Reemerging

I have been visibly absent in blog land. It started with longer stretches in between posts. Then longer. And longer.

And then.

Nothing.

I seem to have lost my focus along the way.

I forgot why I started doing this in the first place.

It all began with a significant anniversary and a guest post at the lovely and talented Jessica's at Oh, The Joys. And the responses filled me up.

I started blogging to let out the pent up emotions of the past and to try my hand at writing. And I found empathy and friendship and even bloggy hook-ups.

And it felt terrific.

And then the pack came back and I stopped. I did all of the things that just plunge me deeper into the abyss. 

Isolating, no exercising, not writing.

The recipe for depression for me.

Because I was doing nothing I felt that I had nothing to write about.

So today I start again.

I am going to yoga, walking and running. I am going in to my studio again.

And I am here. 

It may start slowly but start I must.

Ladies Who Lunch

Back in October [when I was a newbie] I read a blog by 

LeendaLuu entitled 'You'll Always Remember Your First One...'

In it she talked about hooking up with her first blog friend -

And I was totally jealous. 

Now mind you I think I had maybe commented to her 4 times -

And I was totally jealous. 

I wanted to have a blog hook-up (she's right - it does sound dirty!)

In fact my comment to that blog was:

'What fun! I hope I have a first one to remember one day. 

Twins are adorable! xoxox'

I really am such a witty and verbose commenter.

SOOooo

We began commenting to each other, then emailing each 

other and well, one thing led to another (as things are wont to do)

AND

We met on Monday in the Fabulous Metropolis of Charlotte. 

Home of the Panthers and the Preppy People.

She was going there for work and off-handedly asked if I would 

drive up 4 hours and see her. I picked up the phone, called her at 

work and said 'Heyull yeah!' [We say that all the time down 

here in the deep south.] 

She said 'Yahoo!' LeendaLuu thinks we say 'Yahoo!' all the 

time down here but don't you believe that for one minute - 

we DRINK Yahoo!

Oh wait - make that YooHoo!

I met her at her hotel - 

[Okay I grabbed her when she came out of the elevator] 

I mean look at her - you just know your going to get 

along great with her! She is beautiful and smart and sassy!

We went to lunch directly [around 1:00-ish] - we left lunch 

around 4:30-ish. It was Faboo! [I am not sure anyone says 

that down here but me.] And the waitress was good-humored 

[a must when serving restaurant squatters] and didn't mind 

us sitting there forever.

We established several very important things:

We both love to skydive

We both have 6 year old twins (well we already knew that)

We had crummy first marriages

We have excellent [well at least similar] senses of humor

We had twins late and other kid[s] early 

We have identical guilt complexes

We have the same middle name

We were both born in the first week of November 

We are mouthy, brash and not always well-behaved

We can talk and talk and talk to each other

We love old houses

We are at a crossroads work wise

We can laugh and laugh and laugh with and at each 

other and ourselves.

She looks great with grey hair - I look like shit with grey hair.

[I know this is all very riveting to you]

She graciously brought gifts for my twins and these 

delicious evil things...

for Gapetto and company. Her infamous Oreo Balls.

I ate about 450 of them on the drive back. I think 

Gapetto has had one. The Bunny Rabbit would

like 450 of his very own [listening LeendaLuu?]

I only made it as far as my in-laws lake home that night 

as I didn't leave until 7:30 or 8:00 [you know with 

Happy Hour starting right after lunch and all - did you 

ever get to practice that speech?] So I got into bed 

all by myself [no dog, no hubby, no twins in the middle 

of the night] and read as long as I wanted. A fabulous book 

that OTJ lent me. And then I slept in which is exactly 

what I did on the way up come to think of it.

Really it was all so heavenly.

What would I do without my Girlfriends?

Especially my Bloggy Girlfriends?

Thanks Leendaluu - I love you!