with a scotch and a smoke...

getting home from monthly church board meetings at 9:00 at night usually means drinking.

tonight, however, i am not. it was a decent meeting. no major anxiety or horrid accusations or defenses. and so i sit down at 9:55 to turn on the tv and have some 'down time."

Boston Legal is a show i have just watched a few times and never in its entirety. tonight was no exception finding just the last 5 minutes... but what i noted, at the very end of the show is the point in this long prelude...

okay... side note... all that is on at 10:15 is Sex in the City... and one of the girls dogs is named Elizabeth Taylor. i think that is hilarious. end side note.

...the two main male characters, perhaps at the end of each show...i don't know, but they seem to do it often... at the end of the day, after the office is closed, sit on the balcony with a scotch and a stogie. and they are glad for their friendship and the kind of conversations that are between friends after hours with a scotch and a stogie.

and what i realized is that i have that very thing in my life. in recent weeks i have become more aware of that which has always been so present, and life-saving. i can't begin to list the times and places where i have been with friends and found... well... the time i needed.

the time i needed to vent, to share, to question, to be witty, to be crass, to be sad, to be crazy, to know what to do, to tell someone else what to do, to be silent, to be loving, to pontificate, to listen, and most importantly to laugh and laugh some more.

the time i needed,
just at the right time.

i hope those who fall into this category will always know how i thankful i am.