Day Two...April 1, 2009...Fribble and Parking

The evening started off innocent enough. We met at the new Wayside Mall in Burlington, splitting the difference between our work places. Before embarking upon the evening, we visited several shops (of course grandchild related). At Swoozies, we ran into someone we knew from the Iceliner skating program that Kerri once belonged to. We reminiscent about the shows and trips and fundraisers and caught up on what each child was now up to. It was a nice start to the evening.

We headed out to find our Friendly's. No longer do they exist in Burlington so we needed to head west out towards the Lexington/Waltham line. Our travel sent us through the Town of Lexington, a town we would often visit for the Revolutionary War Reenactments or visiting the Old North Bridge. Crossing under Route 2, we saw ahead of us that familiar Friendly's logo. Our taste buds longed for that Fribble. We decided to order one and share - one straw. It was delicious. Every last slurp!

The road trip now took us back to Burlington. The Northeastern University Campus was a favorite parking spot. Plenty of tucked away corners throughout the parking lot. But funny, they didn't seem as tucked away, or private as they did back then. We circled the lot several times, nervous to stop. Finally I decided to go INTO the school as if I was searching for grad school info.

Gaining enough courage, I made it back to car and navigated over to a corner of the lot. We looked into each others eyes, titled our heads, and locked lips while wrapping our arms tightly around each other. Our kiss came to a stop, but our hug continued. Pam broke the silence after a few minutes when she said, "wow, I really felt like I went back in time and we were 18 again...". I knew what to do next, I gave her one last teddy bear hug and a sweet little peck on the lips and said "thank you"! And with that we drove off feeling like teenagers once again.

Links: www.swoozies.com
www.friendlys.com
www.cps.neu.edu/about-cps/locations/burlington