Great Wolf Lodge and the Busks

     When I say I spent my afternoon at the Great Wolf Lodge...please, let me clarify.  I wore no bathing suit.  I carried no wand.  I played no video games.  In fact, I never left a chair in the lobby area.  My dear, long lost friends were there for a visit with their children and we spent hours talking and catching up while the kids ran all over the place on their quests. 
     I can't believe I have missed out on seeing this beautiful building.  It is gorgeous inside and out and confuses the brain for a second as you try to take in the concept of an indoor water park.  This holds especially true when viewing the tubes that exit and re-enter the building. 
     Now, back to the visit.  Our lives are super busy and they live pretty far.  One of my forever besties...Nicole, commutes anywhere from two to five hours a day depending on the traffic.  She gets home in time to say hi and goodnight to her little guys.  She spends the weekends working her butt off to catch up on chores and family time.  Chris works not one, but two jobs as well as most of the Daddy work after school.  Needless to say, it isn't easy to get to see them so when they are going to be fifteen minutes away...you get pretty excited.  We had almost two years worth of catching up to do.  Good thing us ex-NY'ers can talk fast and process just as quickly.  Combine that with the feeling that we never left each other's side for a minute let alone a year or two and we get right back into the swing of things quite quickly.  It is scary to see how big all of our children are getting but refreshing to see how similar we parent them.  The best part though was falling right back into giggles and like-minded thought processes.  We met in '97 and clicked more quickly than anyone I had ever met.  Fifteen years later we have moved, bought and sold houses, had four children, lost several parents and changed jobs.  And fifteen years later with the hundreds of little changes within...we are just as tight as ever.  Soul mates come in friendships and  from the first day we showed up in the same shorts to go to the beach together we have always known that.  Time doesn't change it ...and though location, work and real life might try to inhibit the visits...the heart is always right there. 
     Nicole and Chris we had a wonderful visit and can't wait to see you again!!!