A "No Panties" Kind of Week....Girls' Trip

I really debated the title of this blog.  Some may contend that, perhaps, the don't-use-that-title argument should have won.  Maybe, maybe not.  If it offends you, I sincerely apologize, but I also know that if you are offended, you just do not get "traveling with the girls."  The phrase "no panties" was coined by my mother several years ago when she said at the end of a trip to Sarasota with my sister and me (her 80th birthday present), "why, I don't think I have had panties on all week" (please say that out loud in a charming southern accent, and all offended feelings will be healed). It does not mean that she was going "commando" a la Cosmo Cramer, it means that swimsuit and pajamas were all that were worn for the week.  Talk about perfection.

 

Ernest Hemingway is quoted as having said, "Never go on trips with anyone you do not love."  Amen and amen, Ernest.  I recently traveled with people I love.  Not only are they people I love, they are people with whom I love to travel.  So, here's our trip "by the numbers."

 

10 - the number of days we were together

1 - the number of times we ate dinner out, and that was at Chik-fil-a in McDonough, Georgia on our way home when we were too exhausted to consider anything fancier.

0 - the number of cross words spoken

0 - the number of times M got "pissed off" 

8 - the number of days we just sat on the beach and enjoyed being

3 (I think) - the number of Key Lime pie servings in a coconut shell

6 (maybe) - trips to Publix - once to buy food for the week and 5 to buy lunch on the way to the beach

1 - the number of rocket launches we witnessed (now, that was amazing!!)

7 - the number of tries it took to figure out how to turn the water on

lost count - the number of wrong turns taken trying to find the post office

4 - the number of trips to TJ Maxx

5 - tanks of gas for the trip down and back

3 - umbrellas lined up  - the picture is of our "compound"

dozens - the number of side scurrying crabs that came out in the evening

1 ton - the amount of sand I vacuumed from Mr. Lincoln's car

2 tons - the amount of sand left in Mr. Lincoln's car after I vacuumed

3 - the number of suitcases we took

8? - the number of extra little bags of varying sizes filled with various items that we took

1516 - the number of miles we drove

2 - the number of trips to Pickin' and Grinin' thrift store...2nd trip to buy that beverage cart for Martha

4 - the number of white serving dishes I bought at the thrift store

272 - the number of white dishes I now have

5 - the number of books I read on my phone - love that Kindle on my phone

?? - the number of journal pages Martha wrote

9 - the number of nights Melissa cooked herself a healthy dinner and offered to share

9 - the number of nights Martha and I declined Melissa's healthy dinner

Don't want to talk about it - the number of Diet Cokes I drank

2 pounds - the amount of dark chocolate with almond Hershey's Bliss we (I) ate

Approximately 180 man hours -  spent looking at Pinterest

 

Cannot be counted - the laughs, the prayers for each other's families, the memories of this and previous trips, the times we will think how fortunate we are to have each other, the times we remember how right Ernest Hemingway was.

 

So, for today, I wish you a "no panties" kind of week with people you love in a peaceful setting, and I wish you

 

blessings