Weekend Update

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to get away from it all, but be able to return as soon as you needed to? Sure it would be great to go away to Barbados and exchange real life for beaches and fruity drinks, but what do you do when you realize you have 40 minutes to make it home for something? You are hosed.

Well, this weekend I got away from it all, and traded real life for total relaxation with some very dear friends. We were only about 40 minutes away, in truth, but it felt like a million miles.

We were in the mountains in a beautiful villa--see, I sounds like someone who knows what this life is like regularly already! The sun was shining and the mountains were glistening and I ate more seafood and drank more Diet Coke than I probably should have done. But it was fantastic!

I did come home yesterday evening and quickly fell into my responsibilities, but that is OK. I had a brief respite and felt rejuvenated. I laughed harder than I have in many months; I talked later into the night than I have for many, many months; and I learned a new card game, only to realize when I thought I won, I was in fact, cheating. But that was OK, as my friendly escapees only teased me about it and let it go.

Sometimes moms need a full break, not just from one part of your life, but from all of it. That is what this overnight escape was like. Getting away from it all is really only worth it so you can get back to it all anyway, but this time with the attitude that you enjoy it.