I completely had a "This shit only happens in the movies" kind of day

Today has just been absolutely serendipitous. If I watched this in a movie, I would be like, "Yeah right."

Well, a friend from my distant past friended me on FB months ago. She and I were absolute party pals back in the day when I went out all the time to play pool, had not met Jay yet and was just living the single life. I am not kidding when I say we never did anything understated. Long story short, our friendship ended abruptly when she wasn't dealing well with me having my son and being with Jay.

So, she added me on FB and we exchanged a couple messages that ended with the generic, "we should get together some time..." She doesn't live here anymore, but does live two hours away. Anyway, we were exchanging comments on one of my son's photos on FB last night. She told me that her husband was considering a new job here in my city.

So, I got up this morning and Jay and my son went to work and I went to rummage sales. I was pissed that I had forgotten to tell Jay this morning that she may be moving back. So, as I was driving around, I was totally thinking all about what it would be like if she moved back here. One detail of our friendship is that we both loved a local band and always went to see them play live. Years ago, I lost their CD that I owned. That CD (they have two but I only ever had their first) was my single party girl anthem. So I was thinking how I really wished I had not misplaced it. So, I end up at this rummage sale and they had THAT CD for sale. I was like,"No way...."

I got home and thought to myself that when I was on the computer in the evening I would look them up to see if they play around here at all. I used to watch for them in the live band listings, but after years of never seeing them listed, I really don't think about them much. So, my intent was to look them up after Jay went to bed and I am awake alone.

Then curiosity got the best of me around one. So, I Googled them. I was surprised there was a local article about them from June 13. So, I click on it and it states they were playing TONIGHT for the first time in 14 years! I am not kidding. Had I waited until tonight to look them up I would have totally missed it and been so bummed.

So, I posted on her FB about it, hoping she would drive up for it. Well, that didn't work out. She saw the post too late. I did Google her to locate her home phone number, but she wasn't home. So, she didn't go, but when we were waiting for the band to start, she did reply to my post saying had she seen it earlier, she would have come. And her husband accepted the job this morning. So they are moving here. He comes next month. She and her son come when school starts.

The reason they played tonight for the first time in 14 years is because one band member's mom has cancer and it has spread to her brain. She wanted to see them back together. So, she was of course there tonight. It was so emotional. She and her recently deceased husband were the major parental support of the band back in the day, and the dad managed them.

While I am so sad about the reason they got back together for a night, I have so say it is just nuts to me the way it all worked out. Maybe I a just a dork who doesn't have enough excitement in her life, but I can't believe my last 12 hours have gone from wishing I still had their CD, to finding it used, to seeing them play tonight, on such a monumental night.

There are many things that make me think about and reflect on my younger days, but being in the crowd with them on stage, it was just nuts. Being there with Jay, and him actually loving the band (they are amazing) was so cool. I only wished this night could have been the first night we saw each other if it is meant to be that we see each other again. Well, now that her husband took the job..who knows. We don't know each other as mothers and not party girls. So, I have no idea if we would even be good together as we each are today.

That's AWESOME!! so glad u had such a great time... and reconnected with your friend.

I have reconnected with old friends as well on FB, some good and some bad... but be careful. It is really easy to miss that old friendship, but forget the reason WHY it ended in the first place.

Oh, yeah...I have my guard up now that I know she is actually going to be living here again. I have zero expectations. If I had to place any money on it, I would bet we are going to meet up one time and then not again.

The night our friendship ended, I was the bigger asshole. But, surprisingly, she did admit months ago what I always suspected...she was jealous of my son. How a friend gets literally jealous of a baby, I don't get. I found out from my high school best friend that whenever I was out of earshot, this girl would be a genuine bitch to her. I can wrap my head around her being jealous of my other close friend...but a child..I don't get that.

But I wasn't a prize pony either, so maybe we are both matured and will hit it off. But I think if that was truly in the cards, we would have already done that via our FB contact. She's not that far away and neither of us were compelled to drive to the other for a visit.