Today I spent the day with forever friend, Elaine. She lives here at the beach up the road a bit in Lewes. This is the first time our paths have crossed since we’ve been here but she’s so busy that our reunion had to wait until today. When she had free time we were in Wilmington or working.
Bob spent his day fishing and Elaine and I went to the beach.
It was a hot one today but the ocean breeze made it bearable. Of course Elaine and I were so absorbed in our conversation that I think a whale could have beached itself five feet from us and we wouldn’t have noticed it so the heat wasn’t really a factor for us.
We did venture down to the water to dip our toes in but that’s as far as that got because that water is COLD! Damn cold! I’m supposed to go kayaking here soon,,,,yeah, right, like that’s going to happen! This water is going to have to warm up a whole lot more before I venture into it again.
As is usual with all good friends catching up time went much too fast. Elaine and I will NOT let too much time pass before we are relaxing on the beach again.
Now that I think about it, its a pretty interesting story on how Elaine and I met. it was all because of a murder. Seriously. Back in 1999 there was a widely followed murder trial involving a prominent Delaware attorney, from a well known Wilmington family, charged with the murder of the scheduling secretary for the then governor. On AOL there was a forum that I visited on a daily basis, as did a whole bunch of others, Elaine included. Well, as the trial played out all the daily posters became friendly with one another and the next you know there’s a few more than a half dozen of us meeting for dinner at a local restaurant. Our friendship, Elaine’s and mine, proved out to be a true friendship, one that continued long after the lawyer was sentenced to life in prison.
Here we are today, still friends, still have tons and tons to talk about and we truly enjoy each other’s company. With Elaine so close by this is going to be a fun summer!
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