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So its been a few hectic weeks. The wedding was, quite frankly, awesome. I played 2 sets and one of them was ace - having c.100 people dancing to your choice of cheese is quite amazing - especially when you get a few doing synchronised dance moves as well.
Caught up with Adie and Lynn and generally had a brilliant time. Got to bed at around 3am but was up at 8 for breakfast, had the van packed and was picking the kids up at 10am.
Then on Monday, I got a Zoosk flirt (a Facebook application). The message? i know u - didn't u used to be a jw? and whammo I am now friends with 2 people I knew as a kid (a brother and sister combo). I wont say who she is as she likes her internet anonymity, so I shall call her Jam and her brother Spoon. Spent Good Friday afternoon with Jam (went to Uphill for a walk, sat around chatting about the old days) then Spoon turned up... so we drank more and eventually went into town for the night before staggering back to Jams at some silly hour this morning.
Now let me tell you about Jam. We knew each other back in the day (our respective parents were good friends) and we had been to each others houses, etc but weren't ever friends. I left the religion, she got dissed... And thats where you think it would end. But no.
We started chatting on MSN, told each other about our shit (she has had shit that makes my shit pale into insignificance) and Friday we were chatting again and we decided to go for a walk. Bear in mind, this is someone I havent seen (apart from wandering around Asda sometimes but not being able to put a name to the face) for about 16 years or so and was never really a friend with. And we have only been in touch for 5 days...
And she is ace. Pretty, sharp as a sharp pointy thing, comfortable with herself, supremely confident and quite amazing.
So there I am, sat in Jams lounge feeling as if I am in the presence of someone I have known for years as I am so relaxed and every now and again checking to make sure I'm awake and this isnt some sort of weird dream (which would be odd as I never remember my dreams, so why would it bother me?)! And when we are out (unfortunately in Senoritas), she does some amazing things with random strangers, including getting 2 people who would never have spoken to each other together. Its like being out with David Blaine (but a smaller, sexy, white female version) - watching this little whirlwind affecting people and being caught up with it. Watching from the outside but being on the inside at the same time. Incredible.
I'm slightly annoyed that I havent known her for the past 16 years. However, had we, then the dynamic would be different as we arent who we are now, who we were then, so I'm not hung up about that. They say the best things come in small packages (there is a joke in there, desperately trying to get out) and I think I may have met one of the best small packages ever. Anyone that can make me laugh for nearly 23 hours straight and actually make me feel better about myself is positively welcomed into my life. Lets hope its not another 16 years before we do this again :)
She also took some photos of me...
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