I decided to head home afterwards and watch the Panther game from the comfort of my own couch. Unfortunately, I only made it through the first quarter before I fell asleep on the couch. When I woke up the Panthers were winning! I had to leave to meet my friends Jaime and Lori for coffee, so I missed the last quarter and thankfully so for the Panthers ended up losing...again. I thought they were going to do so much better this season than they have so far.
Both Jaime and Lori had babies this past March. Unlike Nolan, their babies were born healthy and alive. I have yet to meet either of them, but today I met Lori and Aaron's baby girl Emily. What a cute and happy little girl she was. She was so good the entire time we were there, but eventually she started to get antsy as she was tired. So Lori left and Jaime and I decided to stay for a bit longer and catch up. I haven't seen Jaime since Marshall and I were engaged and she was pregnant with her second child, Caroline. She was unable to attend our wedding because she was due with Caroline the same week as our wedding. It's crazy that it's only been 3 years and in that time she had Caroline, got pregnant again and had her 3rd child, Brody. It was great to see both of them and catch up. All three of us went to high school and college together and although we don't see each other much, we stay in touch through email and Facebook. I'm not sure if I will be able to see them again before I leave town, but I would like to so I can finally meet Jaime's two youngest children.
This weekend wasn't as productive as I had hoped, but I rather enjoyed my retail therapy and girl time. I think it's imperative to have devoted girl time and I hate that so many women get trapped up in their relationships and don't allow themselves to go and have alone time with their girlfriends. I think it's equally as important that men have guy time. You need that camaraderie, especially when you go through difficult times in your life like we've experienced this past year. Our friends and our family are the reasons we are making it through and we've relied on them way more this year that we ever have in the past. Marshall spent the day with his favorite girl too - JoJo. I know he's been glad to spend a lot of time with her lately as she is getting older and who knows how many more years we might be able to have with her. Hopefully, she will stick true to the breed and be one of the longer living dogs. She certainly is pretty spry for being almost 12, especially now that she seems nearly 100% recovered from her ACL surgery last November.
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