Picture it.
Saturday, August 17, 2008.
9AM.
Joe, Lori, and myself sitting at the lower patio table discussing the night before. (Lot's of Karaoke fun and Courtesy Diner the evening prior!)
Beautiful morning. Maybe 3 clouds in the sky. There was no fighting it.
The phone has already started ringing.
POOL PARTY!!!
Could we do it? Pull off a wing-ding of a good time with only 2 hours to prepare? You betcha! What was supposed to be an intimate pool party for about 10 people turned into 20 plus! One friend told another friend, who told another friend, combined with random people calling to see what was going on, turned the day into a positively fun-filled day.
The mixture and variety of people at these "gatherings" continue to amaze me. Every Saturday our little circle grows with two or four new people arriving. The open arms of my partner and friends continue to envelope the possibilities of my mind.
One of the highlights was the arrival of our gym instructor. I couldn't believe it. Not that she showed up, but that Joe would invite a PERSONAL TRAINER to see our fat asses in our most vunerable setting. Wet, droopy, and scantilly clad!! It could have been tragic. She was great. (Only minimal speak of why we have not been to class! We will get there! I SWEAR!!) Oh, and it was decided that I want her body with my head on it, although I will have to go down from a C cup to her perky A cups! (Damn Bud and Miller Lite!)It is so refreshing to see people, who would NEVER speak to one another in a different setting, completely let their guard down and just have fun.
Even Maxx has grown to wonder when the fun will start!
Call it the "POOL + SUN + LAUGHTER + COCKTAILS + SINCERE FRIENDLINESS combo platter"......
I hope everyone at these gatherings realize the beauty of it. The pure simplicity of togetherness combined with warmth.
It may seem sappy. It may sound simple.
Give me these days any day!
1 comment:
As you can see by the pictures, the words of fun, times of gatherings, of old and new friends meshing so well, that our pool parties are a big part of our summer lives. We have so many wonderful friends. It too amazes me how well they all get along.
How everyone leaves their frustrations, their sour feelings at the gate, and when they walk into our backyard, all worries are gone, it is just time now for food, water volley, and good friends.
I love my life, what it has become, what you Rodney...
have helped me make it.
Korny but...
I feel like I am a kid in a room full of wonderful toys, but there is that one toy, that favorite toy, the one that no matter what is always with me, because I don't even want to play with the others unless that "one" is in my back pocket.
You Rodney are that favorite toy!!
I love you, my friends, my life!!
Joe
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