“I look forward to it. I can’t believe my baby girl is turning seven in a couple of months.”

“They do grow up fast. So what are your plans tomorrow? Is Tina flying in for the reception?”

“Yes. I’m picking her up at the airport in the morning. We’ll meet you here and go together to the reception. Kit, Alice and Shane will be here with Angie on Saturday. I can’t believe that we agreed to a road trip on the way back. That is going to be an interesting six hours with that bunch.”

“I’m sure it will be a blast. I’m actually looking forward to it.”

“I’m sure it will be fun. We can look at it as our ‘family day’ event. I’m so glad we were able to get Monica to drive for us again. Can you believe Alice requested the stretch Suburban Limo? Did you see the pictures of that thing? It’s huge.”

“I did. She also asked Monica to stock the bar and the fridge so I have a feeling she’s planning a party on wheels.”

“Remember Angie will be with us, so no dancing on the bar.” Bette warned.

“I promise to behave. I can’t vouch for Alice or Shane.”

“You know speaking of Shane. What’s going on with you two? You seemed so tight when you first met now not so much?”

“I guess I’m just a little frustrated with her. She has so much potential and she’s just wasting away. She has sex with a different girl every night sometimes more than one. She’s smoking pot every day. She drinks herself into a stupor just about every weekend. You see how she is at Sunday brunch. She can barely keep her head up.”

“I didn’t know it had gotten so bad. I didn’t hang out with the gang much when I was with Jodi and since Tina and I are working on our relationship I’ve been pretty preoccupied with us lately. Have you tried talking to her?”

“Do you remember the first time she and I met at your house, and she was hitting on me then we all went to the Planet?”

“Yeah. She said you put her in her place, but didn’t want to talk about it. What did you tell her?”