Get your dancing shoes on!

This week I had a very unplanned visit with one of my best friends, Laura. This girl is seriously one of the greatest people I know. She totally challenges me to be a better person. Everything she does is for someone else, she never thinks of herself. She is definitely the best listener I know, when I am rambling on about everything and nothing she sits there quietly taking it all in and getting ready to pass on some of her wisdom. She is awesome.

So that's Laura. I went down to spend the night with her on Tuesday. It had been a over 6 months since I had seen her. That is just ridiculous. That will never happen again. We both barely took breath for the first hour trying to fill each other in what's been going on. We sat for probably 6 hours talking and talking and talking. It was just what I needed. We then watched a movie...let me think what it was called...A thing Called Love..maybe? It had a bunch of country music in it, which and love, and also Dermot Mulroney, who I also love! Then she brought in all her karaoke DVDs. Oh my goodness, we laughed. We both love to sing, Laura is an amazing singer..me, not so much! We both tend to be very theatrical with our karaoke performances. One day I will remember to take my camera. Then she whipped out her guitar and we sang a few praise songs. We used to do this every week when I lived closer to her. I definitely missed this. It was probably 3am before we finally decided that we had probably rehearsed enough for our big show (ha) and we hit the hay. 

Wednesday was pretty much filled with more of the same, except me had a wee nap thrown in their somewhere. I was (very easily) persauded to stay an extra night, so that I could be deprived of sleep some more! Another friend came over and had dinner with us which was lovely. We were then going to an open-mic night at a wee bar in town. Laura has gone there a few times because she is trying to build her confidence so she will be able to perform more easily in front of people. It is a great place to do it because it is not too big so there are not too many people. The guy that runs it is lovely and really makes everyone feel welcome. It was lovely because another guy, Stuart, that we used to go to Church with was there performing too. He is awesome. Him and his wife were such an encouragement to me. He is a phenomenal musician. I love listening to him sing. Laura and Stuart were definitely the best performers there. I may be a bit bias, but I am right! We really enjoyed ourselves, lots of laughing. When we got back to Laura's flat we had a wee dance with Paolo Nutini. Now when I say that we dancing with Paolo Nutini what I really mean is we put on his CD and danced our socks off in her living room. It was awesome.

I was really sad to say good-bye to my lovely friend. But I am already looking forward to going back to visit her again soon. Even though it had been so long since we had seen each other it felt like just the other day. She was an answer to a prayer of mine and I thank the LORD for her. I learn so much from her and she is a joy to be around. There are some people you know you are going to be stuck with for the rest of your life. I am SO thankful that I am going to be stuck with this wonderful friend!

I have put in a link for Mr Nutini's song Pencil Full of Lead. I am sure this will make you dance...or at the very least get your foot a tapping! Enjoy!

p.s. can you believe that I am posting my second post in one day? Well technically it might be Saturday now so I might not be quite as good as I think I am.