Having a few energy level problems at the moment so the poor blog keeps getting put on the back burner!
One great thing this week - Lynne, one of my best friends came for a visit. It is the first time we have seen each other in 18months as she moved to Australia at the start of '05. Since then she has got engaged so it was time to ooh and ahh over her ring but on the whole the strangest thing was the feeling I'd only seen her yesterday. Of course we have email and the phone but it isn't due to being able keep in touch by those means. There is something about real friends which can make them turn up after an hour or a year and time has no meaning (how very Doctor Who I sound).
She probably won't be living back in the UK for two years but I didn't weep and wail when I said my goodbyes this time, as I had when she first left for Oz, as I know realise (quite frighteningly) that time really will fly.
Whilst she was here we went out for an Indian meal at a restaurant in my town which she insists is the greatest in the land. Funny, I had never been even though it is on my doorstep. She has opened the door to a dangerous world for me. It was indeed superb, beyond superb it was currylicious. Now it's all well and good when you just have the odd Indian meal on your year and half trip from Oz but what about me, I am at the mercy of temptation under a mile. My hand is hovering over the phone for a takeaway delivery...some things are just too damn good!
I went for about 10 years without having seen my best friend, also due to living in Aust. I know the feeling of instantly recapturing your rapport after a long time very well.
Posted by: Ms. Mac | 09 July 2006 at 02:21 AM
'Tis true what you say. Withe real friends it's possible to take up again where you left off with a minimum of fuss.
Ah, temptation! Sweet temptation. Pick up that phone, Beki. You know you want to!
Posted by: Stegbeetle | 09 July 2006 at 11:00 AM
That post has inspired me - I've resolved to keep up with the friends I have on the other side of town who I don't get to see often.
Posted by: china blue | 09 July 2006 at 01:15 PM
Curry and the company of friends . . . sounds like the perfect day!
Hope your batteries are soon recharged.
Posted by: rhonda | 10 July 2006 at 09:19 AM
I am ashamed of myself now, considering that other folks have written about friendship and I, base creature that I am, was largely inspired by the curry.
There are 2 good cuzzer houses here, one being a posh one and the other its fast food little brother. The latter is pretty good and costs something like 4 quid for a full meal (unless one wishes to be a complete piggy), the main drawback being that they have a tendency to muck the orders up ever so slightly (chicken instead of lamb etc.). These places are a godsend as in Germany, where Brits would go for curries, they prefer kebabs, pizzas and strange Turkish places where they serve nothing but meat.
Best curries I've had have been in the Bradford - Shipley area, so maybe yours is spectacular...
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Posted by: Marjory | 10 July 2006 at 03:00 PM
I've got a few old friends like that - it's great to have that kind of rapport. It's even better to share it over a good curry.
I'll have the jalfrezi, sag aloo anyone?
Posted by: Cherrypie | 10 July 2006 at 09:59 PM
::sigh:: One of the drawbacks of living away from an urban area is the lack of great take-out.
I'm soooo jealous! And hungry. Can't you tell? ;-)
Posted by: Attila the Mom | 11 July 2006 at 02:27 PM
How very true. Real friends pick up where they left off as though no time has passed.
Posted by: Jack Yan | 12 July 2006 at 10:24 AM
Ah the joys of take aways. Having lived in a village for the last decade I sigh with longing every time someone mentions take away or pizza delivery. Ok I know I'm sad.
Posted by: St Jude | 13 July 2006 at 08:00 PM