The Best of Friends

A few weeks ago, I noticed an odd appointment on our online calendar. For Saturday morning, January 12, it said: 10am Killian Family Outing. This was odd for two reasons. 1 - I did not put this even on the calendar. After all of these years, I still have to remind Michael to look at the calendar periodically, not to mention to actually use it a productive means of coordinating our schedules. 2 - Andrew is taking (and LOVING, thanks to Grandma!) ice skating lessons at 9:45 on Saturdays. This is on the calendar, of course, so how could we have a family outing 15 minutes into ice skating? Neither of us would want him to miss his lesson, but would Daddy have been resourceful enough to inquire about a possible make up lesson??? When I asked about this, I was told that he and the kids would leave about 9:00 that morning and I needed to be dressed at 10:00. "No other questions, please." Oookkkaaayyy. What do I do with that?!?

So from 9:00-10:00, I enjoyed a peaceful house and tried to get caught up on some things. Then the doorbell rings. To my surprise, to of my dearest friends in Charlottesville were standing there looking all cute and sweet. Mere and Lauren had coffee ready and drove me (confused!) to a nail salon at Barrack's Rd. Shopping Center where FOUR other of my girlfriends awaited us!!! Kathy, Jenn, Ashley and Melissa were already getting their pedicures and Mere popped the champagne. How could they have ALL managed to pull away from their families on the same Saturday morning?!? It was sweet and all for them to be there, but my Type A was immediately envisioning each of their families and what Dad must be doing to hold down the fort and shuffle them all to and from their games and practices. It was a bit overwhelming, AND instructed by God. Just the very day before (when Mom was here "covering" for Michael while he was 4.5 hours in WV), she had demanded I get my nails done (a prerequisite before delivering a baby, of course), but I told her there weren't any appts available at the gym's spa that day. She was a little irritated that I hadn't made a bigger effort to go elsewhere, but why would I?!? I had a gift card there to use! It was truly divine intervention that I had not received my pre-baby pedicure just 24 hours before this!

 

 

After our pedis, we had a delightful lunch at a wonderful Mediterranean spot that I had been wanting to try.  We lost Kathy and Jenn to basketball games, but gained Sarah and Sara for lunch.  All and all, NINE beautiful women in my life with 2-4 kids each had arranged for others to step in for them on this beautiful Saturday morning so that they could spend time with me.... little ole ME...celebrating BK3, who will hopefully be here soon!  It was an overwhelming, fun, expression of their love for a very humbled Mom-to-be.  I have a special, special group of friends here, something I have not been fortunate enough to have in other stages of my life.  God has hooked me up, no doubt!

Same crew (Book Club) but at our Christmas outing in December.  We enjoyed a lovely evening at the Clifton Inn in Keswick.