November 2011 Archives
My sister and I took a much needed weekend away to gain some focus. For those of you unfamiliar with the life of a stay at home mom, that means we drank adult beverages, slept in, and and enjoyed full control of the TV remote. We watched Hangover 2 at normal volume. I showered with the door closed. I wore bling when we went out to dinner. Alone. It was very nice.
Of course, being the digital age, and being the slaves to our media that we are, we documented every meal, every drink along the way via Twitter and Facebook. Because somehow it didn't really happen unless I took my internet friends along for the ride.
As I write now, I can hear my friends John Laney and Stephanie Connor, screaming at me to take a real vacation and leave the damn phone off. You have your ways. I have mine.
Anywho, it was really good to be with my sis. To be with someone who laughs at herself the way I laugh at her/myself. I mean there is no one who can make you feel quite as sane as your sibling can. Those habits that mom passed on to us... Such as flipping our husbands the bird when they leave the room, researching people from our past and the ever annoying struggle to convince our children that we are NOT SLAVES; well, knowing I am not the only one in this makes me feel all warm inside. Or maybe that was the Chardonnay.
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