Ahhh. Relaxed.

This was the Road Trip of Enlightenment. We had such a great time visiting with Kelly and Joel. We pulled in their driveway at around 2:30 in the morning. We did the exhausted chat for about a half an hour and then hit the sack. That next morning, we sat around and had something similar to a group therapy session. I joke, but all four of us have a way of talking without any inhibitions. It’s great.

Joel made me cry over my “Moons of My Hammy” at Denny’s, Kelly posed for silly lets-take-our-shirts-off-and-stand-in-the-middle-of-the-street photos, Audrey couldn’t stop chasing Pomi (their doggie) all over the house, we made a drive by Hulk Hogan’s house (unfortunately he wasn’t outside), we scored big at the thrift stores, we had an amazing trip to beach and we bought the Super Play Yard XT which the husbands took turns sitting in with Audrey (I hate it- it’s just a larger cage than the pack-n-play).

The reason why I dub it the Road Trip of Enlightenment is because Kelly and Joel told us we had to watch this movie called What the Bleep Do We Know? It was about quantum physics, which I’d heard of but knew nothing about. That was a very cool video. I suggest everyone watch it. It made sense to me. It made me want to change the way I think about things. I know that sounds hokey, but damn, it was moving. (There was a cheesy story line that went along with it, but the actual information and theories were very interesting.)
Anyway, I’m not sure everything in that video was science, but it was food for thought.

The other reason I became enlightened was because Joel burned us the CD of The War of Art. We listened to it all the way home. I decided that I need to get up off my ass and DO something. I don't necessarily agree with everything in that either, but there were some valid connections made.

It was self-help weekend. It’s nice to have a librarian as a friend. She researches answers for you while you’re watching Jaws, she emails you a cool website in which you can read children’s books online, and she turns you on to interesting books to read. In addition to being The Helpful Librarian, she’s also a pretty damn good friend.
Click here to see the slideshow if you dare:
Thanks for opening your house to us. We had a wonderful time.

Audrey, I have to mention, freakin’ loved the ocean. I thought she’d be scared, but on the contrary, she dove in headfirst twice. She giggled and splashed at the waves coming in. She wanted to go deeper into the water. She watched her toes sink into the sand and the best thing of all was when she actually looked out at the horizon line. I found that to be amazing. She realized the vastness of the sea.
When the storm came in, everyone scattered off the beach. We lingered for little longer than most. Finally, Tim walked her up towards the dry sand to leave. I watched in amazement as she wriggled her hand free from her daddy’s, turned and waddled back to the waves. She wanted more.

Side note: It’s the 4th of July and we’re at home doing laundry and watching bad TV. How’s everyone else enjoying that thunderstorm?
Sweet! Oh Brother! Where Art Thou? just came on.