Bringing Adults Joy

Day two at Mah Jongg camp with Carter and Claire’s friends was a blast. The day started with Carter and I meeting up to have brunch. We talked our way into having the best booth in the place where we holed up for a good close to two hours talking. Thankfully our waitress had a new trainee so they were kind to let us keep the table so long. I tipped accordingly.

After that long gab fest Carter and I ubered to her office to set up for the second day of class. Sadly Carter’s friend from work, Drean had another class today so we missed her, but everyone else came to play.

Since yesterday was the big learning the rules day, today was the big playing day. The ladies came with snacks and drinks and I was especially appreciative of Claire’s special Arnold Palmer she brought just for me.

They were a smart group so we got lots of games in. There was nothing more joyful than when someone got their first Mah Jongg. The cheers went up for everyone.

We took one break in the playing to have a big group therapy session to discuss a family issue then went right back to playing.

I loved all the friends who came. It gives me great comfort to get to know Claire’s friends and how wonderful they have been at accepting Carter to their group. I hope they all have many happy years of playing Mah Jongg together and are always as happy as they were in these pictures. Sadly Courtney left before our group photo today.

We played longer than originally planned because everyone was having so much fun. After class Carter, Claire and I went to dinner. It was amazing we could still be talking at 8:30 at night after all the talking all day. Now I need a good recovery sleep, but all these cute people will keep my extrovertedness up I am certain.