After visiting the family for Christmas, I turnaround and hopped on a plane on the 30th to visit my best friend in Tampa. Now you may have heard me talk about my best friend. There's Elda and Patty. I'm either talking about one or the other when I say best friend. But actually they're more like sisters.Patty, or Patience, is more the older sister who keeps me in line, scolds me when I need it, listens to me very objectively and without judgment, calms me down, and looks after me when I need it. Elda, or Trash, is like the sister I can pick on, make fun of, do stupid crap with, make fun of everything with, act silly in public and don't give a damn. Patty was sequestered to Tampa when she got married and Elda lives in the valley with her crazy-ass kids and husband. My original peeps. If I ever become president, they can each blackmail me to get any position they'd want in office. Patty=Supreme Court Justice; Elda=Federal Reserve Chairman. Just an FYI.
Anyway, so when I got to Tampa I had the option of driving a Mitsubishi Gallant or a red Dodge Challenger. I've had over 4 speeding tickets...in 5 years. Which one do you think I got.
So for New Years we hung out with Patty's office mates for a bit and then went over to her friend Melissa's. Melissa is Puerto Rican and her husband is Columbian and their parentals and the brother and sisters were there. It felt like we were in the Valley! They had pork, corn, baked potatoes, cookies....oh so yummy! We played cards, watched Dick Clark, there was dancing, and then we lit sparklers! We brought on the New years with good people. And I was with Patience, whom I hadn't seen in over a year!! Hopefully, bringing in the new year together will mean I get to see more of her...:-)
The following couple of days was sleeping in...chilling out, a video chat with Patience's hubby in Iraq, catch up, go to the movies, go shopping, and eat. It was like when we were in college. Just spending time together...talking about life, friends, family. It was great as I miss her terribly sometimes.
It was a great New Year...with the promise of many more good things to come.
