Back from a FABULOUS Girls' Weekend!!!!

Hello all!  Sorry I disappeared for SOOOO long!  I left for my Girls' Weekend down in Tennessee on Thursday, and got back late Sunday night.  I spent the rest of the night.....and most of yesterday....recovering (even though I had to work yesterday).  In fact, I still feel like I'm recovering!  HAHA  I guess I'm just getting too old for all of that partying!

We all had an absolute blast!  Four of the girls live outside of post, and two of us flew in....me from the East Coast and the other girl, KS, from the West Coast.

Thursday KS and I got in pretty late, and didn't get to our hostess's house until well after midnight.  Our hostess had to work the next day, so she had to go to sleep.  But that didn't stop KS and I....we stayed up and had "girl talk" until the wee hours of the morning.

The next day (Friday), three of us went out for brunch.  It was this super cute authentic German cafe.  We hung out there for a good 2 hours eating, drinking coffee, and chatting.  Then we decided to move to a different venue.....another cafe.  There, we met one of the other girls (after she had gotten off of work).  We were all so hopped up on caffeine it was crazy!  After that, KS and I drove around town to visit random friends that we hadn't seen in a while.  Then, we hopped over to my love's house to make sure everything was ok.  Its crazy to think that in less than a year it will be my house too!!!!!!

That night, we all went "downtown" to a cute little pizza restaurant.  They serve some really gourmet pizza....soooo yummy!

After we were finished with the pizza, we came home and watched some wedding shows.  We were all so crazy tired from the busy day, but didn't want to go to sleep.  We were all falling asleep on the couches!  Everyone stayed over that night....even the girls who lived in town.  It was like a big sleepover!!!

The next morning, I woke up first (of course) since my body was still on East Coast time.  But the girls rolled out within an hour of me.  We all sat outside drinking our coffee and chatting some more.  Even though it was the morning, the sun was HOT.  We decided that we should all put tank tops on so our shoulders could get kissed by the sun.  We hung out for a few more hours, and before we knew it, we were all burned :-/  I'm STILL recovering.  My legs and shoulders are crazy red!

Then we all got ready to go to a place called Fat Daddy's.  Its kind of a biker restaurant that has a marina.  Apparently when the boys are home, they usually all ride their bikes out there and then go boating.  After we ate at Fat Daddy's, we drove around to the "beach" part of the lake.  Two of the girls decided to swim, the rest of us were crazy enough to try to soak up more sun. 

We got home, and all had to get ANOTHER shower.  We all got ready together....helped each other out with make-up and hair.  And, we played this fun game "Marry, Date, or Dump".  Each card had three names on it and you had to say who you would marry, date, or dump out of those three.  They would give you really funny choices like Batman, Superman, or Spiderman....so funny!  HAHAHA  Then, of course, we had to have a photo shoot.  Here are some of them....but believe me, there are many more!

We ended up going to this bar that had a band.  The band was AWESOME!  There was a girl for the lead singer, and boy could she sing!  The girls told the band that it was my bachelorette party, so they ended up calling us up on stage to dance.  It was a blast!

We danced the night away, and before we knew it, it was 2AM.  We had to leave for the airport by 6:30AM, so that didn't leave a lot of time for sleeping.....but thankfully both KS and I made our flights!

It was such a great weekend on so many levels.  Not only are the girls great to be around, but they also UNDERSTAND what I'm going through right now.  All but one have their husbands deployed right now.  We all celebrated when one of the boys would call to check in, and we'd ask about the other guys.  The boys were all so happy that we got to have some "girl time" and that we were all happy.

We're already planning the next one.  Its looking like we'll be heading out West....maybe skiing??  YES!  :-D