Years ago there was a little game played in business circles called Telephone YoYo. I’d call another practice and ask to speak to someone- not available ‘I’ll ask them to call you’ – they’d call back – ‘sorry Cathy’s not available to take your call. And so it would go. The yoyo string would roll up to them and down to me …..backwards and forwards and so on 🙂
I had a strong sense of going back in time the other day – I met a very old acquaintance from those days walking down Main Street in Croydon (a near by suburb) and she suggested catching up over coffee ‘one day soon’. Mobile phones to the ready – no one in the street – we decided to check our calendars to tee up a day
I mentioned in another post about retirement being a busy time – what about this day – sorry not free, what about this one – no can’t do that one – backwards and forwards it went – we couldn’t find a mutually free day for about 3 weeks
Determined not to let it get the better of us I asked what are you doing now? Going home she said. I’ve got time to spare, I said and look where we are standing. Right outside one of the many coffee shops that line this little suburban shopping strip 🙂
The yoyo string was slack, it had stopped moving.
The coffee was great, there was lots of laughing and catching up.
And we have picked a day
one available to both of us – for our next coffee catchup 🙂
Still Waters 
Well done.
I am ashamed to admit how long it is since I have caught up with anyone.
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That’s the way it goes sometimes EC. We think these things will happen but somehow they never eventuate.
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That’s exactly how is done and it usually fills in some time. It is the unexpected that makes my day.
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I like order Germaine knowing where I’m going but this was a ‘nice’ Unexpected
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We often tend to ignore the obvious!
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Oh yes it was there in front of our eyes yet neither of us noticed 🙂
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How fortuitous that you were both free at the moment! Catching up with some people is very hard at times, nice that you are penciled in again!
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It’s there on the calendar but then you never know how things will pan out. I’m glad about how it worked out on the day tho’
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It’s so important to keep up with old friends! But it’s also so easy to ignore them. I’m happy that you took the time to have that coffee and visit. At our age, you never know if there will ever be another opportunity!
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Well I’m not sure about your last remark Diane but understand what you meant 😊 😊
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Nice way to socialize. On the spur of the moment.
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A chace meeting with a good ending:)
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Yes, I can identify with that!
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posted a reply – connection dropped out (hard hail falling, possibly didn’t like me…) anyway I have a few friends in this type of scenario – some do not live anywhere near me although I have a friend from my more recent uni days who does, but our lives have vied away and it’s hard to “tee” up anything, we text regularly though…I saw him yesterday down in the village, but we were on differing missions…
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