FINALLY, a Plan Comes Together

Steamboat Springs, Co.

For awhile now, three of my girlfriends from high school and I, have thrown around the idea of meeting in Steamboat Springs for a long weekend.  After years of talking about it but never actually being able to agree on a weekend, we have a girls trip planned!   I am so excited, I can hardly stand it! 4 nights and 5 days of uninterrupted "girl time" which is sure to include many walks down memory lane, endless shopping excursions, rock hard abs by the end of the trip from the HOURS of laughing, relaxation from a day at the spa, and of course, a little drunken debauchery.  Total bliss.

Hot Springs that we are TOTALLY going to.

Isn't it funny the bond we have with friends from high school?  No other time (at least in my life) is quite like it.  I only spent 3 years at the school that I graduated from but in those 3 short years, I made some of the closest friendships of my life.  After graduation, we all went our separate ways.  I only stayed in contact with a couple of people.  I would go back for a visit every now and then but most people were gone, living their lives elsewhere.  My 10 year reunion and a little site called MySpace both happened around the same time.  I reconnected with quite a few people through both.  Then Facebook came along and I found TONS of people.  The think what struck me the most was that the people I went to high school with were the ones who were always there for each other. There was this unspoken bond between all of us.  Granted, we were spread all over the country by then, but regardless of geography, we were able to rekindle our friendships.  By the time our 20 year reunion came, we all felt like we saw each other every day.  We knew all about each others kids', husbands, jobs and interests because we were able to see it all through our Facebook pages.  Now, again because of Facebook, I get to go on a girls trip with 3 girls that I have known for over half of my life but haven't seen in over 20 years, 17 years and 2 years.  That is an amazing thing.

So, I'm adding a countdown clock to my blog so I can watch it sloooowly go down.  It took years to plan so one would think that another few months wouldn't be too hard.  No so.  
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!