I sang with Garth Brooks

and so did a lot of other people last Friday night in Kansas City. I sang the third verse of Friends in Low Places and every other song he sang. He ended it with just him and his guitar singing Turn the Page and American Pie. It was a great concert.

I sang with John Mellencamp on Sunday night. Jack and Diane was my favorite. I even called myself at work and held my cell phone up. Now it's on my voice mail at work.

I had a call tonight from a friend from college. We were pretty good friends in college although we don't talk much now. He was asking about my vacation to Cooperstown in October. I would like to think he was just curious about it, but I know better. The friend that I went to visit in Cooperstown is his ex-girlfriend. Although they haven't dated in over 15 years, I'm certain they are still in love with each other. She isn't married but he is...with four kids. I told him that she looked great and that I would send him some pictures. I know he wants to call her but I also know that if he does, she would go back to that time, 15 years ago, and it would hurt all over again. I guess that happens when you think about your college love.

When I think about my college love, it is very one-sided. I was totally in love with him and he thought of me only as a friend. He was two years older than me and during my sophomore year and his senior year, we hung out all the time. When I finally told him that I was in love with him, he claimed he had no idea. Seriously!! I didn't believe him. He gave me the dreaded "You're one of my best friends" speech. Not something I wanted to hear. I still think about him. I still picture him the way he was the last time I saw him. It was over 15 years ago. I like to think that he thinks about me every once in a while, but why should he? He probably still thinks about the girl he was in love with in college. (FYI - I still hate her.)

I'm going out with one of my best friends tomorrow night. Her birthday is Sunday. I call her one of my best friends because I'm very lucky to have a lot of "best" friends. Francine (not her real name, but the name I've called her since we were in college) and I are very different in a lot of ways, but the same in many more. We can tell what each other is thinking without saying a word. We have the same sense of humor. We put a grill together at the beginning of the summer and laughed everytime we said the words, "screw" and "nut" and yes, we did act like we were 12. We can be in a car together for 3 hours and not say a word. We both love sports and the TV show Friends. We both like to drink beer and could belly up at the bar, drinking and watching football all day. She's been having a rough time lately. I'll be here to help her however I can. She got a birthday gift in the mail this week. Something about chocolate covered coffee beans. The gift made her happy and I'm glad. I'm giving her a ticket to see Bon Jovi. We're going together.

Thanksgiving is next week. I will not be cooking :-)