That's great! Sounds like you will have loads of fun together!
A couple of years ago I was stuck in the hospital for over a week and I kept noticing that one of my nurses wore a "I Love Quilting" lanyard around her neck. I asked about it and we got to talking, the next day she brought me her album full of pics she had taken at various quilt shows and a couple of quilt magazines! I ran into her recently at the local quilt show.