Monday was Queen’s Birthday here in New Zealand, which means a day off.

I had arranged lunch with friends.

The weather was miserable, so we decided to just have the get together here.

I was still quite drained from the weekend and had a screaming headache.

You know, there are times when you have friends around and it seems hard work?? Not anything **wrong** with the friends, it is just hard work to connect??

Well these people, we haven’t known long, but connect so well.

K is a Clinical Psychologist and S has an official Asperger’s diagnoses. They have one son L, who is neuro typical.

The moment they walk in, S & Mr Shamrock go off to the computer and play. K and I sit down and talk, really talk about stuff, life, marriage to someone on the Spectrum etc. L and the boys run off to play.

Conversation is stimulating, challenging, intellectual and relaxed.

Strange, we are all like old friends. yet we have only know each other for 18 months.

After feeling so drained from the family do, spending time with them really lifted my spirits and refuelled me.

They left around dinner time, yet it seemed they had only been with us a little time, giving credence to the saying ‘Time flies when you are having fun.’

Times like this, I realise what a great bunch of people I have around me.