I think I have mentally recovered enough...

from the trauma of losing my post the other day. I will attempt to re-write it, just remember, it's hard for lightning to strike twice but then again, only I will know if the post isn't as brilliant as the original. Alright, who am I kidding, you know I'll tell you, LOL.

You're never too old for a sleepover! At least, that's my opinion. Of course, a sleepover is a lot of fun when it involves nudity and men (errr, man) but when I say sleepover I mean girlfriends! Sure, I've spent the days prior to this hanging with my peeps but this is different. We were going to a house and having a slumber party! When Karen Marie Moning (I can't help that I'm a name dropper) found out that a bunch of us RBLs were coming to Atlanta she invited us over to stay the night and of course we all jumped at the chance! Instead of the party ending on Sunday we got to extend it by another day, woo hoo!

Sunday morning, after watching her stuff her bags until they could not hold one more thing I bid Jenna good-bye (if you haven't had a chance, read about her airport adventures on her blog, linked at right, pee your pants funny) I went with the girls in search of food. You know it's always an important part of my day, figuring out what I'm going to eat. There were lines everywhere in the hotel and we didn't have a lot of time so we took a chance on the mall food court, which was conveniently connected to the hotel and not only did they have breakfast but it was cheap, woo hoo! When we came back we all dispersed. I went downstairs to wait for Dao who was kind enough to come buy and pick up my three huge bags of books so we wouldn't have to try to move them in the rental that Lina and Mich were picking up. We decided an SUV was not going to hold all 6 of us and our bags and boxes of books (dang that Su and her book whorish ways) so they got a mini-van which Ms Mich is extremely familiar in driving, thank goodness! Linda and Su were in charge of the transport of the luggage and boxes. That bellman earned his keep, that cart could not hold one more thing, LOL. Pamela Clare joined us and we all convened in the front like a well oiled machine. We were aiming to get out by noon and I think we were out by 12:05pm. Not too shabby if I do say so myself. OK, I had nothing to do with the timing but I'll still take credit, LOL.

Once we hit the road I do what I love to do on a road trip. I went to sleep (yeah, that could be a problem on my next road trip). Linda even lent me her travel pillow which was heavenly considering I was in the back row surrounded by books. Of course, maybe I should have stayed awake to learn how to get to Karen's house since I will need to know that in the future but I couldn't resist my nap. Actually, I just wanted to avoid talking to Su, LOL. Who, by the way, was kind enough to point out my new home, it was a lovely trailer park. I told her as long as it had DSL, I'm there, LOL. Once we go close to Karen's we called her and she and Neil came down to meet us. Apparently, it's difficult to find there place. This is really where I should have paid attention to the drive. Did I? Nope, we were too busy talking, I wasn't in the backseat, I was in the backseat of the backseat, I can't pay attention to things like where we're going!

The funniest part of the trip was when we were going uphill. Our mini-van just wasn't having any of it. Mich had it floored and we were going about a strong 5 miles an hour. Neil had to pull over while we tried to go uphill. If the bottom panel of our car opened up we would have all been doing the Flintstone feet but since it didn't, we just laughed our asses off as we crawled up the hill. Karen and Neil's house is beautiful. The first thing I noticed was how quiet it was. Not that I want to live there, mind you, she was telling us stories of bears and such and I prefer the sound of a car door slamming then the sound of a bear, thank you very much. I should warn Karen that if I show up and there is a bear in the yard I'll be staying in the car, LOL. I think nature looks beautiful, from the inside of my car!

Once we got the grand tour we plopped ourselves down and spent the afternoon just talking. It was great fun because you know there was a lot of laughter involved. Neil reads as much as we do so we talked about everything! Once we got hungry Neil grilled burgers for us, I LOVE grilled burgers and these were huge but Su and I did our duty and had one and a half each, LOL. Afterwards Neil sang for us. While I am not a fan of country music I think he could convert me. Sitting there listening to him sing had us all awestruck and the coolest part was I loved the songs he wrote more then the covers. After that it was dessert time, brownies and ice cream! I could say there was no room at the inn but you know I made room for dessert. Not a lot but I still had some, LOL.

For some reason I was really tired still. Guess I needed a longer nap in the car, LOL. So We actually called it an early evening with all of us going our separate ways. Some of us went to bed, some read, some watched movies and pilfered scotch. The morning was the perfect pace for me. Getting up whenever we wanted (some are early risers, I am not) and taking showers whenever the mood hit while we sit around talking. Last year when we had the beach house in Jersey really made me appreciate it whenever we're gathered in a house. It's much more intimate then a hotel and a lot of fun. Unfortunately, a lot of the ladies (I use that term loosely) had to fly out that day so we had to leave, well, Karen had to escort us out, LOL. This time in Georgia has changed the course of my life. All I wanted was a great time with my girlfriends and I got that but I also have a new future. Thank goodness Lina talked me into joining her in Atlanta.

BTW, this post was even better then the one I did the other day!

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About Leiha

I love to eat and sleep. One thing is more fun to blog about than the other. In between eating and sleeping I love to travel, spend time with my family and talk about myself. :)