| > | | | | cottage and find the girls awake and waiting for |
| Vacation Destination: Block Island | | | | me to go to breakfast. We are staying at the |
| Accomplices: 6 High School Girlfriends (Yes, | | | | Blue Dorry Inn, a very quaint inn that provides a |
| we’ve been friends for 5 years now... ha | | | | wonderful homemade breakfast in their dining |
| ha) | | | | room. The girls spend the breakfast filling me in |
| The time is 6:15 am on a Sunday. I’ve | | | | on what happened the day/night before. It |
| been up since 4:30 am. Am I a little eager? Of | | | | consists of drinks on the beach, appetizers for |
| course, it is my annual girlfriend getaway and | | | | dinner, and drinks and dancing to a not very good |
| I’m late to arrive. Why you say? | | | | band. They would have gone to bed early but one |
| Let’s just say I have not completely | | | | of the girls threatened bodily injury to anyone |
| embraced the you deserve this philosophy | | | | going to bed early. |
| but I am getting there. | | | | After my de-briefing, we break down into groups. |
| The other girls have already enjoyed one day on | | | | Four of the girls went for a long walk on the |
| the beach and one night on the town (if you can | | | | beach and 3 of us decide to take in the scenery |
| call it a town). They have assured me that they | | | | with a bike ride to the breathtaking Mohegan |
| did not have that much fun but I suspect they | | | | Bluffs. We rented bikes for 1 hours (no need to |
| are lying. | | | | kill ourselves) and road straight uphill to our |
| The commuting time is approximately three hours | | | | destination. After oohing and aahing over the |
| but it is three hours of heavenly solitude. No | | | | views we returned our bikes, donned our bathing |
| children whining no husband questioning me on my | | | | suits and hit the beach. |
| packing abilities (Did you pack my underwear?) | | | | The afternoon passed quickly at a beach side bar |
| Nope, it’s just me — and yes I did | | | | called Ballards. With cocktail service to our chairs |
| forget to pack my underwear but I don’t | | | | and a band playing great music there is no need |
| care. | | | | to move. We drink Coronas, read trashy |
| During the hour long ferry ride I see families | | | | magazines, talk about kids, husbands, having |
| heading over for vacations and I think This | | | | crushes, trying to have more children, trying not |
| would be a nice family destination but THANK | | | | to have more children, our bodies, other |
| GOD I don’t have them with me. My | | | | women’s bodies, the guy throwing the |
| cell phone rings I look at my caller ID. It’s | | | | footballs’ body. Most importantly we talk |
| my husband, ALREADY!!! He just calls to wish me | | | | about how lucky we are that we have all |
| well and he says he misses me. Strangely, I do | | | | remained friends over the years. |
| not miss him as much as I do when he is away | | | | Every year the logistics of getting away with the |
| on his annual golf weekend (three days, two | | | | girlfriends gets more complicated. Every year the |
| nights but I am not keeping track). | | | | rewards of getting away with the girlfriends get |
| The boat docks and I have arrived. I walk to our | | | | bigger. |