15 Years Later, We Are Still Friends

In the year 1992 I moved across the United States and moved in with an apartment full of strangers. This Tuesday I met up with three of my college roomates, those strangers that became my best friends. Some us had not seen each other in 15 years. I lived with this group of gals for two years and I loved them. Finally we all got together in Park City this week and it was as if 15 years evaporated and we were all best friends again. We laughed, we shared how we had changed thanks to Sarah's probing questions. We reminded each other of our crazy antics. They reminded me how clutzy I was when they retold the story of me falling head first into some ladies grocery cart while grocery shopping one day. I have to say I had completely blocked this memory.

We laughed, we realized that we were now all mothers but that in many ways we were still the same people who had been inseperable for two years of our lives.

I cannot even believe how much fun I had. I picked up my roomate Kim earlier in the morning and she sat and chatted with me in the Honda dealership for an hour an a half while we waited for my car to be serviced. I remembered why she had been such a central part of my life. She is funny, practical and energetic and still so Kim. We met the rest of our little circle in Park City at Baja Cantina. We entered that place at 12:30 and finally decided to leave 2 1/2 hours later. We could not believe how nice our server had been as she let us talk our hearts out long after she cleared our table.

We moved on to getting a pedicure, found by the technilogically savvy Kelly who was able to use her fancy phone to find us a nail place in Park City. We moved our conversations to these 4 chairs.

After another hour of conversation we left feeling a little pampered and we drove through a downpour to Kelly's Mom's house in Heber where we were all promised cookie dough for dessert. If you readers could only understand the role cookie dough played in our lives you would understand the significance of this offer. Plus, we just were not done catching up on each other's lives and we needed a dry and comfortable place to finish talking. Kim had a plane to catch back to Arizona that night and I had a four hour trip home later but we used up every spare moment learning the trials and the victories that had shaped each other's lives. Clairvoyant Kim had told her husband she would not be taking the 7:30 flight home because that would just not be enough time to share all the things we needed to share. She got a later flight. Ok she is not clairvoyant but she did know I was going to marry Tom long before I had any such intentions.

When we finally had to leave I had a hard time tearing myself away. We promised we would plan another getaway that was overnight next year and I am all ready to start planning it. I really hope we never let 15 years get away from us again. Because I realize how much I missed these women in my life. They are strong, funny, warm women and I want them to be a part of my life again.