What I Did On My Summer Vacation…

Well, let’s see. 

I spent the annual weekend at Lake LBJ

with the JUGs.  Not bad for a bunch of 46 21-year olds, right? 

This was LBD night – Little Black Dress.  Last year it seemed that almost everyone one showed up to supper the last night in a black dress.  This year it was mandatory for the group picture. 

I like to bring a little something to the girls each time we get together.  Last year it was a plastic wine glass with their name painted on it. 

This year, I wanted to let them know they had left an indelible, permanent footprint on my heart.  What better way than these? 

“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”

I asked them their shoe size ahead of time and blinged 18 pairs of Old Navy flip flops.  I sure did.

It was another wonderful weekend with lifelong friends.  Not one bad thing about it. 

Oh yeah.  My car broke down on us on the way home.  Battery was graveyard dead.  Thankfully we were rescued by a knight in a shining RV who took my dead battery out, loaded it in his truck (which was pulling said motor home) and drove me 3 miles down the road to the Auto Zone so I could spend $105 for a new battery. (Really?  $105?!?!) All while his wife, two kids and Golden Retriever were left sitting on the sidewalk at the store where the poor, lifeless Sorento sat waiting our return. In the blazing Texas heat.  Seriously.

Anyway, while I was in the Auto Zone I got this picture:

And this was the message accompanying it, ”Busted flat in Elgin…waiting for a battery”  Quick, quick – name that tune!

I burst out laughing right there in the middle of the Auto Zone.  I’m talking crazy lady laughing.  I’m pretty sure our roadside hero started re-thinking his good Samaritan ways at that point. 

Thank goodness I have wonderful friends who kept the mood light and made sure I didn’t have a complete come apart there in the Valero parking lot.  And this was after I totally slammed on the breaks, went across two lanes of traffic, flipped a “U-ey” just to take a picture with this:

Surely y’all read this, right?  In fact, one of the girls riding in my car sent me something earlier telling me that when she read about Beyonce, all she could think about was The Southern Girl Gang.  What a compliment!

It’s been a great Summer.  Well, except for finding out  the reason for all my aches, pains, burning muscles, insomnia, trouble losing weight, thinning hair and inability to remember words at times was because of this:

Image Courtesy of Google

Yep.  I’ve unfortunately joined the ranks of those affected by Fibromyalgia.  I’m on a couple meds that are helping with some of the symptoms but not all of them and sometimes I feel like I’ll never be able to take care of all the symptoms, all the time but I am thankful for the relief I have gotten.  Really trying to keep a positive outlook but the fatigue just overwhelms me most days.

84,000 bloggie points if you’ve stuck around to the end of this long post.  I hope you enjoyed the long little snapshot filled re-telling of my summer vacation.  I’m hoping to be back a little more regular around here.  I mean how could I not when your carload of girlfriends keep saying “At least we’re giving you lots of things to blog about.”  Love you girls!

Thanks for dropping by and y’all come back now, you hear?