Another New Friend For Life

What an incredible night! K, the server I befriended at the Crêpes’n Crêpes, while having supper solo last Friday night, called and invited me to have dinner with her and her boyfriend tonight!

It’s interesting the friends we meet at the most unexpected corners. Who would have thought even just a month ago in cold and dreary San Francisco that I’d make it out this way to the azure skies of Colorado, to train for a new job, to be set up in a furnished condo and have all of my expenses paid for!
And here K was, just around the corner, popping into my life to become yet another one of my greatest friends!
K and her boyfriend took me to Lola, a Mexican fusion restaurant on the outskirts of downtown Denver.

At first, I was under the impression that it was outside of Denver, in the suburbs, so I agreed to take the light rail out to another neighborhood to meet them. Downtown Denver is chaotic. What traffic havoc since streets are closed due to the DNC.

I had to work overtime again, so I rushed to catch the light rail to a neighborhood out in the suburbs this evening. Since I already rode it just this weekend, I was familiar with how the ticketing works. Boarding passes have to be purchased at virtual kiosks prior to boarding a train (similar to SF’s Muni). There were soooo many out-of-towners in line. After realizing that our line was held up by two older women up front, grimacing at the kiosk screen, I asked someone to save my place in line as I approached the front to help these two women. I showed them how to buy a ticket by selecting all the options they wanted, how to pay and then retrieve their tickets and I subsequently helped the rest of the people in line. I felt like such a local!

My new friends, K and her boyfriend picked me up in a Land Rover at the train stop and we started conversing about everything, about Denver real estate, skiing, camping, fishing, California, Paris, even Mali in Africa, where K went and visited. It was delightful. We did not stop talking even when we reached the restaurant. We continued our banter over our margaritas and tortillas and let K’s boyfriend order our dinners. I learned that K is only 20 and has already finished college. She does not appear young at all. She is currently working on her prerequisites to get into med school. Her boyfriend, older than her, was a pilot, a ski instructor and now works in the banking industry. They are so happy and full of life and laughter. I felt so connected to them and felt such gratitude for finding them suddenly crossing my life path.

We promised to stay in touch. They have already extended an invitation to me and Bubba to come over this winter for skiing. I have invited them out to California for dining and sightseeing. I foresee remaining in contact with these new found friends.

Recently, I have started paying more attention to my life’s circumstances and I feel so blessed. Many good things have been manifesting in my life, this job, the gift to explore new places and meet new friends.
I am starting to get that philosophy of the 'power of now.' It is also a book authored by Eckhart Tolle. I have been waking up happy, staying happy throughout the day and not letting minor incidents disappoint me or affect my disposition. I am living one of the lives that I have envisioned briefly. I am working for an visionary boss and a great team of colleagues. And though I know all work will involve stress and problems, this job is however, also very flexible and allows us to work and think outside the box.
I am reminding myself daily to hold on to my happiness and to enjoy each moment, in the now. By practicing this, I am opening my spirit up to the universe. And the universe has responded, and so soon by rewarding me with this new, inspirational friend, K!