Morning everyone,
CreativeThinker we posted at the same time so I did not see your post before I went to bed. I would say that you are really looking forward to having a long talk with your friend and catching up on things so you could say it would be better to meet at another restaurant where she has no distractions. You could suggest that it be in her town and offer to drive over which gives you the chance to mention that you won't be drinking. Since she is an old friend you can probably tell her a that you had been drinking too much without being too explicit. I'm sure she will understand.
Dragon i'm sorry your long weekend was messed up, hopefully it can be next weekend instead.
My own boss is away next week which is always a bit stressful but we are not busy at this time of the year so it will be fine.