travel

I've been out of touch for several days because I was on, and then recovering from, a girls weekend. I can't even remember the last time I've set out with some ladies to a destination in another state for a weekend of nothing but rest, relaxation and fun. Here's the scenario: my best friend from high school, to whom I am still extremely close, invited six of her friends to her family beach house in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Whoever coined the phrase "spring break" was obviously looking at things from the students' perspective. For parents it's more like "make a desperate attempt to fill up 12 hours a day with stimulating activities while it is not even warm out yet." This year I was actually pretty excited about the whole thing because for the first time in several years we were really going away. Granted, Pompano Beach, FL with the in-laws is no Paradise Island...but hey, it beats 5 days in a row at the neighborhood tot lot.