Accidental On-Purpose Meetup

A few weeks ago, I tagged along with Josh when we went on a work trip and visited with Justine. We got falafel and walked around her workplace and hung out at her house. It was fantastic, but when I got home, I texted her that I realized we hadn’t taken a picture.

Photos or it didn’t happen?

We realized that we’d both be on the same road around the same time the next week. We shared our locations on Find My Friend and left it to chance. If it worked out, we’d both pull off the road and give each other a hug.

When we started driving, she was already 14 miles north, but we were farther east, so within the first hour, we ended up 2 miles ahead of her. I remembered a Trader Joe’s we once used when the kids were little for an impromptu picnic on the road, and told her to pull off at the exit.

We met up in the parking lot. Josh watched us jump up and down in excitement at our cleverness (come on, that was a lot of luck to make that happen) and we got coffee and got back on the road.

But we took a picture this time of our shit-eating grins.