Toddler Step

The world seems a little bit more balanced today, & I think the dinner date with the girls was the key.

Tonight was the first night in a long while that I've felt absolutely at ease with myself, my surroundings & my place in those surroundings. And there's something about a simple dinner date with close girlfriends that is so very renewing.

We had pretty good vegetarian food at this hidden-away place found by The Fellow (Warning: You must be able to speak Mandarin in order to communicate with the staff here. Else, bug someone at the next table to please convey your order to the staff & remain prepared for ingredients specifically requested to not appear in your order, to so unwantedly appear.), followed by amazing dessert & coffee at TCC. Even without the dinner, dessert & coffee though, an evening with the girls is always fantastic. The conversation & the ensuing laughter are sufficient to bring be back to a sort of equilibrium.

Nights out with the girls is something I've always relished, & now that we're a mix of working, studying & working-while-studying women, our schedules don't commonly free up as much as we'd like for them to. In a way, that makes the time we do get even more special for me. I don't know exactly how just yet, but I know I intend to make certain that, despite the inevitable increase in our various commitments, we girls manage to have dinner together every once in a while.

I know I definitely need time with the girls to preserve whatever semblance to sanity I possess.