Jul 23

…birthday weekend…

Posted by Elisa on Sunday Jul 23, 2006 Under Updates
With the Girls @ the Clubhouse in Macquarie Links

…is OVER!!! After a somewhat eventful evening with the Family on my birthday, Friday day was pretty much chilled out. Hung out with my Mom at home watching movies and what not (tell you what, in all the TV I managed to miss out on during my two years in London, it’s safe to say I am well caught up after 3 weeks of being home). As always we went to visit my Gramma for a bit before going home and getting ready for my night out with my old friends, which I was really looking forward to.
At first it was a little weird, Ann, Ruby and I got to the Clubhouse, Mut and Jill already there waiting, then Ann had to leave with Ruby because she forgot the cake. Admittedly it was a little daunting to be left alone to greet my guests without my security blanket (meaning Ann). I know that sounds dumb, but it has been awhile and aside from a couple of them, I haven’t really had much contact with anyone else, soooo there definitely was a strange sensation as I sat there in my seat and watched them come in one by one or in pairs. Even as they table filled up, it was still felt like I was having an out of body experience. Thankfully, the feeling passed.
It was awesome to see everyone again. So much had changed, and somethings I realise will never change, and that was a part of it all. One of my favourite parts of the evening was seeing Mic again. Kuya Mic has been in my life quite frighteningly even longer than Ann…which we added up that night was on the corner of reaching two decades. I can count how many birthdays of mine he has missed out on since then. I loved that despite that he was married, and had a baby, with another on the way, he was still Kuya Mic who always had this amazing energy. He kept reminding me that I lived out one of my greatest dreams…he was also quick to add that it was good to have me home.
I never really got the chance to catch up with everyone properly that evening, mainly to geography. I could only really converse with those immediately around me, which is only a few people in a table of 18? That and I was still feeling a little shy! Dinner took awhile…but it was lovely. We headed over to Ann’s house afterwards which was only down the road. Boys immediately got the poker stuff out and started playing and everyone else kinda drifted off to do their own thing. Some played poker, some watched a movie, while a few of us sat around chatting. Which was really nice. Funny enough, I ended up chatting with Ann who I chat to more than anyone, and Mer who I was spending the afternoon with the following day. However, twas really good.
Because I was hanging with Mer the following afternoon and I had our Cousin’s Girl Night that evening, I went home to my sister’s house. Where we stayed up for a little while longer and tried to watch Over the Hedge. So funny. I kept hearing the word ‘Jeepers’ and I never hear that unless I’m talking to Crystal, sooooo, I had a ‘AWWW I miss Crystal’ moment.
The Girls Night with my Sister and cousins was so much fun! We had a few laughs, well a lot of laughs and the inevitable and somewhat predicted INTERROGATION began. The Low down on WHAT really happened in London, and what kind of MISCHIEF I got into. Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything to tell. Like DUH! Hellooooo!!!! What did I do with most of my time while I was there? It was just funny!
On my birthday I got a phone call from one of my dearest friends ever, one of my all time favourite people, and hands down one of the best friends I have been blessed with in my life…Christian. As we engaged in our somewhat familiar banter without a hint of time between us, my heart just warmed and beamed. Chris and I from the moment go have had this amazing connection. The fact that he can complete my sentences, totally get my fixation with Dream for Insomniac, among a long list of other idiosychrasies that we share, cannot even fully express or do justice to the insanity we call or Friendship. Despite time, distance, his getting married and having a dozen kids…okay slight exageration, he has six kids we’re still us. He still gets me and scarily enough, I still get him. There is a whole lot of understanding and a long string of allowances on each other’s behalf. I am grateful that he hasn’t disowned me for the amount of events I have missed, and vice versa! Am totally looking forward to hanging out with him soon. I love that he never fails to remind me of where I am, and what I mean to him. Even if through banter!
New week ahead, and another week of job hunting. Let it be a promising week!

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