Time is Precious

friendship is timeless

October 29, 2005:

As we attended the last wedding of the year, Mr. & Mrs. Ashley were finally introduced as husband and wife. The beautiful bride walked down the aisle to the Tamia and Eric Benet song "Spend my Life"...nice touch! We have now become wedding pros...now if only we could only plan our own wedding. Time is ticking away.

After the ceremony, we treated ourselves to Red Lobster. Ian ordered the Ultimate Feast Seafood Platter and I had the all-you-can-eat shrimp deal. Shrimp pasta, shrimp scampi, popcorn shrimp, fried shrimp and coconut shrimp...let's say I will not be consuming shrimp or any other type of shellfish for a very long time. Since the reception was scheduled for 7pm, we had ample time to go home to rest and play with Kaelin. Sufficed to say, we lost track of time and almost did not make it to the reception.

To my relief, steak and chicken were on the menu. If it had been seafood, the outcome would not have been good. It was alone time for mommy and daddy and I intended to revel in our exclusive night out. But it did not change the fact that I missed her already and that I suffered from mother's guilt syndrome. I guess you can't have it both ways. As expected, I did not take advantage of the open-bar. It was daylight savings time and I was more excited about the extra hour of sleep than being tipsy. I was struck by a twinge of nostalgia as music reminiscent from my youthful teenage and early twentysomething years blasted through the speakers. I loved listening and dancing to the old house, r & b, reggae songs. Old school they call it...am I that old? Do I sense some bitterness? No...maybe just bittersweet memories. Just before midnight, I realized that it was time for me to move on and time for us to go home and kiss Kaelin goodnight.