About a month ago I was feeling a little ho-hum.
Ho-hum: (n) defined as a state of complacency, lack of excitement.
So I thought to myself, hmmm, what shall I do about this ho-hum-ingness? (Yes, that's totally a word). Well, why not go to Ft Lauderdale and visit two of my favorite girls in all the world? That is sure to cure my issues. Booked a flight, and off I went a couple weeks later.
In college, I had kind of a rough freshman year. I didn't have the connections in friendship that I had in high school and I was in a long-distance (um, Upland to Muncie...;)) relationship with my boyfriend from high school who I didn't get to see all that often. I toughed it out and ventured into my sophomore year relationship-free and ready to tackle the world. My new wing had a fun freshman named Katy and we connected right away based on our mutual quoting of the movie Clueless and having the same tank top. (deep deep connections!) :) Katy was from Ft Lauderdale and pretty early on in the year she decided to start planning a Spring Break trip to her house and invited her favorite girls she'd met so far. Who knew that her little plan would create life-long friendships?
We all knew of each other but didn't know each other that well. If we were going to spend 8 days together we figured that should be remedied and started having planned dinner dates in the DC, all 6 of us. The rest is history....
Katy still lives in Ft Lauderdale and now has two adorable children, one of which I hadn't met yet. Here he is...the adorable JAMEN. (posing with his Aunt Kat)
Kat moved down to Florida just this year after spending 2 years in Honduras and another few in Chicago. She's getting married in June and her fiancee is in FL, so all the pieces just kind of came together. Because we were both single (and now both are not..interesting) we became very close after college. I still talk to her at least twice a week and sometimes more. So great to be able to see both Katy and Kat in one place! Here is a pic of the 3 of us at dinner during my visit. We all got the same meal too...ha.
Kaia is Katy and Aaron's spunky almost 4 year old. She had some of the greatest quotes during my visit. I took the red-eye out of LA so I was not looking my best my first day there...serious Sporty Spice outfit and ponytailed hair. :) I played with Kaia all day and then hopped in the shower and changed for dinner. When I was all ready, a couple of Kaia's friends were over and she wanted to introduce me. She said "this is molly.....but she....got different." :) Guess me being clean equalled a big change for her. :) Here she is after we picked her up from school.
Another funny Kaia-ism...just after this picture above was taken, one of her little friends came up to Katy and asked if the two of them could have a playdate. Katy said "sure, but not today. Have your mom call me." She said "ok" and ran down the hallway towards her dad and siblings. We were almost out the door when Kaia turned back and shouted "WHAT'S YOUR PHONE NUMBER???!!!!" It sounded hilarious. Like she was going to put the whole playdate together on her own. :)
Jamen was a constant source of entertainment. He had just discovered how to clap this month so it was his favorite activity. Every time he cracked himself up and in turn, we'd all end up laughing at his cuteness. Kaia is a great big sister and considers Jamen to be her baby. Katy's friend Heather had her new baby girl Eliyah over to visit and when she was crying I asked Kaia if she wanted to go comfort her. Kaia said "no, that's baby Eliyah...she's not mine." So funny.
All in all it was a great trip, a good refresher. I still don't like Florida. It is SO humid and I've gotten really spoiled in LA. We get the nice hot weather without so much sweating. :) But my time with Katy and Kat, Aaron and David, Kaia and Jamen (and my boss' mom Ruth!) was wonderful. This week has been a good one being back home. Life is good.
