Watch out world ’cause the girls are planning a road trip!
For the past few weeks, I’ve been chatting with one of my girlfriends whose husband has also just recently returned from deployment about a girls’ getaway. After dealing with the single parenting for so long, we’re both ready for the guys to get a taste of it. (Really, we’re just looking for any old excuse to get away without kids – no carpools and meetings for a few days sounds blissful!) The promise of sleeping in, eating horrible food on the road, no cooking for a few days, slick fashion magazines, bad movies, unadulterated girl talk and have I already mentioned no carpools beckoned. We keep threatening to go down South and visit our friend T whose husband is currently deployed. Well, this week, the stars seemed to align.
I write a regular benefits column for Armywifenetwork.com; Star and Tara are always so gracious about extending invitations for all their contributors to join them on the road for Field Exercises. I’ve never been able to make it, but always send some signed books for the giveaways. This time, I was getting ready to send out the package when I realized that the next Field Exercises were being held at Ft. X where T lives. Coincidence? I think not. This is too good an opportunity to pass up – kill two birds with one stone – finally get to attend a Field Exercise and squeeze in a visit with T. So, we are packing our bags, renting a car and heading out! We’re stopping at different posts along the way to visit other girlfriends. (Kind of funny if you think about it…..an Air Force spouse and a Navy spouse stopping at Army posts along the way to visit our girlfriends…I guess it really is a joint world!) I’m excited….we’re going to get to see friends we haven’t seen since Japan and Germany! I know the husbands are rolling their eyes, but they’re being great sports about it and holding their tongues.
If you want to follow the adventure, you can follow me on Twitter. Otherwise, I’ll share pictures when we get back.
Wow! That’s awesome!! I wish I could just pick up and take a road trip! But alas, too much going on here and with the hubby’s TBI… he would forget to do half the stuff even if I wrote it down!! *giggle*
Hope you have fun!!
Thanks, Jacque. This is the first road trip I’ve done with the girls since college, so fingers crossed!
Sue—I hope I’m your long-lost friend from Germany! I can’t wait to see you and catch up! Sounds like you girls are going to have a great time visting old friends. I might have to plan a similar trip!
Lisa
Of course it’s you! Can’t wait to see you. Hope we don’t end up crossing paths. Stupid college weekends…..why’d your kids have to be so edumacated?
I enjoyed finally meeting you in person. It was good of you to make our own Field Exercise *Joint*. See you in DC this fall. PCS-ing, right after a deployment. I love it!
Wow! That’s awesome!! I wish I could just pick up and take a road trip! But alas, too much going on here and with the hubby’s TBI… he would forget to do half the stuff even if I wrote it down!! *giggle*
Hope you have fun!!