This past Saturday morning, after Mikey and I got back from our regular Saturday morning walk with our buddies Tracy and Halo, I started doing laundry and some other usual chores around the house, when the phone rang.
On the other end (much to my good fortune), was my buddy Janet letting me know she was meeting up with a couple of old school friends for lunch at Jimmy Wann’s and asked if I wanted to join them.
Well, I thought about it for about – oh – maybe – two and a half seconds – and said, “You bet I do!”
Heck with laundry.
Heck with the chores.
They will be there when I get back.
First of all, I LOVE any time I get to spend with my Janet.
Secondly, I LOVE Jimmy Wann’s!
Give me a bowl of Eight Treasure Rice, a Volcano Sushi Roll, a nice glass (or 2!) of Chardonnay, and some friends to catch up with….
Not too tough a decision.
Lunch with friends – that’s what Saturdays are made for – right?!
L-R: Val Danner, Judi (Stanko) Wahl, Janet Adams, Jodi (Rodgers Towle) McKinney
We had the patio practically to ourselves, and it was sunny and bright with just the perfect breeze.
What fun it was to catch up with these girls I went to school with back in 7th and 8th grade at Mars Middle School.
You see – my family only lived here (in the Mars area where I returned and my boys graduated high school from) for a few short years while I was growing up.
It was one of the six different homes I lived in, and one of the five different schools I went to, so I only spent a couple short years here with these ladies (who all went on to graduate together).
But – what I realized was that my good fortune came true… (you see my fortune cookie above?)
These ladies are lifetime friends.
We ate, and we drank some wine, and we talked…
and talked…
and talked,
shed a few tears,
and laughed…
and laughed…
and laughed.
Then we got silly with our fortune cookies (after asking the sweet and ever-so-accommodating waiter who must have filled our – ahem – water glasses a half dozen times during the several hours we sat there) to take our picture by the bamboo bushes.
Yep – I’d say it is my good fortune…
to have these lifetime friends….
Thanks Judi.
Thanks Val.
Thanks Janet!
Love ya!
Cheers and Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 
Good friends—always special be they near or far over a wonderful meal and wine. The best. Buona fortuna!!
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