Reconnecting...

[alee_grrl]

The past few weeks have been good for reconnecting with old friends. A few weeks ago my brother let me know that someone I had been best friends with back in elementary school (we lost touch when I moved away) reached out to him on Facebook and was looking for me. I'd changed my last name so I'm a bit harder to find than my brother. I reached out and we messaged each other a bit, and traded phone numbers so we could catch up (with nearly 30 years to catch up on we figured we would be in for a long phone call). I let her know I probably would have a chance to call until after Memorial Day as I had a friend coming up to visit that weekend, and she was totally cool with that. So I finally got around to calling her today and we spent a good hour on the phone catching up.

Thanks to my often rocky self esteem especially when it comes to childhood things, I was absolutely astonished she not only remembered me, but that she missed me and was over the moon to have finally tracked me down. So knowing that she still talks about me all the time was a great blow to some very old brain weasels. I'm really happy to have her back in my life.

I also got to reconnect with a friend from law school that I hadn't seen since we graduated six years ago. She's the one who came up to visit Memorial Day weekend. And I got to meet her adorable 2 year old son. We had a lovely weekend, though I was pretty wiped by the end of it. So worth it though.

This weekend I spent mostly just resting. Got my usual weekend chores (laundry, cooking lunches for the week) done. Played way too much Merge Dragons on my phone (a very sweet, and rather addicting game involving dragons, other mythical creatures, and merging three or more items to form bigger items), and reading stories from the new Quantum Bang (a multi-fandom fix-it challenge that has some amazing stories so far. I'm in the middle of reading Keira Marco's fic and it is amazing (MCU fix it for Endgame--which while I enjoyed for the most part, I still had some massive issues with it).

Anyway, I'll try to remember to check in a little more frequently than once every six months. :D Much love to everyone. <3

Comments

[jjhunter]

Much love to you! I've been making an effort to reach out to old friends lately myself - hope a phone call sometime soon would be welcome. <3

[alee_grrl]

Phone calls from you are always welcome! <3 <3 <3

[sperrywink]

Cool! I love connecting with old, good friends.

[alee_grrl]

It is really nice. <3

[amejisuto]

I'm so glad you got to reconnect with friends! Friends make everything easier. Sounds like you have a great weekend too. Isn't that fic wonderful?

~hugs!~

[alee_grrl]

Friends definitely make life easier and more enjoyable!

I haven't finished the fic yet, but it is soooo good! I love the Nebula storyline so much, particularly how she and bots and AIs interact. I'm looking forward to diving into it more when I get home from work. :D

::hugs::

[sulien]

Yay, it's great to see you posting again, I've missed you! I'm glad you're getting the chance to reconnect with an old friend, that is always a good surprise.

[alee_grrl]

I keep meaning to post more often, but often forget to do so. Though once every six months is definitely an improvement over once a year or so. Lol.

I've definitely missed folks on here though, so I'm going to try to be more present. :D