Planning a Mom’s Weekend Away

There you are sitting at home with dishes to do, floors to be swept and vacuumed, laundry to do, dinner to fix, children to bathe and bills to be paid.  You spend your days completing all the necessary tasks without complaint and try to make sure all your kids and husband are happy and healthy.  You don’t have time to exercise as much as you would like, you don’t ever go shopping by yourself and rarely have quiet time to read a good book.  Does any of this sound familiar?  I think most moms love what they do, but often feel like by the time they give everything to their husband, children, other family members and neighbors, they have nothing left for themselves.  I am lucky enough to have a group of friends who understand the need to get away from their normal responsibilities once in a while to relax and refuel the tank that is nearly empty.  Now, onto the incriminating pictures I have displayed for the world to see….

The pictures you see before you are from a recent beach trip I took with ten other moms for one of my girlfriends’ birthdays.  We all planned it out, split up food assignments, made sure our husbands could take time off to watch the kids, packed up the cars and took off for 3 days of girl time.  I won’t tell you all the transpired that weekend, but here are a few of the highlights.  We took several walks on the beach, watched a bunch of chick flicks, ate a ton of food, stayed up way too late and even made a choreographed dance video to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.”  Yep, you heard me right.  At around 2am we all put a bunch of sparkly makeup on, ratted our hair and acted like 14 year olds.  I’m sure the video will somehow make it to You Tube and will get quite a few laughs.  I know my husband found it very entertaining.

So, here’s the overall message of this blog.  Moms need to get away from normal life every once in a little while in order to stay sane and be good moms and wives.  Yes, when we get together we act very juvenile, but I think we’re allowed to do that sometimes.  When you’re ready to make this great leap, go to hotels.com, find a fun hotel near you and go crazy.  Spend a few days doing nothing but hanging out with your girlfriends and don’t feel guilty about it.  This is very important:  YOU’RE NOT A BAD MOM IF YOU WANT TO GET AWAY FROM YOUR KIDS AND HUSBAND SOMETIMES!  It means that you’re normal and healthy.  Alright, now it’s your turn.  Find a place, call your friends and have fun!!

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