Girlfriends

I love my girls. I have 6 treasured gifts from my long-ago past that have stuck with me, by me, for me, beside me, and around me. The oldest friends have known each other for (gulp) 33 years. Kindergarten friends, C and I. :O)

I had a great week this week. I am very tired from it, but it is a delicious tired, one where you feel the pain and you remember how you got there, and the laughing-so-hard-tears-rolled-down-your-face-abdominal-workout, get there ... and you smile again.

I had the kindergarten moms (helping moms) dinner Tuesday with the other mom from my class and the two from the PM class and the kinder teacher. It was bittersweet (there that is again!) but oh, so much fun! There were some teacher's aides that attended, and we really tore it up in a pretty fancy restaurant. Food was delicious, but the company was wonderful! Laughed, oh, we laughed so hard at so many things! Girls, and older women, just really enjoying being who we are, and bringing up these babes.

I went out with my girlfriends last night. We have instituted a once a month girls night out (GNO) and a once a month (more like 3-4 times, actually) kiddie play date with all 13 kids. Mine are the oldest, and they are spreadout all the way until a wee 3 month little fella. We had dinner, and then they dragged me (read: kicking and screaming .... NOT!) to a bar that we haunted many, ahem, a few years ago.

Side splitting, face hurting, silly laughter was abounding all night. We were like teenagers giggling about goofy things we used to do, and silly things we still do. We are all married to terrific men, and all very strong relationships. We share so much history it is utterly astonishing!

Such good stuff.