Friends, Flashbacks, 80's, & Bunco

Over the years I have come to really enjoy Friends. A few years back I would look forward to watching the syndications on KTLA - and then be bummed if it was a "repeat"...ok dumb I know because they were all repeats, hence the term syndication.

Now with technology I can literally hand-pick whatever season and whatever episode(s) I want to watch, whenever I want to...yes over a period of time I have acquired all 10 seasons. The best part is I do not have to worry about commercials...or the dreaded 'to be continued'.

Granted there are some things that happen in Friends that I do not agree with, but what I love about the series is I find myself laughing quite often. Likewise, I find myself grateful for the close circle of friends I have had, have, and will have through all the varied seasons of my own life.

This coming Tuesday a bunch us will be getting together to play Bunco and the theme is 80's. What does that have to do with anything? Well tonight I was watching episode 11 in Season 10, and it had the last occurrence of fat Monica dancing - it totally made me laugh because it was so funny...check it out (my favorite part begins at 3:30 it was the tag for the episode):



I was in high school in the 80's, but never quite dressed the "part"...well obviously to some degree I did, but fashion really was not quite my thing. Anyway what made me laugh even harder tonight was many of the women I will be with on Tuesday night will fashion-wise look just like these women in the clip...it will definitely be a flashback :).

In the midst of laughing and envisioning Tuesday night, I was also a bit inspired. The only real difference between fat Monica and thin Monica was the weight. Ok so that may be another dumb thought, but think about it...Monica chose to live life to the fullest regardless of the size of her waist - she enjoyed life!!! She did not wait until she was thin Monica to begin enjoying life - she lived life to the fullest within the moment. And yes she should not have been drinking because she was underage, but as I mentioned my favorite part begins around the 3:30 mark - where she is simply dancing, finishing her pizza, and enjoying life.

So some of you may be wondering will I dress the "part" Tuesday night...well no; BUT I will however choose to live life to the fullest, laugh - maybe so hard I cry, and enjoy life!!!

Life is too short - so here's to living within the moment and celebrating the gift of today!!!