December 1 Trip. What was your best trip in 2009?
This was HARD. I took several amazing trips this year. I would probably say each one of them was the best trip for different reasons.
Our car ride from Texas to Utah and back was such a great bonding time for me. The drive to Utah was just me and my little family. We did what we wanted to do and had no time table. We were spontaneous and saw some amazing things.
The drive back was awesome because my bestie drove back with me. It is hard to pin that girl down and for 6 whole days she was mine. We gabbed, shopped, cared for the chillin and realized that even though I've been gone for 11 years it doesn't really matter. We've produced 6 babies, battled cancer, battled cancer again, went to Italy, fought, lived it up in NOLA, but at the end of the day we are the same crazy friends that bought diet coke and pink cookies at 7-11 every morning on the way to our first class at the U.
Seattle for my mom's 60th birthday was tense and hard, but worth it. I come from a family of girls. LOTS OF GIRLS. You know what that means? LOTS OF EMOTIONS. My parents raised strong minded girls. We are vastly different, but at the end of the day we are sisters and we love one another. I was not at my best that trip. I could provide a list of excuses, but they don't really matter. I realized on this trip that I'm very forgiving of others, but sometimes forget to apply that same rule to my family. Of all my trips this year, it is the one I would like to call DO OVER.
Nova Scotia was relaxing. I wish Adam had been more available, but I enjoyed exploring the city on my own and enjoying his company in between conference sessions. We had some awesome dinners and loved seeing the city. I realized that even though I saw a couple of things twice (because I wanted Adam to see them too) it was better when we were together and even though I'm thankful we could go, you don't need a big fancy trip to remind you how much you adore your spouse.
Oregon. I loved seeing Rebecca's Oregon. There is something about seeing friends in their environment. Seeing Rebecca's life in Oregon was soothing. I wanted to stay curled up on her sofa, looking at her beautiful fairytale backyard through her gorgeous ceiling to floor windows. This trip was such a rejuvenating, grounding and rewarding trip. These are my people (when I say my people I mean people that don't have to love you, but come to love you) and sometimes a girl needs that. I look forward to this trip every year. With the rash number of babies produced this year and next, I hope we can still pull it off for 2010. I'm crossing my fingers.
3 comments:
You travel more than anyone I know, so it was fun to read this post. I'm also glad to know that your trip for your mom's birthday was challenging. My sisters' weekend in Park City for my mom's birthday in June was awful, and I'm relieved that it happens to other people as well.
"Rash number of babies"? No sweat, twins can't keep me down. I will be there!
This was fun to read. I for one was completely, totally jealous of your trip to Rebecca's Oregon. I don't even know Rebecca in real life, but she makes me want to climb into her world!
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