It was such a blessing to get away this last weekend! A group of friends all went up to a cabin on the river. The weekend started great with laughing and chatting till all hours of the night. On Saturday morning, though, I was determined to keep up on my exercising (losing baby weight!) and went running with a dear - in shape - friend. Our run began fine. The scenery was gorgeous and the weather was perfect! Since we were "up" in the mountains, my asthma started acting up a bit and I decided to walk. I told my friend to go on ahead. Slowly she went out of sight and I just kept going. I knew that she had to turn around at some point and then we would meet up again. . .we just didn't realize that a mile marker was missing and our "that took forever" mile was actually 2 miles. After what seemed like FOREVER she finally came back and we turned around to retrace our steps . . . I was already exhausted and I had to do it all again. By the time we returned to the cabin we figured out that she had run about 7-8 miles and I had run/walked about 5-6 miles. The reality of what I had done didn't really hit me until about an hour later. I was sore and lifeless. Exercise is supposed to exuberate you, but I was sucked dry! Luckily, I could curl up on the couch and veg! Later in the day the other girls (yes, we are still "girls") decided to take a walk to a waterfall. I decided to stay back and let Makenna sleep while also waiting for the arrival of another friend. After a while I started to hear thunder and realized it was going to start raining anytime. My first thought was to put Makenna in her carseat and take my friend's van to look for the girls. Well, just about that time my other friend arrived. I looked outside to see huge drops of rain falling from the sky. I then realized that the van was blocked in by a car. Since I wouldn't need the base for my carseat, I decided to take my friend's Tahoe. We quickly bagan searching through purses to find the right keys and then out I went to "steal" a vehicle and search for my friends. Luckily, I remembered them talking about where they were headed (despite my out-of-it-ness) and found the road. At every turn I made I was sure that I would find them. After about 15 minutes I finally rounded a bend to find my completely soaked to the bone friends. They were so relieved to see me. I could not believe how far they had walked...and most of it in the rain! I was so thankful that I had decided not to go on the walk with Makenna. I don't think it would have ended well.
Well, the rest of the weekend was very relaxing! Once again, we laughed and chatted till all hours of the night (and morning). It was so wonderful to have this time with my wonderful blessed friends. I cherish these times when we can "get away" and be completely "real" with each other...no distractions or expectations! God has truly blessed me with such an awesome group of friends.
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