Seeing DearFriends For Only 60 Minutes

Few weeks after I have made reservations for our hotel and flight to Florida, my friend who lives in San Francisco called me to reserve the days August 8 and 9 because they are coming over here in New York for a vacation. First thing I told her was to move the dates to a week after but it was too late too. We picked the same dates for our vacation, they are coming over that day and we are leaving for Florida that same day too at different airports though. And also, Isabella’s god mommy, who is a cosmetic dentist in CA, was with them.

So they came last Monday here while we were in Florida. They spent two days in New York, and then they drove upstate to see the Niagara Falls. From Canada, they drove for 12 hours to Washington, D.C. to see the White House. Despite all our hectic schedules, we managed to set a date to see one another before their flight back to San Francisco and that date was last night. Originally, we were supposed to meet over dinner but it did not happen again, then at 10pm, then finally at 11:30 pm at the hotel where they checked in. We just saw one another for a good one hour and bade goodbye again. They leave early morning so they have to be at the airport so early. We were just laughing about the circumstances. Hoping it would not take another 6 years before we see one another again and not for an hour only!

Spring Break and Visitors

It is almost vacation time for my daughter. Her last day of school is on Friday then she will have a week off for Spring break. My husband took some vacation days too to be with my daughter next week. I cannot take the whole week off but when our visitors from Las Vegas come, maybe I will take Tuesday off just to be able to spend a day with them. Our visitors are from Philippines but they are in Las Vegas to attend a seminar about commercial pest control. They told us over the phone that they even met a Las Vegas Exterminator who was very helpful in showing them the process of exterminating pests and bugs in houses. This is relevant to their business since they are contractors on homes and buildings in the Philippines. Hope we will not be talking more bug facts when we see one another next week.

We really do not know where we are going to bring our visitors during their stay. Atlantic City is out of the picture because they just came from Las Vegas and our AC is just a mini Vegas less the beach. Of course, we have to tour them around New York City but other than that, we have no clue. They have been here once so maybe they just want to hang out with friends over dinner or go to the outlets for shopping. It is all up to them. We will just go with the flow.

Lunch

I had lunch with my Puerto Rican friend at work. No, we did not go out to eat. She told me yesterday that she’s going to let me taste the rotisserie chicken she made at home. So I said, ok, and I will bring the rice. So that’s what we had today. Her chicken was good, with the entire Spanish rub she had on it, it was delicious. She likewise liked the Jasmine rice I brought. She said, it smells good and you can eat it plain. She asked me where we buy it, so I told her at Costco, so she’s going there this weekend and buy some for her house. If she likes our rice, I soooo love their yellow rice too! So this is what we call…when a Boricua and a pinay goes to lunch together!

A Friend Is Coming

I am very excited to know that a friend of mine from Philippines is finally coming to the U.S. I said finally because she was much undecided for a long time. She has been a house wife all her life with no previous job experience at all. She knows she has to get a job once she gets here to survive but with no experience she thinks she will not make it. I told her to try going back to school but she is not interested in that too. So I said to her, “Why don’t you just put on your own business?” Oh, it was a delight when I told her that. It means she is interested.

I told my friend that somebody has mentioned to me about Specialty Merchandise Corporation, a company that provides business opportunities to people. At smc corp , they have a huge inventory of home decor, collectibles, general gift merchandise and a lot more that SMC members can buy at discounted prices and sell to customers for profit. And, to start with SMC, all you have to do is to register as a member. Once a member, SMC will also provide you with tools and coaching to succeed. I also reminded her to read about the specialty merchandise corporation complaints before she makes her final decision.

Let’s see what happens when my friend gets here. At least, there are a lot of options available for her.

Save the Date

I received a save the date invite from one of my friends that lives in New York state. The wedding is this coming summer in California. Oh, how I love to be in California for her wedding. I am not really sure but it’s just that I missed Orange County so much.

My friend is going to have a bridal shower this April. It is good thing that she signed up her registry at a store that has branches nationwide. I could tell what is on her registry without even checking it online. I know she has a collection of wine glasses and for sure she will need a bigger wine glass racks by this time. I have one wine glass rack that I took from her before I left for the East. It is a small token of our friendship. Every time I see wine glass racks for sale, I could not think of anyone else but this good friend of mine.

I am happy that she found the right guy for her. They have been together for almost five years now and they finally decided to settle down. I cannot wait to see some little munchkins soon.