I'm trying to figure out what to do for my friend Joy. She texted me asking if I had any "free time in the foreseeable future." I have some free time next week, but she never has anything specific in mind and I only want to spend an hour or so with her. I'm trying to think of a good get-together that would only last an hour. But I can't think of anything to do...She doesn't shop. Neither of us drink coffee. We both like to write, but that isn't something you do WITH somebody. We don't have schedules, really, except for my volunteer work and working out. She likes to just sit and have deep, meaningful conversation over milkshakes, but I don't trust her enough to let the conversation go very deep. What do two friends like that do with each other? I'm seriously at a loss for ideas.

Well, I thought of one: go on a walk. She even lives near my favorite walking park. Problem is all but one day next week is predicted rain. And then anyway, do I text her back with "Let's do this and go here on this day" and totally take away any semblance of choice for her in the matter, or do I let her attempt to choose (which will inevitably end up with her asking me if I had any ideas), or what? The worst part is, I have limited text messages so I don't want to waste a whole bunch of texts. (Heidi uses up a lot of my texts...) I guess the best thing to do is see how many texts I have left and then proceed with the long, drawn-out process of figuring out via text what to do with her (which will likely end up being what I wanted to do in the first place).

Crud...I just realized there's nothing for lunch and Stephen will be coming home soon. Guess it's fast food today before I go to the library. :P

Hasn't been a fun-filled last two days for me. Oh well. Weekend's coming.

-Stephanie

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