Girls Weekend

I have some really great friends and I got to hang out with them this weekend.

Yesterday, Joe and Michaela and I (and Joe's friend in his own car) headed up to Flagstaff for a day of his and her hikes. We got up a O-dark thirty in the morning to drop off Margot with Joe's mom and then headed up to the mountains. This was the proud new parents' first all day excursion without baby Margot so I think there might have been some mixed emotions and worry, but we were all pretty excited for our hikes. Michaela and I were going to do a nice 2mi. loop hike and Joe and his friend were going to do a much harder, longer hike up an entire mountain.

When we reached Flag we called grandma to see how Margot was doing. We didn't have to hear her response, Margot was screaming in the background. Turns out she doesn't like bottles, and so decided a prolonged, hours long screaming fit was in order. We thought she would tire out or figure out the bottle was the next best alternative so we parted ways with Joe, and Michaela and I began our ascent.

We weren't quite halfway up our hike when Michaela got the call for surrender. Margot, the diva, was not happy with her new surroundings and her screams had everyone on edge. Michaela and I began our descent and retreat back to Phoenix. Luckily for Joe, because his friend had driven himself, he could catch a ride back to town with him and Michaela and I could take their car home so Joe didn't have to leave.

Although we were a little bummed not to complete our hike (I mean I had just lathered myself in sunscreen - such a waste) we did really enjoy the car ride home singing along to CDs and discussing girl things like boobs (mostly the difference between how they feel when you are breast feeding and when you arent). Needless to say we had a great time and the point of the day was to hang out together, it didn't matter if it was on a mountain or in the car.

We picked up Margot and decided to veg out at Michaela's house. We watched movies and ordered pizza and Margot was a total sweetheart, smiling for us and chatting away. It was a perfect lazy saturday. We did get a couple pictures of our hike before heading home so look for those pics on Michaela's blog.

As for today, my coworker/officemate/friend Janell set up a girl date for a group of us at work to all go see Eat Pray Love and get drinks afterwards. Only three of us showed up but we had a ball. We all loved the movie and had some great discussions about the themes and journey Julia Roberts' character goes through. and we chatted for another two hours after the movie.

It is so nice to have girlfriends to hang out with who are interested in the books and movies that I am so we can discuss them and plan trips and get silly together. It was a very fulfilling weekend.

And I highly recommend Eat Pray Love to everyone, I didn't even read the book and I totally enjoyed it!