HOMIE BREAKDOWN

My BFFLs!

This is a well-educated foreshadowing of what will be happening tomorrow, at approximately 9 a.m. EST. (That's only 6 a.m. back here in the PNW.)

At that time, I will be reconnecting with two of my closest and oldest friends Courtnay (left) and Rianne (center), both of whom I have not seen in over FOUR MONTHS.

This photo was actually taken a little over two years ago, when the three of us took a trip to Las Vegas. 

At that time, Courtnay and I (who have lived in the same city for the majority of our lives) had not seen Rianne (who is a career nomad) for close to a year.

The trip was a kick off to Rianne moving back to Tacoma from Georgia for a few months to finish college. 

Meaning the three of us actually lived in the same city for the first time since...  sophomore year in high school? (That was rad, by the way.)

Now, we all live in different places. Court has taken up a career as a travel nurse, and is wrapping up her first assignment in Virginia. After that, she might take up an assignment in Michigan, Florida, Nebraska, Maine - who knows?

Pretty much the same thing goes for Rianne.

She is currently finishing up an internship in Charleston, SC (where we will be reuniting tomorrow morning).

 After her internship is finished, she too will be relocating again, and my bet is it won't be back in the South Puget Sound (at least for a while.)

That means this extremely happy "reunited-and-it-feels-so-good" image will be created continually over the next few years while we manage to meet up here or there across the nation, until the two of them get enough sense to come back home to Tacoma for good. 

While I miss my friends dearly, seeing them even sporadically makes my life damn near complete (as you can see in my over-the-top giddiness in this photo here).

In conclusion:  I am SO looking forward to this weekend... not only will I get to have some QT with two of my favorite people, I also just might get a tan.
And did I mention, there will be palm trees?! AND SUN?!

...Oh the simple joys for us drab and dreary Northwesterners.

Linking up to Wordless Wednesday (But With Words) because this is one of my wordiest-Wednesdays in a while!