Today’s post is not at all spiritual, but if you are a female type, I think it will bless your heart because every woman needs a ‘girl’s day out’, don’t you think?
Most of us go through our wife/mom/employee/sister/duaghter lives like chickens with our heads cut off. Sometimes we just gotta have a day with our girlfriends to decompress and laugh until we nearly wet our pants over silly things. Yesterday was that day for two of my best friends and me. I thought it might be fun for you to join us…since you and I are friends. I warn you though, you have to get up pretty early to partake of one of my girlfriend days.
Do you hear the alarm going off? Don’t hit snooze or you will miss the fun!!! I hit the floor between 4 and 4:30am most days. I know it is weird and abnormal and just not right, but I’ve done it for years…in fact, since I was a little girl. I just have this funky internal alarm that goes off extremely early. I never set an alarm clock. Never. I think if I was still in bed at 6:30am my husband might be calling the local funeral home to ask them to come pick up the body because he would be certain I had died in the night.
Oh yes, it is a curse sometimes, because I am not a very good date at night. By 8:30 pm, I’m yawning and looking for my nightgown. However, I sure do get a lot done early in the morning. So, get out of that bed and let’s get going.
My first task in the morning is to throw a load of clothes in the washer. It is unbelievable how many loads of laundry I do for just TWO PEOPLE. What in the world??? I cannot imagine the laundry chores of women who have multiple children plus a husband. Whew!!
Ahhhh, by this time, my Keurig is all heated up and ready to make me a cup of heaven, er, I mean coffee. One cup is all I can do, but I really NEED it.
This little fur-ball is waiting on me in the basement when I am through at the computer. It is breakfast time, Mom….get in here. For the love of Pete, sometimes she acts like she has not eaten in days. She is getting older and we think she might have some health problems. I am in a wait and see mode with her right now. She does Bible study with me each morning and loves to sit in my lap and be stroked.
By 5:30am I am into this little number and at the gym swimming laps. I have been a huge exerciser for 25 years and have always walked for exericse. I still walk but about a year ago I decided that middle age was necessitating a bit of a change-up in my exercise routine. So, I began swimming. LOVE what swimming has done for me. I get a total body workout and I can tell such a difference. I still walk 3-4 days a week and then swim 2 days a week.
Here is my friend and ministry partner, Kristin, proudly displaying her cup of coffee from the first of our MANY bathroom stops in our girls day out. Quick Trip coffee was not bad, I’ll have to admit. It served the purpose in lieu of Starbucks. If you are new to The Point, Kristin does the music for many of the events where I speak. Ya’ll, you cannot believe how good she is. She has an incredibly powerful voice and can ROCK the house. Recently at one of the events where she and I served, she sang Mercy Seat and I thought the rapture was just going to happen right there. I’m telling you there was not a dry eye in the house. I love having her do the music for my events. It really helps me prepare to speak and the audience is ALWAYS blessed. She is so much fun and I just really adore her!!!!
Ya’ll know my friend, Cindy from Life is Good. She and I have been friends for eons. We are both from Blairsville, our husbands hunt and golf together. We both have teeny bladders and must stop at every bathroom on the road to wherever we are going. Cindy is not only my dear friend, but she helps keep me accountable to and focused on the ministry the Lord has assigned to me. We are convinced that one day we will share a room at the local nursing home or insane asylum…whichever comes first!! I am sooo blessed to call her friend.
I dropped Cindy and Kristin off at Phipps Plaza in Atlanta and headed here to get a haircut. I was in desperate need of the wizardry of Keith Robinson and I am never disappointed. I’ve been going to Van Michael Salon for 22 years. It is located smack in the middle of what is known in Atlanta as “Buckhead” and is a premier Aveda salon. It is a world renowed salon with locations in Atlanta, Miami and Tokyo.
When I went to VMS the first time in 1989, it was the weirdest place I had ever been. Understand I was a red-neck fresh out of the moutains of North Georgia and we just did not have people with fuschia hair, weird clothes and strange music playing where I came from. As I sat in the salon that first time, I thought, “Lord, if you get me out of here, I will never come back.” What I did not know at that time was that I was about to get the best haircut available in the free wordl. Yes, I would go back and have for 22 years. I meant to get a pic of Keith but forgot.
Self portrait before going into VMS for my cut….it is totally NOT evident in this picture how badly I needed a haircut. Trust me I did.
After the haircut, I scooted back up to Phipps and met Kristin and Cindy for lunch at Twist. Ya’ll we love Twist. It is busy and noisy and full of business people, but the food is divine. Cindy and I always eat their Calamari Salad. Oh, sweet heaven, it is a beautiful thing and we believe it is put there for our edification!!!! It is full of fresh lettuces, artichoke hearts, bananas, cashews and LOADED with lighly battered and fried calamari. The dressing is a very light sweet/tangy/sesame dressing that is perfect. I meant to take a pic of it, but was too enthralled by it and forgot. Sorry.
Thankfully I did not forget to take a picture of THIS:
Ummmmm, have you tried the Mocha Coconut Frapp at Starbucks? Ok, now I am not a chocolate lover, but seriously, this was straight out of heaven. It tastes like a liquid Mounds Bar. The marrying of the sweet coconut and bitter mocha was perfect. I always have my frapps double blended and this one was perfect. With whipped cream and chocolate/caramel drizzle on the top…..well, there are just no words. You HAVE to try one.
This was our final treat of the day after doing a bit of shopping. We headed back home, satisfied and content with a wonderful girlfriend day! Now we are planning a June girl’s weekend in Atlanta. Shopping, eating, overnight at a hotel, and church at my old church home, Mt. Paran COG. Anyone want to join us?
