Surprise Visit

[saavedra77]

I woke up to a nice surprise, yesterday: a phone call from hippybngstockng informing me that--after a couple years' absence--she was back in town. We met for lunch with a couple of mutual friends, and then proceeded to spend the afternoon darting from store to store on Broadway in the rain, catching up. Hippy looks good, seems very up--and she totally improved my spirits (especially after Friday ...).

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[sarrabellum.livejournal.com]

WHAT?! Really?!

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

WHAT!? Really!?

(Unoriginal, but sincere.)

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she was here for Ravenloft--ever heard of that? It's a big role-plyaing thing she & a number of mutual acquaintainces do--I think, every year. (I'm sure she'll be writing about it.) I'm just glad that I managed to snap up an afternoon of her time--I needed the cheering up, after Friday.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Hope I didn't spoil the surprise too much for you, there, Sarra!

Thanks for last night, by the way! It was great to see you guys.

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

Suddenly there's tons of Hampshire posts/comments in LJ. I've heard of Ravensloft. I think I played once, maybe 20 years ago, but not at Hampshire.

I needed the cheering up too, dammit.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Considered moving to Seattle? At least then you'd be close to our local Hampshire alumn network. (Conveniently providing hippybngstockng one-stop-shopping when she's feeling nostalgic ...)

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but you know... Seattle.

It's not like I hang out with the alumn community in Portland. Inertia is terribly powerful. I do like Portland, it's just kind of a shame people don't come to visit anymore.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Sorry, dude. I've never been down there. Got a couch I can crash on if I do? :)

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

I have a futon that various Friends have slept over on. It's couch-ish. Sadly, one had to use the cot, since the futon was too cat-infested.

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll bear that in mind ... :)