old friends

i'm writing this from an embassy suites hotel in cary, nc. i drove down with the kids today to see my three best girlfriends. one of them, aylin, lives in japan, but flew home last week because her dad had a heart attack (he's doing well). since aylin only comes to the states once or twice per year, we all decided to meet up. meredith lives in cary and jenn lives in charlotte so we all met here in cary (which is where i grew up but has changed *so* much since i lived here. holy moly.).

anyway. jenn comes into town tomorrow so tonight the rest of us went out to dinner. me, jack, kate, aylin, her daughter katie, and mere and her husband, chris. aylin's daughter is coming up on 10 months old and mere is due with her first child on sunday (i know. crazy, right? we're all hoping she goes into labor and has the baby before we all head home.).

we all met our freshman year in college, almost 15 years ago (holy shit. 15 years??). we've all been friends ever since. we've all been in each other's weddings and now we're all having kids. jenn just had her first child (a little boy - tommy) in april, so as soon as mere pops out her little girl, we'll all be moms. and it's weird. it's chaos seeing each other now because it's loud and there are kids all over the place. but it's wonderful. i can't believe we've gone from giggling, boy crazy freshman on the 6th floor of coltrane dorm to wives and mothers.

i love it.