One of my favorite days in California was last Friday. I was able to be part of a great surprise for Alex and his roommate, Tom! Dave, one of their good friends, planned a surprise visit from Baltimore. We had been secretly planning this trip for a few months now and we pulled it off with great success! The boys obviously had NO IDEA that Dave was going to be here. I picked Dave up from the airport and asked Alex and Tom to meet me for lunch in Venice. When they arrived, I was at the table by myself. After they sat down I text Dave to let him know they were here and he came out to our table casually and asked “is this seat taken?” It took Tom and Alex a few seconds to react. They didn’t understand what Dave was doing in California, especially without them knowing about it. It was a great surprise and their reactions were priceless. It made me so happy to be a part of! When you move across the country, it is SO nice to see a familiar face from home, especially one of your best friends. I am also glad to see a guy doing this for his friends! I wouldn’t be surprised to see girlfriends doing this for each other, but I don’t expect guys to do the same. While the reality of Dave being here set in, we had some lunch and drinks at waterfront cafe. Unfortunately, Alex had to head to work but Dave, Tom and I headed to Venice Ale house for some more drinks. It was a great Friday afternoon!!
Friday got me thinking about how lucky we are to have such awesome people in our lives! Alex and I both value our friendships so much and that’s one thing that we really love about each other. It made me so happy to see that Alex was happy to have his good friend around. And it really made me miss all of my friends at home! It made me look forward to when they all visit me! (which you all will at some point!) We’ve all had such a great week together and I am so looking forward to when MY best friends come!! (Kate, Kelly and Chris will be here in a few short weeks!!)
Sorry I have been absent for over a week, we’ve been busy doing all kinds of fun stuff including going to San Diego! I will be back as soon as I can with updates. As for now, I have work the next 6/7 nights.. yay.
TGI(t’s almost)F!