When Hardy went to college in Orlando 01-02 for Recording Arts, he became good friends with one of his class/labmates and they've kept in touch over the years. As time has gone on, I've always heard about Josh's girlfriends but only ever 'talked' to one - Lindsay. She and Josh have been apart for quite some time now but she and I have managed to carry on our friendship for nearly 5yrs by internet and telephone. She's now married with a two year old and pregnant with another due in March 2011. For years now we've talked about maybe meeting eachother 1/2 way as she and her husband, Zach, live in Pennsylvania, but we never actually have. We never had the money or already took too much time off work...etc etc. Finally Zach and Lindsay had the opportunity to make a trip down here this past weekend.
They arrived around 12pm on Sunday so we snacked on some foods to please our appetites. It was so great introducing ourselves and getting to know one another. Before they had arrived, Hardy and I agreed it would be best to have them stay at the house with us since they've already spent so much money on gas to get here and go back. As 'thanks' for our hospitality they bought tickets for us to go to Medieval Times on Sunday night. We went a little early so we could walk around Discover Mills, I guess its few and far between these days when I actually go places in Gwinnett County and I honestly felt like a minority walking around that mall (so did our guests). I'm not saying it's a bad thing but there were so few 'americans' it was weird. Dinner was fabulous (as it always is at Medieval Times) and the show was cheesey but that's ok - - our Knight won! When we got home we played a couple rounds of Scene It? Box Office Smash for XBOX (I won both games..lol) and then headed to bed.
Monday we all got up and decided we were going to the Georgia Aquarium, on our way we decided to stop and grab a bite to eat at Steak & Shake (can you believe they don't have those in Pennsylvania?!!) which was AS ALWAYS sooo yummie. I order the Fresco Melt every time I go. After the aquarium we headed BACK home, lounged around the house for a while and then went to Red Lobster for dinner (courtesy of Zach and Lindsay which was sooo sooo good). We went home and watched a little TV then to bed we went.
Tuesday, Lindsay and I went to see Eclipse (it was my 3rd time but her 1st). The guys stayed back and played video games the entire time we were gone. That evening, Hardy and I were treated with Lindsay's homemade Chicken parmesan for dinner. I can't even begin to describe HOW DELICIOUS it was - but it was, lol. We played a few more games of Scene It? on XBOX and then they packed their truck and headed home. I always hated that we didn't live close to begin with, but now that we've had a chance to meet and interact in person the distance is a lot harder to handle. Even our husbands got along well. I hope that sometime in the next year or so we can go visit them in PA or we can all manage to meet in the middle and have a mini-vacation again.
UNTIL NEXT TIME - - MR & MRS RILEY THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL VISIT, WE LOVE AND MISS YOU!!!
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