[url=http://www.geocities.com/sushisis]carol[/url] came out from the city to oakland to meet up with me for lunch. we got caught up on each other’s lives over some dim sum at jade villa. after lunch the two of us enjoyed pearl tea drinks (sans pearls for carol) at sweetheart cafe. the two of us then enjoyed the gorgeous weather outside while drinking our drinks.

it was good to catch up with carol, there’s a lot of exciting things that have happened in her life since last we spoke. i, on the other hand, didn’t have as much to share in terms of new things except for my recent gimpiness.

one of the things that i realized while catching up with carol was that it definitely is well worth any effort that one makes to keep in touch with their friends. even though carol and i hadn’t seen each other in quite some time, it still had felt as if it was just the other day in terms of what we could talk about and the ease with which we talked. it was a good feeling. it definitely motivates me to keep in touch with more people.

it was a bit of a longer lunch for me than usual, but i figure i’ve been working really hard, so it’s no big deal. it was definitely hard to get back to the office after enjoying the sunny outdoors, though.

as we were saying out goodbyes, carol made it a point to swat away the remainder of my pearl tea drink away from me and it crashed disastrously to our feet. i stood there in shock while my pearl tea drink dribbling away into the sewers of oakland. carol, of course, apologized profusely insisting that it was an accident and not intentional.

heh. sure.

deprive me of my pearl tea, eh?

just…you…wait.