Games with Lane

You would think that I would have enough of games after teaching 6 hours of mah Jongg today, but nooo. I am staying at my friend’s Lane and Jon’s house while I am teaching at figure 8. Jon is always kind enough to let me stay as he is usually the one who is here when I am. Last night we went out to dinner at a real restaurant, where he wore a collared shirt. If you know him, you know.

Today Lane made a special trip to come down to the coast early so we could actually see each other. I love Jon, but I really miss Lane when she is not here. We have been friends for 30 years.

We went out to a great Asian restaurant on the early side so that gave Lane and I a bunch of time to come back to the house and play Rummy cube. Lane is most excellent at it.

She jokingly told me that she went in a shop in Raleigh this week and the sweet woman who owns it, and had taken mah Jongg from me, said “you are famous because you are friends with Dana.” Lane laughingly told me her reply was, “Yes, but I have been friends with her before she became the mah Jongg guru.”

I so cherish my dear friend Lane and all our years together. There is nothing better than friends who you can just hang with. And play games.