Yesterday, as I was cleaning the house for a party, I thought about how nice it was going to be to have a house full of friends. As I continued to think I realized that this was going to be a grown up evening with a theme and planned discussion. I then realized that I no longer have fun like I did when I was young. It then hit me, I really missed being a girl sometimes. It has been a long time since I had an old fashioned sleep over with girl friends. Men don’t understand what it’s like to get in your jammies, eat snacks until you want to vomit, and laugh and talk until you want to pee your pants. It’s awesome!
My friend Dominique and I had a great mini get away on Cape Cod 5 years ago. I had rented a house and we spent our days watching our 4 and 5 year old daughters argue over sun dresses and flip flops. We had great picnic dinners and played on the beach. It was wonderful. We tried to plan something again this year but my oldest daughter’s Connecticut Mastery Tests dashed our plans.
Trying to schedule a night out is a feat in itself. It would be 100 times more difficult to try and schedule a slumber party with my friends. My friends are spread out in different states and Canada. But the thought is soo tempting. I don’t care if I am 41 and have 2 children. I would love to have a night with friends where I could camp out and act silly with my friends. Husbands could camp out in the upstairs of my house and watch SciFi or SPike TV or something. I wouldn’t even mind if they went out themselves. Our kids could play in Emma’s room. Is a plan forming?
As adults I feel as if we run from one thing to the next without taking enough time for ourselves, our spouses, our children, and our friends. I am in need of a date night and a friend night. It has been ages since I have been to a movie or out to dinner. I love my children more than anything but sometimes Girls Just Want To Have Fun!
We seem to be able to fit so many things into our lives except our friends. I watch my daughter Emma and her friends are everything to her. Not a free afternoon goes by when she doesn’t walk in the door from school and say “Can I call Jasmine or Julia?
Instead of wondering about these things I would really like to do something about them. My friends need to be bumped up on my life priority list. So for those of you out there reading this what do you say.
My friend Dominique and I had a great mini get away on Cape Cod 5 years ago. I had rented a house and we spent our days watching our 4 and 5 year old daughters argue over sun dresses and flip flops. We had great picnic dinners and played on the beach. It was wonderful. We tried to plan something again this year but my oldest daughter’s Connecticut Mastery Tests dashed our plans.
Trying to schedule a night out is a feat in itself. It would be 100 times more difficult to try and schedule a slumber party with my friends. My friends are spread out in different states and Canada. But the thought is soo tempting. I don’t care if I am 41 and have 2 children. I would love to have a night with friends where I could camp out and act silly with my friends. Husbands could camp out in the upstairs of my house and watch SciFi or SPike TV or something. I wouldn’t even mind if they went out themselves. Our kids could play in Emma’s room. Is a plan forming?
As adults I feel as if we run from one thing to the next without taking enough time for ourselves, our spouses, our children, and our friends. I am in need of a date night and a friend night. It has been ages since I have been to a movie or out to dinner. I love my children more than anything but sometimes Girls Just Want To Have Fun!
We seem to be able to fit so many things into our lives except our friends. I watch my daughter Emma and her friends are everything to her. Not a free afternoon goes by when she doesn’t walk in the door from school and say “Can I call Jasmine or Julia?
Instead of wondering about these things I would really like to do something about them. My friends need to be bumped up on my life priority list. So for those of you out there reading this what do you say.
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