blast from the past

facebook has reunited my friend, hope, and i.  on tuesday, hope met me downtown at binn's park, after not having any contact for the past 7 years or so.  hope was my bff all through high school and we shared a million hysterical memories together...so it really felt awesome to reconnect with her.  

while i was driving to meet hope, i felt very nervous...and in fact, the closer i got to binn's park, and the further down chestnut st. i drove...the more i thought 'how the heck am i going to speak to her without throwing up???'  alas, i did not puke, but was very nervous.  my hands were shaking and everything!  i confessed my anxiety to her, and she told me to stop it, and thankfully i quickly got over myself.  it honestly only took a few minutes for me to feel totally comfortable with her again.  we were able to catch up on each other's lives and even realized we both worked for the same non-profit straight out of college (we were both social work majors). 

it feels downright refreshing to have reestablished my friendship with hope.  now all those hysterical memories can be shared again with the only person who will ever truly appreciate them!  hooray!