Ain’t no party like a last-minute party! This is what I learned yesterday after some wild and crazy impromptu fun with some girlfriends and their kids. You see, it just so happened that by chance, several of my girlfriends’ husbands were either out of town, working late, had class late, or in my case were at a good ol’ RAWK CONCERT! So my friend Jen, not knowing everyone’s situation, put a message out on our “house church ladies” facebook page saying “hey late’s have a late play date at the park if you can because my husband is out” – so I joined her, because I always do what Jen says. 🙂 Our friend Celia was thinking of joining us as well, but she wasn’t feeling well so she didn’t show (lame). After awhile, it was getting close to dinner time, and Jen decided to take her brood to Skyline. Now, I HATE Skyline, so I planned on taking mine home and feeding them peanut butter. But then, the clouds parted, the sun shone, and I saw THIS (thank God for SmartPhones!)
Cortney’s Facebook status. She was unexpectedly husbandless for the night as well! I immediately texted her: “Whatever you’re getting, get me some too”. And she texted back, “Come on over! We’ll order pizza!” And I was all, “Can Jen come too?” and so Jen and I gathered up our large number of children and headed over to Cortney’s house. While we were in process, Celia called – she was feeling better and wanted to see if we were still at the park – “Come to Cortney’s house!” I said. (Cortney LOVES it when I invite people over without asking her!) So Celia and her kids came also. Within a few minutes Cortney went from a night alone with her two boys to her house being packed with 4 moms and eleven children!
And it was awesome! So, so much fun. We fed the kids, threw the big kids in the finished basement and we sat up and talked with the little ones. It was such a nice way to spend a husband-less evening, with friends, laughing and eating, instead of being tired and frustrated and counting the minutes til bedtime (not that I do that…).
So thanks to Cortney for her hospitality and to Jen and Celia for being flexible! And thanks to my Droid for letting me see Facebook from the park so I could impose!!
Love ya girlfriends!
Courtney is either a very good or very tolerant friend!
TLW won’t let me have girlfriends. She’s picky like that.
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How could you hate skyline. That’s a sin. I live in Texas and WISH I could have skyline for lunch!!
Anytime we can fit in to have fellowship is the best thing in the world. Thanks to my friends and hospitality 🙂
This type of night is what makes the “counting the minutes ’til bedtime” nights bearable! It’s nice to have good friends live so close to make this possible. I need to make more close friends. Mine all live so far away. This is the kind of post that makes me love a blog. Keep up the great work!