My friend Gina and I have been estranged. Naturally we were estranged over stupid stuff; nothing of any real consequence. If it were something of consequence, we wouldn't be talking to each other now, we'd still be in our own little worlds apart.

I really missed her in the time we've been apart. There were a few times that I really wanted to talk to her but we weren't talking. It was kind of sad on my part because she was the only woman I could trust that was near and, on the subject that I wanted to talk about, the only one who had any expertise I could trust.

Here's a photo from last March in Lucky Strike. That's why there's a red tint to the photo.

Follow up:

That situation resolved itself (badly) but now I have my friend back. I knew I was going to have her as a friend again because it was foreshadowed by a professor I met. The woman handed me her card and it said "Gina Kim, PhD." I started smiling and she asked me what was funny. I quickly recovered and mentioned that I had a friend with the same name but without "PhD." after it.

Anyhow, it's always nice to have people back in your life when you miss them and now she's back (she's also sick and at home).