You know it is a MUST that I have a girl trip highlighted on my calendar with the destination written in the individual squares with a bold and bright sharpie pen to get me through the month. (Yes, it’s monthly…like a period!) I have elected myself to the position of CEO of girl trips. I am in charge and take full responsibility for my missions because I recognize that I am the one with the organizational and leadership skills to form my posse that keeps my mental health afloat.
I have a few teams that are involved, and some teams have names. For example, there are the MuMu’s, The Mean Girls, and the YaYa’s.
They consist of lifelong childhood friends, college girlfriends, and of course the group of girls that I peg to be more like my therapist and have had to help me raise my three kids kinda friends…you gotta keep em close because they know too much… kinda friend!
Perhaps I have also had to select some of my board of directors to be in charge of “activities” if you will… “Activities” known best as happy hour (which can frighteningly develop into a ticking time bomb) when the wine glasses get yanked down from the shelf, the twist tops get untwisted, and the “real talk” gets to talking…and I’m good at all of it! (Just needing to acknowledge a few of my attributes!) We wait…seldom patiently, for our turn to repeat our stories that we have told a million times before, we chuckle again, as we have a million times before, and no matter what group of awesome and brilliant friends I am with, inevitably it will be said, at least a million times…”Hey, while you’re up”…
It’s what we do. You get them another “splash” when you have a friend that’s “down”. We take care of each other… making sure they, and their glasses, are kept as full as possible. It is being kind. It’s a promise we make that doesn’t require a secret handshake. It is caring. It is vital. I know that not everyone “needs” a girl trip, but it is my guess that everyone does need a friend that will stand up and grab that one thing for you when you find that you just can’t reach it yourself. A someone that has the empathy to say…”I’ll get it, I’m up”. That person.
I get needy some days and not just because it’s January or February or August. (Although I don’t mind having an excuse to snuggle in and stop hating myself for not doing jack to save the world) I admit… I don’t have a skip in my step every day, (Mama said they’ll be days) so when I get into a big-time funk and I desperately need to see a brighter side of the world, I’m glad I don’t have to reach far…I grab my friends and say, “Hey, while you’re up”…
Just a splash!
LISTEN UP!
Oh, how I would love my name on that list! Have wine glass, will travel. Love what you have to say, Tracy…but mainly how you say it.
xoxo, SASSY aka Ange
Angela, although you are a light weight, I love your company so much…I will get on it! Until then CHEERS! (Clink Clink)
I love, love, love your blogs. As always, another winner and so we’ll said. I’ll bet your English teachers never knew you had it in you! Thank the Lord for girl trips to save our sanity!!❤️
Love your very kind comments, Carole! I see you have been to Lakeland and Publix! It’s fun to run into some of those life-long friends isn’t it!
Bravo Tracy! Brings to mind the Beatles classic “Oh I Get by with a Little Help from my Friends”! What would we do without our buds!?
That is so true. I am a codependent soul, and Gary will not tell me that I look fat in that dress so what’s a girl gonna do? 🙂
Always fun girls trips so glad to be included.
Most secrets are safe with me😊
Very creative writing
You are the executor of the board of directors!
Absolutely fabulous blog post yet once more. I agree with Angela that I would love to have my name on that list! So glad you are writing these blogs so I may live vicariously through you and your infamous girl trips.
You are an open book Gilda and the life of a party…not to mention a good therapist!
Love this Tracy – you are a wonderful writer – I miss girls trips – this damned covid has kinda gotten in the way – I’m ready to go next time our friendJohn Munson puts something together!!!!
I dream of going “somewhere”, (ANYWHERE) where we get so “spoiled” once again. Was it a dream??????
Love this one, Mom! All the friend groups you are a part of is such a testament to you!
Really sweet…Remember the hours I spent on the phone with the mile long cord when you were little…and how much I ignored you… because I was talking to ALL of these people! Now called texting…It’s a lifeline!
Love these stories!! Can actually picture everything going on in them!
Hi Charlotte! I hope you are doing well! I sure do miss you! And yes, you can see everything that is happening in my “stories” because there are only two things happening…coffee and wine!
Tracy!!! I love this blog. May be one of my favorites. You know how much I love girl trips and just waiting for a date to put on the calendar!!!! Love you good friend!❤️🍷
You have been my lifeline…No more words needed!
Tracy you are definitely the “Girl Trip” CEO. A position you have held with distinction as long as I have known you. Hope you never have to retire!!
IT’S MY JOB! (Following my dream!)