Tesauro Tales: Tropicana Gardens Reunion

My bestie Elena was in town for a wedding in Santa Cruz last weekend. Since she flew out all the way from DC she thought it was a good idea to have me and Jackie crash the wedding to hang with her. Well, she was right. It was a GREAT idea!

The 3 of us were put in an off-campus apartment together in our first year at UCSB. The reason we were matched up was because we all played water polo and were going to try out for the women's team once school started. We hit it off right away - not so much with our other two roommates who were strictly sorority and way to girly for the likes of us. The 3 of us remained close the entire 4 years of college. Elena and I even lived together for 3 out of the 4 years. It would have been 4 out of 4 but we kind of got screwed at the last minute when it was time to look for housing. Boo. Regardless, the 3 of us were always together anyways. And we've remained close friends 11 years after leaving. I'm totally aging myself by saying that! 11 YEARS since I graduated UCSB - ugh, old lady over here).

We each have 3 kids now, every combination of 1 girl and 2 boys. We all brought our youngest along for the wedding fun. Oh how times have changed. Chasing kids, changing diapers, nursing, barely an adult beverage to be had. But it's almost like no time has passed at all, we fall into conversation like we just hung out yesterday. Now only if we had Jenny Day with us our little circle of friends would have been 100% complete. Jenny - we miss you!

Here's a rundown of the kids…
Elena: Oliver - 6, Simone - 3, Rocco - 10 mo.
Jac: Natalie - 5, Owen - 3, Emmett - 14 mo.
Jen: Noah - 6, Julian - 3, Naomi - 8 mo.