keep in touch with friends better

The three J’s —what can I say? Things are not too hot with any of them at the moment. I’m a bit disappointed with each of them right now; two for womanizing and the other for being so inconsistent. What more can I say? I don’t feel the need to call any of them at this point.

Willene called me last night but I did not call her back. I am thinking that I will go visit her in October. I can take Brigette and Taylor to visit Gail in Mobile and then on the way back we can stop over in Atlanta and visit Willene for one day/night. Maybe I can even see Secquoiyah while we are in Georgia.

I need to text Secquoiyah and send her the photos I promised.

I called Gary in Hong Kong last night at 8:12 pm! Robin was mentioning yesterday that she had not heard from him so I said I would send him an e-mail. I sent the message and told him I would call him in the evening, which would be morning for him.

So I called my cell phone service provider and added international calling, then I called him. He was on his way to work out, but he was pleased that I called. He sent me an e-mail saying that the call lifted his spirits. He was feeling down because his daughter and wife left the day before coming back here. Sabine has one more year of high school and school starts next week. I think that after I finish the wedding dress I will take Sabine and Mandy out to dinner.

I will try to call Gary once or twice a week to help him stay focused on getting his business back on track and so that he won’t be so lonely. He really is talented. This is his blog site: http://orientalbridal.blogspot.com/

Kimari is one of the greatest friends I have ever had in my life. He is so honest and sweet and caring with that crazy touch of New York drizzled with his yummy Jamaican accent. When I lost my job last year he was so consistent in calling and seeing about me that it blew my mind. It was the dead of winter and Kookoo kept hiking it to Jersey to see about me.

Although my recent trip to see Rob was a disaster, seeing Kimari made the whole trip so worth my while. He was having problems with his girl and we discussed it a bit. The following Sunday I was thinking of him so strongly and he called me just at that moment. He was distressed because things had gone down hill with his girl. I told him he was being immature by punishing her by not talking to her. Rob did that to me and it sent me into a tail spin. I told him to suck it up and tell her how he felt. He got off the phone with me and called her right away. He called me later that week to tell me that he was so glad he called me and how good my advice was. Everything is great with him and Miss Thing and he is on top of the world again. I am so happy for him. I know he is happy and smiling. He has one of the most beautiful smiles I have ever witnessed.

I love you, Kookamonga!

Oh, and he is going to Tuyet Linh’s wedding with me, too! That will help me not to be so on edge about meeting all the people she will introduce me to since I am making her gown.

I have so much to do and people take up a lot of time. Besides, I am not so fond of the I’ll-call-you-only-when-I-need-you syndrome. That plus the way people help themselves to my resources are why I go MIA in my friendships.

I found a friend from college on the net tonight. Actually, I found her phone number, address and a site she sells some items on. I really should be a detective. This was my 5th or 6th attempt to find her, but I finally did it. Where there’s a will, there’s some determined person behind that will who won’t stop until they accomplish their mission.