A long time ago, we used to be friends

Have you ever had someone in your life, someone you considered a very close friend...but life and circumstances just made you drift apart? My friend A. and I used to be tight, and then she moved to Milwaukee and I moved to Seattle. Obviously, things shifted and changed and our communication started coming less frequently. She got married. I haven't even met her husband.

But I knew we were no longer really friends long before all that. One year, exchanging holiday and birthday gifts, I presented her with a well thought-out gift, something that fit her tastes and personality and she gave me...an animated, musical cookie jar shaped like Scooby Doo. At that point, I remember an overwhelming urge to burst into tears right there, and a horrible thought that we might have never really been friends at all, because she honestly thought that was the perfect gift for me.

Anyway. Last night, I got one solitary piece of mail. It was from A. Inside the envelope was a birth announcement for her second baby.

I didn't even know she was pregnant again.

I'm pretty sure it's just me - I know lots of people have friends they stay in touch with since high school and/or college. I just can't seem to. I'm a fairly solitary creature, so that might be it. It depresses me, though. Even with good friends, I'll respond to emails and calls and such and get nothing in return.

We Used To Be Friends

On a more positive note

Yesterday I caught a ride home, and got there about 45 minutes earlier than usual. I used the time to try out some new yoga poses, some of them for upper body strength.

Wow. The poses were pretty simple to do, but not simple to sustain for longer than 30 seconds. My arms are sore today, but in a good way. I need to make sure I stick with these. I've also awakened muscles in my sides and back that have clearly not been adequately stretched and used.

After I was done I felt so good, though.