You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

-Mary Oliver

Thursday, 7 August 2008

Old friends revisited

It started innocuously enough - just plans for a coffee and catch-up after work. But then, we decided we wanted cocktails instead. And then, when the bar we found didn't serve capirinhas, we decided to order a glass of wine - or should we just get a whole bottle? Let's just buy the whole bottle. And once that bottle was gone, and we were tipsy and realised neither of us had eaten dinner, there was nothing for it but to go to the Sun and Splendour and order food. And another bottle of Chardonnay. Laughter, confessions, and ill-advised text messages followed, and finally a late-night weaving home on the tube.

And so it came to pass that one of my best friends from the third grade is back in my life. Three cheers for Veronika!

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