(No, its not a typo—several of my friends and I have pet names for one another based on bees. This new idiom was coined last week so I have included it here.)
My dear friend from my year in Oxford, Loretta, came to visit last week—she had already flown over from Australia to a conference in California, and was generous enough to come spend several days with me as long as she was in North America:) Although I still had several classes to attend (she accompanied me to one!) and a couple other commitments, we managed a good amount of our usual activities together: having coffee & pastries, walking around talking, praying together, and talking some more over a glass of wine.
Such a joy and great refreshment to spend this time together!
