Last weekend, an old college friend flew into town to visit us and another friend. John arrived shortly after lunch on Friday; Randy and I picked him up from the airport and spent the afternon with him here at the house.
John's sense of humor is wonderful. He never lost that inquisitive nature he had in college. He's happy in his world and that's infectious.
We met another friend later in the afternoon. Don flies for a large airline and had just gotten into town. He has a very nice boat moored in the Willamette River and we met him there for dinner and drinks. It was a wonderful night of laughing and remembering.
About 9:30, John called another college friend who just happened to be in town from Atlanta visiting her aunt. She'd flown out with her Mom - the former Lt. Governor of ND. Don and John convinced Jan Ellen that she needed to come to downtown right then to visit with us...and Jan Ellen, being the good sport that she is, did just that. So the party continued until after midnight. We talked about the old days, about old friends who are no longer with us, about dumb things we did in college, about where our lives had taken us since then.
It was a very good night. It makes me smile again just to think about it.
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