Slight Detour: No Slowin’ Down

I’ve said it so many times it’s become cliche:  when things slow down a bit, we’ll get together or I’ll give you a call or I’ll participate in your activity. That promise has been uttered for months or years with some of my longtime friends. Welcome to another “A-HA” moment.  Things never seem to slow down.  I fear I may never enjoy that leisurely glass of wine with my friend Ann or catch up on the three years of birthday lunches with my friend Helen. Etc. Etc. Etc. Recently, I’ve also been using a relatively new excuse sentence:  life got in the way. I still kinda like the ring to that one, but it soon will turn cliche too. Life does get in the way of a lot of our social plans, but I’m actually not complaining about the situation during this year’s beautiful month of September/ Marianne Love , Slight Detour. More here.

Question: Do you ever follow through on passing comments about getting together with someone? Or does life usually get in the way?