FRIENDS AND OTHER THINGS

well, my fever is gone and last night i was up and down all night.. i think the worst is over. i'm leaving for hawaii on tuesday and better be in good shape to fly. i'm really looking forward to a 13 hour trip!!!!! i wish they had rockets going to maui.
one of the things i concern myself with at this age is there is paltry medical care where i'm staying in maui.. when did i ever worry about that before????????? geeze

the last two weeks of my vacation, my old friends are joining me. cissy who has psorasis and is in constant pain with it.. eileen who never complains about anything (don't you hate that kind of person) lori who i pray will complain and elizabeth who i enjoy discussing mental illness with. we both had relatives who were mentally ill and we really enjoy exchanging war stories together.

i know eileen since the day i was born.. my mother was friends with her parents when they were kids. eileen just came in the package of my life. my memory of eileen was as a glamour gal. shes five years older than i am so we weren't friends when i was younger. instead, i was friends with her sister, who frankly i never liked. eileen and i became friends when i became and adult. we were both pregnant at the same time, she with her daughter lori and me with my son jordan. eileen gained 80 lbs and i gained 17. eileen, who is a naturally thin woman lost her 80lbs days after she gave birth. i'm still trying to get rid of my 17 lbs. lori is coming to maui also and shes a delicious spirit.

my friend cissy i met at mt. sinai hospital.. her husband and my then boyfriend (i was 50 at the time and boyfriend sounds silly) shared at room in the hospital. her husband had serious brain surgery and my friend had a minor stroke. isn't this all sexy so far.. cissy came into the room the first time.. and we smiled hello to one another. her husbands dr came into the room and said to her. cissy, you're husband will be back to normal. she said.. his normal wasn't really good do you have another suggestion? i howled with laughter and a friendship was born.

elizabeth i met at canyon ranch. i worked there summers as a lecturer on life and humor. i met thousands of people. over the course of the years i worked there and befriended two. one was elizabeth. i remember talking to her and finding her very bright and deliciously funny. and without me realizing it, a friendship was being born.

i'm looking forward to my time in maui with them.. the interesting thing is none of them know each other.

be back with more soon.