Another Year . . .

I just spent a whole weekend with some wonderful friends of mine at the Outer Banks, NC. Fun times, really. I found that I've been really lucky to have met some wonderful people in my life. There were 5 of us women who went, from all walks of life with varying backgrounds and yet have managed to find ourselves connecting and having fun. Some even just met when we all congregated at Chris's casa.

I learn many things from each of them.

Julie, my friendly and thoughtful neighbor has the shiniest golden heart. With kind words and insightful musings, not only do you know that she will have your back, you'll have legal backing to boot.

Ofelia. Always kind and full of wisdom, she brings years of lessons learned and grounding that you'll need to make sure that get a good dose of reality gets into your head when you find yourself in fantasy world.

Michele, the sharp tongued, whimsical, and oh so smarty pants attitude reminds me to make sure I see the other side of things. That there's nothing wrong to have a devil's advocate so that you can think of all the angles and sides of a coin. Not everything is what it is and requires scrutiny, and you have to do it with a smile.

Erin. Sweet not really so innocent Erin. She will surprise you that little chameleon. She's smart, funny, strong, and knows what it is that she wants. She may be quiet, but man, her one liners just makes you realize that gosh, life's full of surprises. That you gotta live life and be able to share them with others. Laugh at yourself once in a while. It's good for you.

All in all, the trip with all the fun games played with libations and the walks at the beach, it was good times. Short but sweet, my birthday weekend was quite a success. Not to mention we had so much food. OH and speaking of food, Roadside is awesome ... not just because of the food, but the hot bar tender who makes great drinks. Yaay! Hope to have just as fun next year. Maybe next year, we'll allow boys. We'll see.