The Fun Of a Friend Sleepover

One of the saddest days is when a good friend moves away.  The only thing that makes it better is when they come back to visit and stays with you.  I am lucky that my great friend Jeanne, who moved to Alexandria last fall had a couple days free in her calendar to come back to Durham this week.  The best part about visiting is you get a good amount of concentrated time to really catch up.

Jeanne and I like a lot of the same things, and when she showed up at my house yesterday we were even wearing the exact same outfit.  Not surprising since we buy our clothes from the same place and usually pick out the same pieces.  You know you have a really good friend when you can ask her what she is buying and she encourages you to get the matching outfit.

It is not just matching clothes we have in common, but walking and needle pointing, both of which we did today.  I had a Durham Magazine event to go tonight and Jeanne was even a good sport about going with me.  Just having her to talk to in the car made going much more fun.

The way I know she is the perfect guest is Jeanne is happy to eat whatever good for you food I am making for myself.  I have some guilt about serving a house guest Special K for breakfast and arugula salad for dinner, but that is my own issue.  Jeanne is always happy about whatever I suggest.  This is a trait I need to try and emulate whenever I go to stay with anyone. 

You know you have a good friend when they are happy to sit in a chair in your office while you walk on the treadmill or even worse watch TV in their PJ’s in your bedroom since that is the best TV in the house.  Moving away was sad, but visiting is good because when you live in the same place you don’t necessarily spend 36 hours straight together.  So hooray for visiting.