Thursday is Our New Friday
By DianneN
@DianneN (246578)
United States
July 20, 2017 4:26pm CST
Friday has always been my most favorite day of the week. I first realized it when I was in third grade and went downtown for my piano lessons all by myself and returned home to a Sabbath dinner.
The house always smelled of Jubilee counter polish and Pledge duster which my mother and housekeeper used. It also had the delicious aromas of homemade chicken soup, roast chicken, and roast potatoes.
Now days, my life is quite different. I am retired and still love Fridays. However, there are not enough days in the weekend for us. So Thursday is our new Friday!
We are so fortunate to have lots of friends and needed an extra day to "go out" with them. Tonight we are going to a seaside restaurant with friends for dinner, music, and drinks. Same next Thursday with a different set of friends in a different town.
Do you have a lot of friends to socialize with? Do you also need an extra day?
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
20 Jul 17
So nice Dianne..yes why not add to the time we have..a good idea indeed.
I hope you have a wonderful time, I am sure you will.
No I don't socialize at all and only did that in my younger days.
Fine with me its peaceful now.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Jul 17
Diplomatic circuit? Have you written about that? Intriguing!
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@Kandae11 (53679)
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21 Jul 17
@JamesHxstatic I served at my country's embassies in two countries.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
20 Jul 17
I hope you have an awesome time! =) I don't have many friends offline but I'm okay with just my family.
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@DianneN (246578)
• United States
21 Jul 17
I'm sure you need extra days for yourself. Your cup runneth over. If you're reading this, then Happy Friday and I hope you did sleep well.
There was a lovely breeze at the beach, and we had dinner on the deck, drinks and all, listened to the band and singer, and saw the sunset. Super duper night. I'm home now, so cellular data is off. Our new car has outlets for our phones and iPads. Good to know.
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@snowy22315 (169868)
• United States
20 Jul 17
I don't socialize that much...Friday is a good day though.
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@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Jul 17
Pledge 
- omg I had forgotten that my mom used that all the time too!
I do have a lot of friends . . . but besides the fact that I'm so busy with family life, my friends drive me nuts so I limit what I do with them 
. I would love an extra completely free day with the family though!
Enjoy the seaside fun with good company tonight - I know you'll have a blast! 
- omg I had forgotten that my mom used that all the time too!
I do have a lot of friends . . . but besides the fact that I'm so busy with family life, my friends drive me nuts so I limit what I do with them . I would love an extra completely free day with the family though!
Enjoy the seaside fun with good company tonight - I know you'll have a blast! 2 people like this
@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Jul 17
@DianneN 
You have such special memories of when your kids were "kids" - and I love that now you and your husband make new special memories with your kids all grown up - and their kids! I can tell you all love and care for each other very, very much 
!!
Glad you had wonderful New Friday 
! Sunsets at the beach are amazing!!!
You have such special memories of when your kids were "kids" - and I love that now you and your husband make new special memories with your kids all grown up - and their kids! I can tell you all love and care for each other very, very much !!
Glad you had wonderful New Friday ! Sunsets at the beach are amazing!!!1 person likes this
@DianneN (246578)
• United States
21 Jul 17
Thank you! We always had family night dinners out and movies when our kids were young. On Sundays, we all played racquetball at our club with our friends and their kids, then all of us went out to dinner. In the summer, we did the same, but left from a day at our beach club. Fun and special times, filled with such loving memories.
Once, I told my husband that I wanted to check into a hospital for a rest. That's when he started helping even more around the house and carpooling. I scared the daylights out of him! lol
Dinner was lovely. We ate on the deck, listening to a live band, and saw the sunset over the water. Nothing can beat that sight.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Jul 17
Anne is much more social than I, with at least two art quilting groups and other things. I play ping pong three times a week with several friends and am learning guitar (sloowwly) and writing here.
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@DianneN (246578)
• United States
21 Jul 17
You know I'm very happy to hear that you socialize a lot more at the pool. Being a loner is just fine, but having people to share similar interests with is so much fun!
Thank you. My ice princess is good at many things and seems to love most everything, as you can tell. lol
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@just4him (305864)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Jul 17
@DianneN Her list of achievements continues to grow. It's hard for me to break the loner mindset. I'm working on it though. I have only three outside commitments - church, the Y, and Writer's Guild. On a whole the most socializing I do is right here on myLot. I can be a loner and socialize at the same time.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Jul 17
Since I gave became a caregiver for the sick , Tony and one other elderly lady was long term and live in`s, I do not go out as much.
I used to have lunch with one lady every Friday, Lunch with my dad every Wednesday, and Saturday night was fish fry night at my house, sometimes people showed up that was not invited but that was okay, I always cooked enough.
And I had my favorite, lunch with my elderly client, I drove to Atlanta once a month and we ate at the Greek place inside the Atlanta expo, she owned an antique store and once a month Scott`s antique flea market was at the expo centers, north and south.
Seems the older I have gotten, the less I entertain, maybe its just a thing that will pass and I will get back to myself.
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
21 Jul 17
I was always a fan of Thursdays, even in school. Because that meant the next day was Friday and Friday, yeah still had to wake up early for school, but a lot of fun things happened on Fridays. But I never had a lot of friends and still don't, I wasn't a partier, I actually didn't go to any parties that contained with drinking until a few weeks ago haha.
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
22 Jul 17
@DianneN It just made the day fly by faster!
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
24 Jul 17
Being retired helps a lot, as I can do what I want any day of the week. Still, the week passes so fast.
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@DianneN (246578)
• United States
24 Jul 17
You are right. The days, weeks, and months seem to fly by. I truly don't know how I managed to squeeze in a full time career. I absolutely love being retired and never knowing what day of the week it is! Everyday is Friday for us retirees. 
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
21 Jul 17
We have a few friends we dine out with, most of our friends are still working so we have to resort to the weekends to dine out with them.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
21 Jul 17
@DianneN One girlfriend is the office manager for her doctor husband's office, another volunteers in the church office several days a week, another is still working full time. Luckily a couple are retired so we can do lunches lol
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@DianneN (246578)
• United States
21 Jul 17
@BelleStarr I love lunches with my girlfriends. I'm never at a loss for having someone available, but we stay gabbing so long, that I never have time for other things! Perhaps I'm the gabber? Hmmmmm.
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
21 Jul 17
That would be nice bonding with friends and family. I have lots of friends to socialize with, but every weekend, my excitement falls to bed. I lack hours sleep, so at the end of the week, I will be the happiest being hehehe for I can have many hours sleep.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
21 Jul 17
I would love an extra weekend day :-) I am happy you are having fun with friends and experiencing nice places. I have a pretty great group of friends. :-)
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