The first annual Girls Weekend 2008 was a huge success. We all had a marvelous time and didn’t let the gusty wind, thunderstorms or high tide dampen our spirits. Instead, we sprung ahead with the time and washed away our winter blues while wading in the icy cold Atlantic.
Things I will remember from the weekend (totally copying Gwen’s style here, everyone):
6 – Shark Attacks at Tortuga’s Lie. Carolyn remains the Shark Attack virgin, but there’s always next year.
20 – As in twenty minutes after calling the local quilting store to see if they are open and drove there, only to find out they were closed.
3 – Hot tubbers.
1- Fully clothed hot tubber.
0 – Board games played.
1 – Trip to the local market.
35 – MPH wind gusts.
65 – Dollars per person for room and board.
1 – Toothbrush missing.
1 – Toothbrush found…while cleaning up Sunday morning.
1 – Trip to the local knitting store.
3 – Bunk beds slept in.
1 – Shower taken outside.
10 – (and a half) The time on Saturday morning Sleeping Beauty woke up. Yes, that would be me.
1 – Hat crocheted by Kristine.
1 – Scarf crocheted by Kristine.
2 – Blankets crocheted by Kristine. Okay, so she had done most of the work before coming to the beach.
3 – Girls christened by the ocean.
5 – Pictures taken of us on the beach by the sandy surfer dude with the model cocked-hip pose.
1 – Men’s basketball game watched.
3 – Dairy Queen Cookie Dough Blizzards.
1 – Bottle of rum.
1 – Bottle of Aldi Hawaiian Punch.
1 – (and a half) Pans of lasagna.
1 – Tin of mix.
1 – Jewish Apple Cake.
1 – Can of Pineapple Juice.
4 – Bottles of wine.
0 – Bottles of beer.
4 – New websites. (The Things I Want, Sugar, Joshilyn Jackson’s new book, and when Jen helps me remember the fourth I will add it here)
1 – Trip to the outlet malls.
1 – Documentary watched Sunday morning before we left.
We have already begun making plans for Girls Weekend 2009 and are all planning on earning our two-year pin next year. It’s expected that Carolyn will have a full report for us on The Wire as well as the big wedding in May and that Jen will yet again fill us in on all of the pop culture that somehow doesn’t enter most of our lives. And, we all will find ways to work around the holidays with ease. I’m also optimistic that the single ladies will find true love.
