Domino of Fun

Talk about packing it in. I started my day with a cereal with my friend Suzanne. Then a wonderful friend from boarding school, Karen Polcer Bdera, affectionally known as Miss Polcer, for her efficient manner, came to take a walk with me. It has been a few years since we had seen each other at a reunion so it was nice to have some one-on-one time together. Karen has done 505 New York Road Races as a speed walker so it was a challenge to me to get some steps with her. She was kind, especially since it was already 87° in the shade at nine in the morning.
After our walk and short visit ended I went and sat with Suzanne while her Jeffery did her hair. He is stylist to all the Worden women, and since I am an honorary sister it was high time I met him. Of course he couldn’t do my hair since I hardly have any, but he was fun to talk with.  

After showering and preparing to go out for the day in a civilized way Suzanne and I went crosstown to a yummy Japanese Restaurant where our friend Rena came and met us. Rena is my friend I saw in LA last month, whom I had not seen in over 33 years. Now we have seen each other two months in a row. The three of us were all sorority sisters and this is a good streak of spending time together.

While at lunch Rena said that two other Pi Phi’s were in NYC and wanted to meet us for coffee after out long lunch where the restaurant actually threw us out and locked the door behind us we walked a few blocks to a different location. There Cindy and Randy came in and met us. Since they were in the class ahead of us it has been even longer since I had last seen them.
After all the catching up Suzanne and I went home to rest from so much fun. There we met Grace’s little sister’s little sister from her sorority, Gracia. In the small world I had known of her because she had moved to Durham some years back and attended Durham Academy so she could train as a diver at Duke with Christy Cutshaw, another friend’s daughter. I know it sounds complicated, it is.

At last Steve, Suzanne’s husband came home as well as Jack her oldest son so we started up a big game of bridge. The Farley family is a fanatic group of game players which is just another reason I love to spend time with them. Suzanne mentioned that she has never won a game of Monopoly against Jack and he said he had never won one against me. And then Grace came in and not knowing of that conversation mentioned that I had always beat her in Monopoly. Thank goodness we weren’t playing Monopoly because I might have lost and broken my streak with them.
All in all it was a most excellent day, got my exercise done with a fun friend, saw many sorority sisters, played lots of games and ate some yummy food.  And to top it all off I got to play with the newest Farley family member, Esme, their black lab puppy.  How can I top that tomorrow?