The weekend warriors

So this weekend I headed out with some friends, some old, some new.. but now I can definately call them all good friends!! We went to the beach for a girls weekend of talking, laughing, fellowshiping and well.... stuff.

Honestly at first I was not sure I wanted to go. I had many excuses, all of them decent reasons to back out, but as time grew closer they seemed to take care of themselves.

We headed out Friday evening with Me, Emily, Barbara, Katie and Alyssa. The car ride down to Pacific City seemed much shorter with "girl talk" filling the van. Once there we struggled to get the front door open. We knew that the water had been turned off to the house and Katie was destined to go under the house to turn it back on. It only took us 2 hours and 4 phone calls to various people to get it up and running!

The next day was much less eventful, well till dinner time came around. We spent the day at the beach (it was windy and cold and clear) then went window shopping and then spent the afternoon hanging out and talking. But after Emily spent time putting together enchilada's for dinner it was realised that the oven stopped working. Another round of phone calls and tests confirmed that, well it didnt work. Microwave to the rescue!!! LOL

That evening was fun, filled with laughter, story swapping... and makeup of course!!! The next day we set about cleaning up and trying to get on the road home. Well... that was the plan, a quick wash of sheets and comforter ended up in a broken washer, us carrying the comforter throughout the house and then the "white trash race" of removing the water from the washer, cup by cup!!! Now it might sound like I am complaining, but its more of a testiment that we had a great time, and were determined to do just that HAVE FUN!!!

We made our way back to the beach on Sunday morning, but it made leaving all the harder. It was 77 degree's, no wind and just beautiful!!! After dragging our feet through the sand we made our way home... said our goodbye's and made promises that we would do this again... but maybe closer to home, where things work...