friendship
Posted by: Victoria Mason, July 10, 2009 in 12:51 pm
Blogher is Coming! ?It’s Like the British Just Not as Detrimental.
In two short weeks I’ll board a plane bound for Chicago and find myself at Blogher, surrounded by hundreds of fellow bloggers, some Mommy and some not.? I know it will be great fun and all together exhausting.? There will be tons o swag to boot.? I’m already planning on what to wear and pack.? I have two kids, I need to make lists!? I look forward to this event months in advance as it is a time to network, find possible work, talk shop and see friends.? Geeking out is optional.
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Posted by: , May 25, 2009 in 4:37 pm
I turned 33 this week.? I am officially in my mid-30’s.? Well! Wasn’t that a really slippery slope.? The twenties was like some long drawn out summer and the 30’s is more like a brisk fall.? With my mind full of this mid-30’s issue I have started to notice a few things.
You are in your 30’s if…
-You drink a beer and also have a chaser of water.? Don’t want to dehydrate yourself unnecessarily.
-You smoke a cigarette when drunk and immediately feel the guilt of possible cancer and premature aging sock you in the stomach.? If your twenties had you feeling immortal your thirties are all about reality.
-You realize that the clothes you bought from Target no longer have the ‘Xhileration’ tag sewn inside of them so much as the ‘Merona’ tag.
-You actually try to start and tend a garden.? And not the windowsill variety.
-Time with your girlfriends is appreciated way more.? You no longer have endless hours to chat on the phone or spend on four hour lunches.? Your 30’s finds your life jam packed.
-You forgot your friend’s birthday or anniversary.? She doesn’t seem to notice either because she forgot yours too.? She knows you care, she doesn’t need a continuous party to figure that out.?
- If you have popped out a kid then people will?ask you on an almost monthly basis when you are going to start driving a minivan.?
And for me, just because I’ve begun that slippery slope into middle age it doesn’t mean I no longer want to celebrate my birthday each year.? I don’t care about what the cake will do for my waist-line.? Bring it on!? I want drinks, dinner out, and?family and friends around me. It’s another year isn’t it?? Another year I have lived and another one I have?to look forward to.? That should always be celebrated.
Posted by: Jessica Leigh Allen, April 10, 2009 in 5:18 pm
Earlier this week I found out that a friend of mine had died. He had a heart attack. Although I had not seen him in over four years, I was shocked. And, deeply saddened by the news.
Before I became a full-time stay-at-home mom, I worked in the collections department of a large bank. Quite honesty, I hated my job. But, I will always be grateful for the people I met there. I made a lot of good friends and Larry was one of them. Larry was a heavyset fellow. Kinda messy and unkempt. He was rude and abrasive. He rubbed almost everyone the wrong way…until they got to know him.
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Posted by: Victoria Mason, December 6, 2008 in 4:59 pm
I sent an email in lieu of a phone call because who am I kidding. These days, just two weeks post-birth with my second child I don’t have time for small talk when there’s pumping, changing, feeding and trying to get cat naps in. Those naps are way too precious to waste on discussing whether or not the new season of the Bachelor is going to be any good this time around.
So the email. It was to a close friend who I normally exchange the usual over indulgent Christmas gift with. Whether near or far we send gifts and if possible spend the day together. It is one of the highlights of my holiday season too. Except this year. I just don’t have the time or the budget to spend on a gift that really isn’t needed. I proposed we spend the afternoon together having lunch and just hanging out sans gifts.
To me, in this busy world, gifts are often given in place of the time we can spend with each other and this year I just don’t want one more thing to take up space no matter how cute or thoughtful it is. Instead, I want to focus on my friend and our friendship. When half of my own family has been hit by hard times in the last few months and our family has decided to not exchange gifts I don’t feel right shopping for tiny bud vases, decadent treats or another scarf from a chic boutique. It seems much more in the true holiday spirit, if not PC, to be nurturing a friendship.
Today, I heard back from my friend. She agreed to put aside the gifts she had already purchased for my birthday this coming spring. We will spend the day together doing nothing other than catching up and doing what we do best- making time to discuss things like the status of the ‘Bachelor’, ‘Survivor’ and other reality TV shows. I can hardly wait too.
