe that we all met working at a restaurant in Baton Rouge, LA and we're still so close and make it a priority to get together. It's because it is important to us and the fact of the matter is that it's not as important to Brian and Tracy. And we just have to deal with it.
With neither of them coming on this trip, I am concerned that this is the beginning of the end of our friendship with them. And that makes me sad. I'm disappointed that he's not coming and I'm afraid that he will regret it. But he's a big boy and if he really wanted to be there, he would make it work, especially since he committed to coming a year ago and continued to commit until a week before we leave. We all have choices in life and he could have made the choice to honor his commitment and to join us on what will be a memorable trip. They always are.
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