Last Minute Fun

Sometimes the best time to get me is the last minute. My friend Jan texted and asked if Russ and I could come to the mountains for the weekend. If she had asked me about a weekend months in advance I might not have been free, but thankfully when she got me I turned to Russ and said, “You want to go to the mountains, don’t you?”

I looked at my calendar, but forgot that I had promised my mother I would take her shopping for a TV stand. She was very understanding when I told her we were going to the mountains.

My friend Shelayne and I had a dozen back and forth texts trying to find a day for lunch. The first common free date is over a month away and only because Sophie was able to change something else. But if she had called me this morning and said, “Can you have lunch today?” I would have canceled my chores to have lunch with her.

Sometimes the last minute is the best minute. I know I am not free much with classes scheduled months in advance, but there are always pockets of time I can make free. Thanks to Jan I am not cleaning my house this weekend, or going to church, or working in my garden. Instead I will be spending time laughing with friends, cooking, doing puzzles, taking walks and needlepointing while the Tennessee football game is on. Great last minute plans.