Girl's Weekend

We had our annual girl's weekend with our Sunday School class this weekend. We went down to Orange Beach Friday afternoon and left Saturday. It was so nice to take off half a day on Friday and know that I was going to the beach with some friends. It ended up being 8 of us - me, Jessica, Erin, Julie, Jenni, Mandy, Carrie, and Mel Ann. Mel Ann got us four rooms so we each got our own bed, which was awesome. We left from the church parking lot around 11:30 and stopped in Citronelle to eat some McDonalds. All I wanted was a chocolate milkshake, since I was on a strict $70 budget, but when I went to pay I realized that I left my debit card at school and had NO cash! I was so embarrassed to have to borrow money from my friends. Of course if the situation was reversed I would be more than happy to lend some cash to one of them, but being on the other end wasn't any fun. Erin lent me $60 in cash so my $70 budget was slashed to $60 in an instant, but I was so grateful that I didn't care. After we left McDonald's we were on our way to Loxley to stop at the fruit stand and get some stuff to snack on. We made it to Orange Beach around 3:00 and immediately hit the beach until about 6:00 before we went back to the room to get ready for supper. It was nice to just sit around on the beach talking about nothing and sunning. It was windy so we didn't get too hot. In fact, it got a little bit chilly. By the end we were in our bathing suits, chairs facing the sun, toes in the sand, and covered up by our towels. We went to Doc's for supper and it was pretty good. We had to wait FOREVER and we were pretty hungry (and just a little bit ill) by the time we sat down and got our food. Once that first bite of food hits your mouth, everything is better. Unless you're sitting at a table next to a table full of loud, drunk people. Seriously, there was a girl by us that was busting out of her dress and was as loud as they come. She wasn't just talking loudly, she was talking loudly about totally inappropriate things - like pooping. And her mom was right there with her! My mom would kill me. After we finished eating we all went back to our rooms and changed into our jammy jams then stayed up til about 12:30 talking.
We got up around 9:00 the next morning and the rest of the girls hit the beach. They said it was a little cold so I stayed in the room and read my book and talked to Eric on the phone. Much what I prefer to chilly beaches. My book is very good, too - a book review will be coming shortly I'm sure. We had an 11:00 check out so the girls came back, got ready, packed up, and we went to eat lunch at Lulu's. I got a fried green tomato BLT that was super good, although all of the fried food made me feel sick that night and a little bit this morning. We were so tired from the sun, staying up early, getting up early, and being full and warm that Erin and I were having a hard time staying awake while Jessica was driving. We stopped near the Bass outlet to catch up with Julie and Jenni because Julie was going to ride with us from Buckatunna. We were sitting on a bench, waiting, falling asleep so we went to McDonald's (again) and got some mocha frappes to help keep us awake. The rest of the trip was pretty uneventful but I was very ready for a nap when I got home. Luckily Eric is the best husband ever and he let me take a nap even though he had taken care of Kaleb all weekend. And that was my weekend.