This has been a weekend of people.

On Friday night, I hung out with my sisters.  On Saturday morning, I did a bike ride with the Mamma Jamma group and got to see my friends David, Alice, and Bill, and I made some new friends, Tom, Tammy and Deborah.  After the ride, I met Jenny and her precious daughters briefly before Jenny and I went for coffee.  As Jenny and I were wrapping up at Teo’s, we bumped into Alex.  Afterwards, I went out to the LBJ Ranch and caught up with Catherine, Christian, Nina, and TJ.  Then I drove down to San Antonio to a Toastmasters event and got to visit with Brian, Michelle, Amy, Susana, Shane, Betty, Mary and Maria.  This morning, I had brunch with Amanda and Joey.  Then I drove down to San Antonio to visit Pete, who is briefly home from China.  While I was there, I got to say hello to his sweet mom.  Then on my way back into Dripping Springs, I stopped by to see my mom and dad.  And throughout the weekend, I spoke with Erin, Heather, Celena, Jeanie, Dacia, Jason and Bill on the phone.  I even got to exchange quick calls and messages with Lina and Karyn.

I consider myself to be fairly social, but even for me, that’s a lot of people in a short span of time.  On the one hand, I’m a little tired from being out of the house and on the road and being “on” all weekend.  On the other hand, I wouldn’t trade a moment of the weekend for anything.  It was great to catch up with people I adore and don’t see often enough. 

Tonight, I spent some time flipping back through old photos.  I was reminded of how rich my life is in people.  I was reminded…

of the day Laura, Kerry, Catherine and I toured and toasted the house Catherine had purchased but had not yet moved into…

of the day I got to watch Jeanie race her first half-Ironman…

of the day Teri and I joined my parents and their pet goat to cheer for my sister during her first triathlon…

of the day I said goodbye to my dear friends from the law firm where I spent the first eleven years of my career…

of the night I saw Hayes Carll at Stubb’s with an awesome group of girls…

of the New Year’s Eve I spent at the Broken Spoke with Catherine, Joslin, Michelle, Jenny, Dorothy, and Pete…