Cosmic Conscious

My Old Friend, originally uploaded by Random and Odd.

Last week I made a phone call to the parents of my best friend from High School.
I caught up on the stuff I have missed in the last 5 years or so since I had talked to them. At the end of the conversation I got my old best friend’s phone number and gave her a call. She just had a baby so she was sleeping, but her daughter promised that she would call me back when she woke up.

She didn’t call me. (Heavy sleeper?)

A couple days later I was talking about my new crush to ‘Cita. I told her I couldn’t figure out why I was crushing on this guy, he’s not my type, but there is something about his smile that makes me smile. Oh, I guess I should clue you in on my ‘crush’. Anyone watch “Dog The Bounty Hunter”? It’s his son, Leland.
As I was trying to describe his smile, it dawned on me that he had the same smile as an old friend of mine from a million years ago.
I’ve known ‘Cita for 12 years and she had never heard THIS story about this guy.

I went on to explain to her that he was this guy that was a cousin of a friend of mine. He moved to Shingletown when I was 15, almost 16 and him and I started a friendship. He was 17 at the time and from Southern California. I told her about how he liked me, but I was so sprung on my boyfriend that I couldn’t see straight. I told her about the night he tried to convince me that I was wasting my time with ‘that loser’ and I needed to get together with him and be his girlfriend. Being young and stupid I pretended like I didn’t hear it and went on just being friends.
He moved and I went on with my life.

I saw him once after he moved back to Southern California and it was for about 5 minutes.

When I got home from being out with ‘Cita I googled his name and it came up with nothing. Of course it didn’t. I have that sort of luck when I am trying to google someone.

The next day my friend finally called me. She told me I had to call our old friend because her cousin was in town.
I freaked. “NO WAY! I SWEAR TO GOD, I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT HIM!” I called our friend and talked to Terry. We picked Thursday night to get together and catch up.

Dude has not changed AT ALL! He has gray hair now and that’s it. He’s still the laughing and smiling Terry I remember.
We met at The Tree and then I took him home to meet the family.
Kara was mostly interested in the stories he could tell about her mother. Luckily he had to leave to go to a family dinner.
‘Cita came over because she has a car with JPS and I get lost in a paper bag.

She knew him all of 5 minutes before we are heading out to the car to leave and he yells, “SHOTGUN!”

He may be an old friend, but not too old to yell Shotgun.

It was a good visit and I hope we don’t lose contact.

Of course, he may never talk to me again after I told him he looks like David Hasselhoff.