To arrange a meeting between friends is not an easy task, in fact it can be quite an odyssey, and if you have children still young, much more, because between your daily occupations, the children's activities and family commitments, and at home, it is really complicated to coincide, and if there are more than two people the challenge is even greater, but it turns out that one day the universe conspires in your favor, the planets align and without much planning this meeting takes place, which of course involves a cup of coffee.
Concretar un encuentro entre amigas no es tarea f谩cil, de hecho puede ser toda una odisea, y si tienes hijos a煤n peque帽os, mucho m谩s, porque entre tus ocupaciones diarias, las actividades de los chicos y los compromisos familiares, y en el hogar, es realmente complicado coincidir, y si son m谩s de dos personas el reto es a煤n mayor, pero resulta que un d铆a el universo conspira a tu favor, los planetas se alinean y sin mucho plan se da ese encuentro que por supuesto implica un cafecito.
With Karina, we have known each other for a long time, since we were co-workers for more than 17 years, besides our children studied together, and although she lives practically in front of my house we see each other very little, however we keep in touch via WhatsApp relatively often, in fact, less than a month ago we met for some paperwork at the Real Estate Registry since we are both lawyers, and since that day we were trying to meet to share some time together, but guess what? We had not been able to.
And the thing is that between her activities and mine we had not been able to coincide, until today that I wrote her to say hello because reviewing my messages, I realized that the last time we spoke by WhatsApp I left her talking alone, and in the middle of the conversation she asked me if I was free after 5:30 to go for a coffee at Bagette Bistr贸, a place near home, and as I had nothing to do I immediately said yes and we met without much plan beyond talking.
Con Karina, nos conocemos hace mucho tiempo, ya que fuimos compa帽eras de trabajo por m谩s de 17 a帽os, aparte nuestros hijos estudiaron juntos, y aunque vive pr谩cticamente frente a mi casa nos vemos muy poco, sin embargo nos mantenemos en contacto v铆a WhatsApp con relativa frecuencia, de hecho, hace menos de un mes nos reunimos para unos tr谩mites en el Registro Inmobiliario ya que ambas somos Abogadas, y desde ese d铆a est谩bamos tratando de reunirnos para compartir un tiempo juntas, pero adivinen? No s茅 hab铆a podido.
Y es que entre sus actividades y las m铆as no hab铆amos podido coincidir, hasta hoy que le escrib铆 para saludarla porque revisando mis mensajes, me di cuenta que la 煤ltima vez que hablamos por WhatsApp la dej茅 hablando sola, y en medio de la conversaci贸n me pregunt贸 si estaba desocupada despu茅s de las 5:30 para ir a tomar un caf茅 a Bagette Bistr贸, un local cerca de casa, y como no ten铆a nada por hacer de inmediato le dije que si y nos reunimos sin mucho plan m谩s all谩 de conversar.
When I arrived Karina was already there, which surprised me because I always have to wait for her, and of course there was no shortage of jokes about this never-before-seen event 馃ぃ.
We greeted each other and went straight to order a coffee with milk and a sweet to sit at ease to talk and catch up on our lives, and I tell you that the conversation was so good that it was 7:30 without even realizing it and we left almost running home because we already had dinner time ready, but no doubt we had a great time, disconnected a little from the stress of everyday life and enjoying a super tasty snack.
Al llegar ya Karina estaba en el lugar, cosa que me sorprendi贸 porque siempre me toca esperar por ella, y por supuesto no faltaron las bromas sobre ese suceso nunca antes visto 馃ぃ
Nos saludamos y fuimos directo a ordenar un caf茅 con leche y un dulcito para sentarnos a gusto a conversar y ponernos al d铆a sobre nuestras vidas, y les cuento que la conversa estuvo tan buena que se nos dieron las 7:30 sin siquiera darnos cuenta y salimos casi corriendo a casa porque ya ten铆amos montada la hora de la cena, pero sin dudas que pasamos un momento bastante genial, desconectadas un poco del estr茅s del d铆a a d铆a y disfrutando de una merienda s煤per rica.
How often do you get together with your friends?
驴Y ustedes, que tan seguido logran reunirse con sus amigas?
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