Daily Par-Tay!

Today was my friend's baby shower. We've been friends for a really long time. Today I was going through my mind all the ways I could describe how long we've been friends. Each one brings about a different reaction or emotion. Try these on for size:
*We've known each other since we were five...awww...that's such a sweet memory.
*We've known each other since 1980...wow; I remember the 80's...good times.
*We've known each other for every stage of our lives...wow; you must have a deep friendship.
*We've known each other through our awkward years...wow; those must be some stories.
*We've known each other since (and after) the Great Spaghetti Sauce Fight of 7th grade...wow; a fight so big it had a name?
And then I started counting exactly how long we've known each other. I used to say:
*We've known each other for twenty years...wow; that's an impressive history.
And then I started to RE-count and so I present the

piece de resistance:

*We've known each other for *ALMOST THIRTY YEARS*...which begs the comment wow; you must have met in the womb!...*LOL*.
Seriously; thirty is so much more than twenty! Wow...we've really known each other for almost thirty years. As I looked up on Wikipedia the meaning of the French phrase I used above I learned it meant "the best part or feature of something" but I also came across this one *coup de gras* which means the death blow meant to end the final suffering of a wounded creature. So...I'll leave it up to you to decide if it's a coup de gras or the piece de resistance.

I also got to talk with her mom for a long time...that was fun...plus I got to have lunch with my other friend...and listen to her son laugh when we told him he came from Mommy's tummy...he thinks we're totally joking him...oh...and the icing on the cake?...I ran out of gas on the side of the road. My good friend to the rescue and I was on my way!