Beth and Dan

I think that I am slowly becoming myself again. My health is about eighty percent of what it should be. More sleep is really what I need and I know that work tomorrow will be a struggle for me. I just have to remember not to let things bother me and just do my job.

Yesterday was full of excitement or at least that is how Brenda saw it. Brenda was going to see Toy Story on ice. The only thing that I will say about this is that she has her quirks and I have mine. No further comment.

Since she was going to be gone for the afternoon I thought that I would get to relax, but I was wrong. Her old roommate Beth and her husband Dan were coming over to spend the night with us before they left for Florida. This meant that I was left to entertain while Brenda was at Toy Story. Sigh.

Visiting company meant that the morning was a whirlwind of cleaning, which was just what I wanted to do on my Saturday. Never mind the fact that I stayed home from work the past two days to recover from being sick.

I was told that they would arrive at three in the afternoon, but they didn't show until six at night. At first I was upset that my afternoon got pissed away, but on the other hand I got about a two hour nap in there somewhere and Brenda came home shortly after Beth and Dan arrived.

Beth seemed the same to me. There were some subtle changes, but Brenda made it seem more extreme than what I could see. Yes, Beth had changed her hairstyle and didn't drink that much, but her mannerisms were the same as I remembered them.

At one point in the restaurant, Beth and I got to talking so much that Brenda and Dan seemed lost. The two of them just kind of stared around the restaurant while Beth and I talked. It seemed very natural to me. I knew Beth for three years, before I even met Brenda. Beth and I were in the same department in college and could and did talk about art for hours. Nothing really seemed to have changed.

Yes, Beth is now married and I am dating her old roommate, but we can still talk.

I guess the visit went better than I thought it would go.

Now Brenda is not feeling well. I am not surprised she stressed herself out over the visit yesterday and she gets very little sleep. Beth and Dan have much more money than we do and Brenda has to be the perfect hostess.