I did it! I took a "me" day! A few girlfriends and myself actually booked a hotel room, right here in town, for us to have a girls night. It wasn't easy leaving. I had to make sure my husband knew my son's schedule for the next 24 hours, write checks for camp and karate, water the plants, make sure there was food for lunch and dinner, wash clothes so my son had his favorite shirt for Fun Friday and pack my own bag.
I picked up one of the girls whose son was in tears because mommy was leaving for the night. After she assured him daddy could take care of him, we were off to the hotel. Thirty minutes later we were checked in and headed down to the pool where we had drinks and lunch (served by someone else)! They had those little flags on the chairs so if you needed anything, you just put your flag up. I wondered if the flags would work at home.
We spent a glorious afternoon at the pool just relaxing and being waited on by others. We finally dragged ourselves from the pool to get ready for a nice dinner out. We enjoyed a relaxing, calm and adult conversation dinner. No bickering, no spilled drinks and no cleaning up the dishes! It was fabulous. We went back to our hotel room where we sat out on the balcony and drank wine, laughed, talked about our families and wondered why it took us so long to do this.
Finally, off to bed for a night of uninterrupted sleep and getting to sleep in (that alone was worth the cost of the room). In the morning we had a leisurely breakfast (again served by someone else) and took our time before we headed for home.
I admit I had to work through a little bit of guilt but got over it quickly once I was floating in the pool with a Pina Colada. We decided this was the first of many mini breaks we are going to commit to taking every year for our sake as well as the sake of our families. I came back refreshed and happy to see my family. Teresa
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