Lunch with a Good Friend!

Today I had lunch with my friend Paulette.  We've known each other for over 30 years, now!

My first memory of Paulette was when I was a student.   Paulette helped with registration as a finalizer (the person that asks how are you going to pay for this?).   She left an impression on me; she was very kind and had a genuine, warm smile.  After I graduated, both of us were hired about the same time at the university I still work for.   Since we worked with the same software at the university, we traveled together for many a conferences .  Philadelphia, Orlando, Honolulu, Anaheim, and New Orleans!!!! We've been places and have a story to tell!  One of my favorite stories is the time I won a sweatshirt.  We were standing together in a crowd of conference participants listening as they called out winners of various items.  When they called my name, Paulette started shouting and "WoooHooo-ing" as if SHE won a a million dollars!  Or the time we were in a Disney store and we found a stuffed goat that sang the song  The Lonely Goat Herder from the Sound of Music and she started singing the whole song with the goat!!!  It was so funny I found the goat on-line and got one for her retirement! Or the time in New Orleans when we wanted to take the last afternoon we had there to walk the French Quarters.  It was pouring rain and we were drenched by the time we got back to the hotel.  Our clothes didn't dry out before we had to pack them, so we used all the plastic bags we could find in our hotel room! She is retired now and we get together for lunch now and then.  She still has her beautiful smile!!!  I know we'll always have something to talk about-30 plus years does that for friends-good memories!