What an absolutely, super, incredibly, fantastic weekend. Nothing earth shattering just time with friends & family. Time to get back in the pool for evening swims. Lawns to be mowed. Sleeping in til 7:30. My teenage daughter telling me she's bored (already). Dinner's on decks. Morning hikes. Hearing my daughter play the piano and sing a solo at her spring recital. Realizing that my life is about as perfect as I could ever hope for. Funny how all the things that are part of my every day become the things that make my world amazing when I take the time to gather them all in my head and my heart and appreciate what at time slips by & is misinterpreted as monotony.
I spent Saturday morning and afternoon with my forever friend that I don't get near enough time with anymore. I bought her a gift for her birthday in August 2012 (and I bought myself one too because she couldn't go alone) and we finally took the time to cash in and use it. It was a day to have our hair and make-up done and then a photo shoot. A photo shoot with high heels, mens ties, lots of pearls and two (slightly vodka induced) imaginations. We got to see some of the photos that were taken of her and of I (only a few of us together (and not together like that - even we have our limits). Those will go in our well hidden box that is destined to be published in the book that will be written about us once we're gone - maybe not on the level of a must read as Anne Frank but it's going to be up there). What absolutely amazed me was that as we looked at our individual photos we realized that they were tasteful and for women in our 50's - damn sexy. What a boost to our ego. I highly recommend grabbing your best friend and making a girls day trip to a tasteful, reputable photographer and let them show you that you really are beautiful even with your big thighs and no longer flat belly. It is the best thing I have ever done for myself and for my friend and it was the most fun we have had legally (just kidding kids - your mother has never done anything illegal - why do you think I take trips to Amsterdam??!! ).
I still need to lose 20 pounds but I'm feeling pretty good about who I am right now in this moment and I haven't felt that way in a VERY long time.
