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[spankerella]

Dinner has stayed down. Yes.

My mom's birthday was yesterday, but since I was so sick, we didn't do anything. So I took her to dinner tonight. Somewhere where I could get some light and unthreatening fare. It worked. But the big thing was I ran into an old friend from high school. They seated us at the table right next to her and her husband... not on purpose. For the handful of you who know me now and knew me way back when, it was Sarah Edwards. Well, she's not Edwards now. She married Chris Teubner... who still looks adorable. LOL. But Sarah and Chris had the scoop on EVERYBODY that I used to actually like in high school. The biggest mystery to me is how one of the biggest delinquents I used to run with is now a Dallas police officer. But at least now he gets to carry a gun legally. It's Berka for the curious. Yes, Berka is Dallas PD. I could have died. Chris's little bro, the one we all thought was gay? Married. To a woman. Two kids. Michelle? Teaching science to sixth graders. Sarah's a teacher too, by the way. Troubled kids, pregnant teenagers. It's so her. She's one of the reasons for my love of patienece. We exchanged information and we decided our group needs to meet up.

I got told I looked great. Size-wise. I'm sure the rest of me looked like crap warmed over. Whenever I run into someone who hasn't seen me in years, it really hits home how much weight I've lost. I mean, my face looks different without three chins, you know? A few snarky comments were made about some people, and I was told with much happy chuckling that I was so still "me" that is was almost scary. That it was good that some people with such interesting character could be counted to stay true to themselves. Damn, that felt good. That's why I'll always be friendly with the group I was friendly with in high school. They understood and appreciated my sometimes unique and often snarky view of the world.

eta: tthjinni, yes, my brother has a drill you can borrow.

eta2: A fellow ComStar author told me he'd just purchased "Tavern Tales" ComStar's first anthology online and Barnesandnoble.com. Congrats jesca1976! It's so exciting to see your name as the editor there on the book. I can't wait to go to websites and see my own book available like that. Squee!

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[brendanm720.livejournal.com]

okay... take my last comment and file it under "maybe next time I'm sick".

:D

I'm glad your dinner stayed down!

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Hooray for gossip! I always like hearing about what people that I knew are doing now.

Except for when they've died. That part I don't like so much.

[makes note to find out what's new with the old crowd]

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I porked up a lot after high school -- not that I was a stick -- but I am back in the same sized pants that I was in my senior year.

I'd like to get back down to the same sized pants that I was in when I was a sophomore, but that's for me to do next year.

[spankerella.livejournal.com]

Well, I got to talk about the people who died... as I had known most of them. Went to a lot of funerals in the last decade, but then again, I knew a lot of people who chose it rough, chose drugs, chose violence. Death happens then. Some of them were helped, but you can't save everybody, especially if they don't want to be saved. I think I know that better than anyone.

And I'm damn svelt compared to how I used to be in high school. In fact, I'm the weight I was BEFORE I went into high school. It's caused a few people not to know me until I speak. And I will say, and it's different for girls, that running into some bitch who made my life HELL in HS for being overweight who is now twice my size feels DAMN special. Don't make fun of the fat chicks, ladies and gents, because she might get sick and have to go on a diet that makes her look better one day. LOL.

[tthjinni.livejournal.com]

Yippee. Now I can hang my curtains. Once I figure out how to work a drill, that is. *snicker*