Who needs the fast lane, when you've got Rummy?

I keep sitting down typing out different opening words and phrases to try to start off this post. It's not working. So I'm going to just start typing exactly what I'm thinking about and hope that it doesn't come out in a jumbled mashed up load of nonsense. Of course after the night I've just had it is Entirely Possible.

Wait, I should back up. It actually wasn't just tonight. It started LAST night. With just a simple text. "Hey, ya'll going to church in the morning?"

Yup, so began one of the best days in a loooooooong time. I'd add a few more "oooo's" but I think you get the point. 

What, you thought you were about to read a sad post? Oh right, the phrase "after the night I've just had" is usually followed by something negative. Not tonight friends, not tonight.

Some of you may know (and some of you may not know) that Husband and I have recently developed a pretty close friendship with another couple. We'll refer to them as Besties. Because really, it's late and I can't think of anything else right now and Besties seems to be fairly descriptive at this point. Since Besties have become part of our lives, we have realized what we've been missing out on all these years. Being the anti-social couple we are, we have not had many friends that we can really just kick back and hang out with. We've got several couples we are friends with, and several people we could call up to hang out. Generally though, we hang out with family. And while there is nothing wrong with chillin' with the family, sometimes you just need to be around adults who are, well let's just be honest, just as immature as you are!

Today that is exactly what we did. We started off by going to church for the first time in a long time. Not the greatest sermon to enter back into the church world with, but still good nonetheless. Since Besties go to a church I went to long ago, we decided to start going with them. After that, we went our separate ways for lunch and then made plans for them to come over and hang out at our place later. Which they did, after a mad rush to get the house clean.
 At first, we all just kind of sat there, playing with the kids, messing around on our phones, making idle chit chat. Then, the guys tried to turn on Call of Duty. While normally we'd be content to sit back and watch...well, who am I kidding, that's not true either. Mostly us girls didn't want to watch them play video games, so we insisted on a good ole' game of Rummy. That's right, we get together, hang out and play cards. Today we spent 6.5 hours sitting around the table, drinking coffee, playing cards and causing a ruckus. I took away from some of our total time together to account for retrieving dinner (uh, can you say YUM? and Bestie A's stepmom is pretty rocking!), attending to children, and making lots of noise. We laughed, we cried (because we were laughing so hard) and we had conversations ranging on every level of seriousness. 

Now, having not had such a relationship before, I've come to appreciate the importance of socializing with other people as a couple. Having people around you who are at the same stage of life as you. People who understand that partying is lame, cards are cool, and coffee is the best beverage of choice. Now, you may say we sound like some lame antiquated losers. Well, alright then. I can take that. Because I laughed more tonight than I have in months. I broke down and just had fun. We had conversation flowing around us, and when we weren't talking it was a comfortable silence. 

It's not the ones where you fill the silence with talking that make an impact. It's the ones who you can sit with quietly, even silently, that will fill your lives. 

The ones who will hang out with you in t-shirts and sweats.

 Just come over and be fine watching movies or t.v. together. 

The ones who can both dish it AND take it. 

Who don't even have to knock before walking in.

Who can have fun doing nothing.

Basically, the ones who are essentially just like you and your spouse, and mean equally as much to you both. Those are the friends that are for life. That's right Besties, ya'll are keepers.