Cloudy With A Chance of Ice Cream

Mother Nature was having major mood swings today. She couldn't decide if she should be happy and sunny or cloudy and gloomy or pouring rain. Either way, she was playing it cool. Like in the 50s cool.

But I found some warmth in a visit from an old friend. Well, I should say longtime, not old. We are the same age.

Sometimes the only way to keep a date is to write it in Sharpee on the calendar. My Luck High School bestie Julie and I always talk about getting together more often but life gets in the way. A month ago or so, we both realized Sunday, June 25, was open on our calendars so we made a date.

She drove up from the Madison area and got here around 11 a.m. Since the weather was cooperating for the moment, we took a walk around Lake Wazeecha.

We managed to make the 4-mile trek without a drop of rain. Even some sun! We must be in amazing shape because we were able to talk the whole way without taking a breath! That's the blessing of friends. Your conversation can pick right up where it left off. And you never run out of things to say.

Since we were burning major calories, we went straight from the lake to the river, where Julie treated me to a pre-birthday lunch at Anchor Bay. Because it was cold, windy and rainy, we had no trouble getting a table in the typically busy hot spot on the river. We both had a great bacon cheeseburger and fries. We were pretty full.

But not completely. There's always room for some...

Did you doubt it? Hey, she requested it so I had to comply. It was pouring so when we ran out to the car with our treat, we might have gotten some raindrops on them. We figure that made them "diet" treats so there was no remorse. Plus all that talking and walking... we were still burning calories.

Julie left around 3 p.m. It was such a nice visit. Nice to talk without our previous distractions like scrapbooking, grad parties and, unfortunately, funerals. Feel LUCKY to have a friendship span more than 3 decades.

She totally puts the Forever in BFF.