The Joys of Friends Who Lunch

With all that is going wrong in the country, hurricanes, fires, politicians I find that the best remedy is to go out lunch with friends. Nothing is better than spending a few hours catching up and enjoying a yummy lunch. Today I went with my friend Sara to go celebrate our friend Lee’s birthday that was a few weeks ago. Lee is the queen of the birthday pageant. She declares that you get to celebrate your birthday for a whole month. I have totally bought into the concept and love getting to participate in the pageant.
Since Carter is in Berlin and Russ is in Minneapolis I need some human contact everyday and I find lunch is the perfect time. No reason to get up early to go be wth people, or have to be out after dark. Spending time at lunch means that I can put my nightgown on right after dinner and no one will know.  
If you ask me if I am a morning person or a night owl, I would offer this alternative, “I am a lunch person.” I am happiest at lunch, not the middle of the day person because that does not imply getting to eat something, but lunch.
Without Carter and Russ I have taken to eating my best meal at lunch. With no one home dinner has become a bowl of whatever is leftover in the fridge in the way of vegetables and protein and fruit before bed. The only way this works is if I have had something yummy for lunch. I am able to curb my night time eating by just not spending anytime in or near the kitchen.  

While we were at lunch Carter texted me from Berlin. She lives in a dorm with kitchens and they have no meal plan so the kids have to cook for themselves. Yesterday she said some boys are hanging around with her eating ramen while she is cooking real food and they are longing for her dinner. So she texted me today a photo of her dinner, chicken, zucchini, mushrooms and onions and mashed potatoes. “I have you gene for cooking too much food.” I told her to sell her leftover to one of the ramen eating boys. She did and texted me back, “made 7€ and did not have to do any dishes. This is genius.” Oh, how the apple does not fall far from the tree.
Eating with friends is one of the great joys in life. Tomorrow will be another day and another lunch, with more friends.