Friends

I have had the same core group of friends for several years, but am happy to announce that in the past year I've made several new friends. Some are librarians, some are friends of friends, but all are really nice to have! It's really hard to find a balance, though, of not neglecting the good friends I've had for ages. I recently noted on my facebook status that I'd been thinking of that old girl scouts song: "Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other's gold." When I was little I found it so confusing-- are the gold friends the new ones or the old ones? I've also always kind of preferred silver to gold. As I get older I see that the old friends are supposedly the gold friends, but I challenge this assumption. My friends are all gold. Otherwise they wouldn't be my friends. Life it too short for anything less. ;)

Husband and I took a walk today. A brisk, 2 mile walk. I loved that I was exercising and spending time with him at the same time. Wish we could do that every day! This evening I hung out with some lovely ladies and watched "Billy Elliot," which I'd never seen before. It was really good! The movie was accompanied by dinner delivered from Kasumi, and a fruit tart from the Fresh Market, with homemade whipped cream. Good company, good food, good film-- what's not to love? :)