Old friends in my New York City.

I guess I've been in New York City for so long that I can't appreciate how great my life actually is.

This afternoon, my friends, Aaron and Scott, came to visit and they were able to stop into my bar to have a bite and some drinks before heading back out to their bus at Port Authority. I went to high school with these two stooges back in my hometown, Peabody, Massachusetts. What a dynamic duo, I do have to say. They are hilarious. I get into work at about 4pm and I start to get the bar set and I get distracted by a newly trained co-worker with a lot of questions. I try to answer everything as best that I can as someone who hasn't been here that long and hasn't even really waited tables here so I don't know the protocol for their section-- When my friends walk up to the door. It's crazy how much I've missed them. Every time I've come back home, I try my best to see as many friends as possible, but for the most part, I spend most of my time with my family.

After I get them situated at the bar, my coworker still has a lot of questions about how to set their day up. Like I said, I don't know much, but I do know more than him since he isn't used to working here and I've seen them set their days up so I start to tell him. Scott and Aaron are sitting at the bar watching. I come back to them and they mumble to each other that they're both in agreement that "Jen's cool." It made me feel really good about my life, which I've been lacking a lot of confidence in myself quite recently. We all catch up while they eat and drink. They end up packing up and leaving a couples hours later. Even though it was such a short time, it felt really sad to say goodbye. I was just getting used to them being around again like the old days.

Scott had mentioned that he used to read my blog back when I had lived in Rotterdam years ago. It made me think about starting one up again. Even if its about nothing, its also a place to sort out my daily thoughts and ideas. Keep you guys updated about my whereabouts. I tend to disappear into the abyss and reappear physically once in a blue moon. I am unsure how this will go, but today was a great day and I just needed to get that out there.