I am out of here

My bags are packed and I am ready to go. 

I am officially going away this weekend without my husband and without my kids. I can not even tell you the last time I went somewhere without my husband. I think that it was a bachelorette party weekend in San Antonio in 2009. I have only been away from Calan for 2 nights. One night we were gone for a wedding and of course one night when Maisie was born. And I have never been away from Maisie.

Why is it so hard for women to just go away? I feel like my husband has golf weekends and man weekend offers all the time, but for some reason us women are less likely to actually plan a weekend away.

I think  that is rather sad. We need time away to refresh and to miss our loved ones. We take such care of everyone else that time for ourselves is hard to come by.

I know I get caught in the trap that I say that I should go or do something, but nothing ever happens. Getting a pedicure is about as far as I go to treating myself.

Don't you think that is a little sad? I do.

I am so grateful that I get to go away this weekend. We should do it more often and not just say that we are going to do it more. ACTUALLY DO IT!

So what am I doing this weekend? I am going away with hundreds of women from my church to a summer camp location 3 hours away. I'll be taking a Zumba class, riding a horse, trying out a zip line to just name a few things.

I loved summer camp as a kid. I went every summer and was even a camp counselor the summer after I graduated high school.

I can not wait to be a kid again! See you on Sunday kiddos. Mommy does love you.