Thought for the day - a day at the zoo

Today, we went to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro with some friends.  We'd been planning this outing for awhile now, getting together with friends of Michael's, and now mine, that had worked at Lutheridge together.  It was a blast.  At first, we were afraid that the weather might cause us to find something else to do.  It has been raining constantly in the area since Thursday night.  But, since the rains weren't too heavy today, we opted to keep our original plan.

The weather, actually, could not have been more perfect.  It was cool and all of the trees at the zoo really did help keep things dry while it rained.  And, because of the weather, I think that kept the crowds away.  There were probably only 150 cars in the parking lot by the time we left this afternoon and not nearly that many when we first got there.  The weather also did not keep the animals away.  They were all out in full force.

And it was great to be among friends, in real time.  Just to be around people and have actual conversations and listening to people tell stories.  Just divine.  I purposely left my phone in the car while we were there and I'm glad I did.  It was nice to spend 4 hours just being with people and not looking down at my phone every few seconds.  I do wish I had taken some pictures, but oh well...next time.  But it was nice that even those who had their phones really only used them to take pictures.  We were just being together and that was nice.

Every now and then it's just nice to get out and be among people.  Enjoying our friends and their kids.  Just being together.  We don't do too much these days, socially, so this was a nice change. And I, personally, really like the fact that I have people in my life that want to take time out of their schedules to get together.  That was nice and I look forward to more times like that!