I learned a few important things over the weekend:
* Don't blog about hating someone- even if she doesn't read your blog because it might be brought up in conversation and suddenly she wants to read it for the first time. "er...um....uh....before you look at it, I should warn you that I said that I kinda sorta hate you because you don't like soup- I don't really hate you, I love you. I just blogged about hating you" Awwwwkward.
* A girls weekend will bring a group of women closer together than anything else in the world. And even though it's nice to get together with "the men" it's always way better without them.
* Sitting in a room with 8 mothers that have a grand total of 12 children between them, makes me wonder when one mother says to the other "Oh your daughter is so adorable!!" if they secretly say to themselves "yes, she is adorable but my daughter is way cuter." Because I'm pretty positive I will be having those exact thoughts
* Don't go on nature walks in the dark without the help of flashlights because in the morning you might discover that you were sitting in an obscene amount of goose poo. HOWEVER, I am pleased to report that my friend must've been standing too close to me because when the Universe sent down the lightning bolt message of "sit here. Sit right here in the poop" my friend accidentally received the message instead of me. I know damn well that message was meant for me because that would be a very, very typical Mandy Moment but SCORE for me for dodging that one!!!
* It may seem like a good idea to bring something "easy" to share but you feel like a total schmo when you see that everyone else has brought gourmet quality food when you brought the least exciting food of the weekend. Next time, all the stops are pulled out.
* Take leftovers when they're offered!! Because even though you think "I don't want to have all that cake at home" when you get home you want all that cake and will do just about anything to get it! And no, the cookies, fudge, licorice, and ice cream you have in your house do NOT cut it.
* "Girls Weekend" and "Girls Night" are two waaay different things. As a married chubby lady that likes to eat and be in lounge pants all weekend, I think Girls Weekends are much better.
* Reminiscing never gets old.
*Even though taking pictures can seem cumbersome at the time, it's sad when you don't have enough when you get home.
2 comments:
Have to say I really don't get it on this one...and our minds most often run on the same track. (It's the "All great minds" thing, you know.)
Guess I'm just happiest when I'm with my hubby. Just the other day one of my best friends down here invited me to go camping with her in the mountains in November. "I'll have to think about it..." was my verbal response, but inside my head a big "NO" was a bouncing echo.
Next thought? Soon it will be cool enough for Dan & me to test out that pop-up camper...Yeah, that sounds really fun.
The M-I-L ;-)
I totally agree with you Mandy, “Every girl NEEDS girl’s weekends” because I believe that spending time with your girlfriends actually strengthens your marriage. Girlfriends are great sounding boards: so many times I have confided in a girlfriend and she has confirmed that she has felt the same thing and whew! I feel normal again. I have gotten recipes, clothes, books, hugs, a shoulder to cry on, and laughs so hard I peed my pants, love, support plus much more from my girlfriends. As a recent widow, I am so grateful I maintained my girlfriends because they have been my lifesavers! Life would have been very lonely without those precious girlfriends. So my unsolicited advice would be to treasure and nurture those girlfriends. They are gifts! Hugs Sue (co-worker and hopefully a girlfriend)
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