above: mackenzie (rummaging through her bag) and our gorgeously cheap bellinis.
it was our day off today and we decided to go for patio drinks at milestones.
the patio was full when we got there so we settled for being seated indoors and then switching once a table was free outside.
it wasn’t long before there was a vacancy, but by the time we were seated in the open air, the sky had turned to ominous shades of grey and greyer. rain seemed like an imminent doom and we only lasted one plate of calamari before we could feel slow and indolent drops starting to fall from the sky.
so we were moved, again, to the dimly-lit atrium, which was a somewhat secluded area of the restaurant. Apparently we’d been the first to be moved and we felt lonely for all of the two minutes it took for the other patio-dwellers to arrive.
later on, i heard one of the waiters tell the two elderly gentlemen beside us that the clouds had passed on and it was no longer raining.
throughout the night, i enjoyed three bellinis, she enjoyed four and we discussed life, love and work.
we’re both dealing with confusion in our love lives and the amount of thought we put into our respective situations is absolutely obscene.
but i’ve never been one for mind games, and i’ve always been one to overanalyze, so the frustration and everything else i feel becomes too much to keep bottled up when i’m with company.
talking about it – fleshing it out – always seems to make things just that much more bearable.
and that is why i like having friends.