life in general

tuesday we met up with warren and friends at cheesecake factory for dinner. warren comes up from LA once a month and generally will organize a dinner with everyone. it's funny, but even though i live closer to the other norcal people, we rarely see eachother aside from these dinners - just due to busy schedules, traveling, work, sig others, etc. of course it was great seeing everyone for dinner. what was even better was that towards the end of the dinner, the people mixed around so that people at the far end of the table were now closer. it's always hard to have conversations with people when you're sitting at a large table. jimmy and sabrina came over to sit closer to hunny and i. mike scooted down the table also after various people started taking bathroom breaks or had to leave early. of course every time we meet up with the college people, we always start talking about how great college was. truly one of the best experiences of our lives.

additionally, i often think about how i don't see jimmy as often as i should. he lives really close to my house but i don't normally travel to morgan hill. my mom always talks about how she wants to visit jimmy's farm to pick fruit but i've just never actually planned anything. jimmy and i talk about doing smaller dinners but again, it just wasn't planned. time passes too quickly sometimes.

yesterday his mom was sent to the hospital into intensive care. diana and i went to the hospital to see if there was anything we could do, and to just be there for him. i know that in such a situation, as a friend, there is not a whole lot you can do since you can't make the illness go away. but when you hear about a friend who is hurting, you just can't help but try to be there and hope that even the small things you can do can make their lives a little easier.

while at the hospital, i thought about hunny's grandfather as well. jimmy mentioned how he was really glad he had dinner with his mom last sunday. well when i heard the news about hunny's grandfather, my mind flashed to a strange thought. i had seen his grandfather only a few weeks ago and i was really glad that i had brought over a bunch of mandarin oranges (cuties) for dinner at his parents because his grandfather had some and really liked them since they were easy for him to peel. I think he ended up taking the rest of the box home with him. I know it's something so small but i'm glad he liked something i brought over.

i'm rambling...for some reason this has been a really bad year. diana and i were talking - this year has had more bad things happening than most other years. times like this when I hear about family emergencies, it makes me glad that i get to see my parents so often. jimmy is handling everything so well and is such a strong person. His family is very lucky to have him.