This weekend was absolutely perfect! I really didn't realize just how badly Joey and I needed a weekend to ourselves until we got in the car late Friday afternoon and headed to Myrtle Beach. I was so excited, you would have thought I was going on my honeymoon again. We left here at about 6 on Friday night and made it to the condo at 11. Obviously, we were exhausted from working all day, getting the kids settled and then traveling, so we hit the sack. I don't know if I've posted yet about the place we stayed. One day back in October, I was giving myself a "pity party" on the playground at school about how long it's been since Joey and I have gone anywhere by ourselves...how expensive it is to travel....leaving the kids...blah, blah, blah. One of our parapros spoke up and told me she had a fully furnished one-bedroom condo in Myrtle Beach that Joey and I could use any time. I literally started crying. That's how much it meant to me that she would do that for us. She doesn't know that she really ministered to us by letting us have this time alone together!
Anyway, Saturday morning, we got up and did some sight seeing. I was so proud of myself for everything I remembered from living there 17 years ago! I showed him the Primary School where my brother went, both houses we lived in, the Kroger store my dad ran, the elementary and middle schools I attended, and I was even able to find my best friend from 3rd-6th grade, Kerin's, old house. I couldn't believe I remembered every road to turn down. Joey was having a hard time relating to it all since he lived in the same house his whole life! Little does he know how many other houses I've lived in!
After the sightseeing, we hit a Tanger outlet. The sales were INSANE. I mean that literally. At Anne Taylor loft alone, I got 3 pairs of pants, a shirt and a "little black dress" for a little less than $40....for all of it. Crazy. I got some great deals on stuff for my kids as well. I'm going to add it all up and see just how much I spent, but it will be very little considering everything we got.
We ate dinner at Margarittaville for Valentine's Day and that was a lot of fun. Loud and crazy, but fun.
Sunday we spent the day at the mall, going to the movies, and out to dinner again. We were back at the condo early and just hung out watching TV. We were up all three mornings by 7:30. But getting 9 hours of straight sleep was AMAZING and we were rested and ready to go.
We've made a vow that we aren't going to let 4 years go by again without a weekend away. Joey and I really do have a wonderful marriage...we always have. Of course, we bicker sometimes, but I can honestly say we don't fight. Joey is just not a fighter (I can't really say the same for myself). However, even though I do cherish the marriage we have and the day in, day out, of being parents together, I really realized that it is still SO important to take time to just focus on each other. It's easy to get sucked into the business of taking care of Tripp and Makinley that we let our needs slide to the back burner. I love Joey more than life itself...and the best gift we can give our kids is to dedicate ourselves to each other and loving each other. After the movie we saw, my running joke with Joey has been that I'm so glad he's "just that into me"!!!! In fact, I'm glad we "are just that into" each other....and we always will be!
3 comments:
Sounds like you had a great trip!
It is so nice to get away from the daily grind. Glad that you guys had so much fun!
I'm amazed you were able to remember where all those places are! My mom teaches at the middle school now and my parents live just down the road from there. There's even a new intermediate school that's close to the other two. It's changed so much! I'm so glad (and jealous) you had fun!
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