Ah, To Be Young Again

This evening, my youngest son's girlfriend, Katie Robbins, arrived from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where she is a senior, along with her girlfriend, Amy, who graduated last year.  It is always such fun having a houseful of kids around, even if only for a short while.  My oldest son, Shawn, hadn't yet left for his Air Force weekend and Jeremy, my youngest, and his long time friend since elementary school days, Jorell Marsh,  was also here.  I made fancy cocktails for myself and the girls - a martini kind of thing with vodka, Passoa passionfruit liquer and Ricardo mango rum, with lemon juice and maraschino cherries and orange slices in elegant stemmed glasses while the "boys" drank beer.  The "children" were nice enough not to make the old lady feel like excess baggage.  They were all planning to go out dancing in San Francisco when Jeremy's other good friends, Nicole and Kevin, got off work at 10PM.  Nicole always graciously agrees to be the designated driver which certainly makes me feel less stressed!

Katie ( in red ) & Amy

Amy was trying to get the gang out the door - "I want to dance!"

I remember the days when I could go out at 11PM and party all night!  Well, actually, it hasn't been that long ago that I used to be on call practically 24 hours straight and often be at the hospital for that long, doing cases, without ever leaving!

Katie, Amy and Nicole ( the designated driver ), with her beautiful engagement ring!

Here's Katie and my youngest, son, Jeremy Vukasinovic ( 25 ) - he's complaining like crazy about the photo shoot anyway - "No, Mom, you are not going to take pictures for your blog...and, no, Katie, I'm not holding your hand like some stupid prom picture!"  Now here this lovely girl drove 250 miles in a terrible rain storm to see him!!! 

Ah, finally, he stopped complaining and gave me a smile...but, you see, there's no hand holding!

He used to have the most beautiful, curly shoulder length hair which he had to cut for his new job in corporate America.  I kind of miss those tresses which went to Locks for Love.

I think he's laughing here!

Kevin, Jeremy and Jorell

Kevin and Nicole - the engaged couple!  Jorell is peeping over the top

Jorell  and Nicole horsing around!

After a final round of very good reposado tequila shots, which they shared with me, all were off for a fun evening in the big city, leaving me with memories of long ago nights in New Orleans.  I can't believe that was nearly fifty years ago!!