About last night...Blind date..

Ok, so about last night....
I had a blind date... I didn't want to say anything in case I was stood up.

We agreed to meet at the American womans meeting....

I have to admit, since I started blogging I kind of thought my first "encounter" would be with...Kelli from Mads & Kelli, actually, I was kinda saving myself. But due to the fact we live in different countries, & she is always off on some European roadtrip somewhere..& I am stuck at home balancing work & kids... we haven't made it happen....

Then last week I noticed a new "follower"
(ya, I know it seems like I have been stuck at 73 FOREVER..hint,hint....)

I checked out the blog & discovered Corrine from Northern Natterings.. she is a newbie to Norway...

Maybe it was all of the years of watching my mother as president of of "The Welcome Wagon "... but I just felt like reaching out to the new girl... I took a chance & left her my email & phone number & then told her about the meeting last night.
(Sorry Kelli... it just felt right... & kindda happened...)

Thanks to Sarah, my American friend (who makes me look organized) we show up 1/2 late for out meeting with Corrine.. NICE...

Having been an expat for a while, I should have known what to expect when you get a large group of ex pat women together... the age range was 25-105 ... but um, no.. last nights topic was "Our rights as Americans in Norway" We covered such topics as Divorce... how much are you going to get? (or NOT get) Have kids here? you are pretty much screwed... (seen the movie "Not without my daughter?") What happens when you die here? You know all of those really great ice breakers....

Of course at our table we had BOB sitting with us...(bitter old bitch... that's what she calls herself...) telling poor Corrine (married 2 months) to run like hell...get out while you still can.

Poor Corrine... You know how it is when you are pregnant with your first child & everyone LOVES telling you all of their HORROR stories... how they ripped from here to there... but were sure you, would be FINE...... Ya, that was kind of how last nights meeting was...
you can read about it here.... Out and Free!

So after the meeting we are sitting around with the other ladies at the table & they wanted to know how we all (Sarah, Corrine & I ) knew each other... Sarah explained that we had known each other for about 12 years... & Corrine was my friend---- "Oh, & how do y'all know each other..." Crickets.... "Umm I picked her up on the Internet...." it kind of reminded me when my friends would meet some guy on line... & then feel the need to make up some kind if story about how they met in the market or something...(you know back in the 90's before everyone was hooking up on line...)

If you aren't in the "blogasphere" you don't really get it, do you?

Anywho... we went out for drinks & dessert with a group of ladies & had the BEST time... we had exceptional service... the conversation was flowing... even Bob turned out to be a RIOT!

It was soo nice to have someone understand where you are coming from....who understand you when you say you would sell your child for a box of Velveeta.. That is something only an ex pat can understand....

We even made another "date" for next week... I know, I know... things are moving fast... but that is how I work...love ya...or leave ya....

Here is to making new friends... cheers! (I am totally jazzed about meeting all of the other girls here in Scandinavia... ( I am starting to feel like Kat now....)

Speaking of friends.... my BFF had a post today about our wild & younger days.... I was laughing sooo hard, it brought tears to my eyes.... Wondering how I ended up the way & where I am today? her post offers some insight.... head on over to Song for Whoever
Pull up a chair and let me tell you a story....