Nothing like a girlfriend!

Wow, I just had the BEST eveing with my friend, Sarah. Great name isn't it?! In all seriousness, I understand now why my magazines say that having outside friendships, particularly for women, is important. When you get to go out, sans husband/boyfriend and or kids (neither Sarah or myself have the latter) and just talk. It's the best! I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I feel like all of the crazy things I've worried about are things she's worried about too. Sarah is married, a newlywed, she's been married about 3 and 1/2 months now, her husband, Mike, is really great! And as we all know, my boyfriend Colin is terrific, but, you know, men and women are just different. Sarah and I connected tonight, woman to woman, wife to--well, very committed girlfriend. LOL! It's not that we don't love our men, we love them more than life itself, we wouldn't be anywhere without them and wouldn't trade them for the world. But, there's something about sitting down, with a good girlfriend, face to face and just chatting. It does wonders for your soul! Guys have their guy time, they do their guy things, watch sports, bbq, whatever, that works for them, great! But, for us women, there's nothing like a good talk sometimes. Sarah is a such a wonderful, lovely and strong woman, I'm blessed to have her in my life! We haven't seen eachother in months, since her wedding, actually, but it was great none the less. She is adjusting to life as a wife, and I'm (like I stated yesterday) am adjusting to life as a serious girlfriend. It's a little different, yes, but not much. Perhaps I'll feel differently when I am an actual wife, but for the most part, we totally bonded. We talked about all sorts of things--school, (we met in a Literature class last semseter), work, dreams, goals, kids and of course, our men, and men in general. It was SUCH fun! I feel relieved and rejuvinated. I read in one of my magazines the other day that "women's retreats," are healthy, helpful and rejuivating!!! And they're absolutely correct! Whether it's just two women sharing a meal or 10 women on a trip--connecting woman to woman is so heartening and real and wonderful! Yes, Colin is my very best friend, my partner, my light in my life; but it IS healthy to have outside friendships. No one person can be everything to everyone--and having other (face to face) friends proves that. I have a lot of wonderful friends in my life, amazing women whom I'm so proud to know, but it's very rare that I see them in person, Sarah's pretty much my only in town friend, so it was so nice to have a conversation with someone in person, instead of the phone. I love the phone, a lot, but anyway, my point is, it was absolutely fabulous hanging out with Sarah! We agreed to do it once a month from now on because it's just too much fun not too! Anyway, today was a beautiful day in general because I got some stuff done. I cleaned a bit and organized--finally. I don't know where all my crap comes from, but today, I threw a little bit of it out! Yay! I got rid of a ton of magazines and went through my CD's and found some writings I had lying around, it was great. Then, when I went to get the mail, I ended up laying the grass!!! It was absolutely wonderful! It was hot out, but cool in the shade and just all around lovely--so I just laid my body down in the grass, it so nice! I hadn't done that in years! I felt like a kid again. It was awesome! Okay, confession, I also colored today--I found some markers and crayons and alot of white paper so I ended up doodling while watching TV later in the afternoon. I also made a collage of pictures of beautiful flowers I'd found in the magazines before I threw them out! That was fun too! Lots of fun! I had FUN today! (I'm rather low-key on the fun radar, I don't need to risk my life to have fun, I'm quite mellow actually!). Anyway, I was very crafty today, which isn't like me. And sure, on some level today, I was about 7, maybe,12 years old, but then I got to go to dinner with a great girlfriend and be a totally grown up woman, with real issues and questions and dreams. It was the perfect balance both! I'm looking foward to the weekend; Colin's best friend, Yoni, and his girlfriend, Heather are coming into town, I've got a bridal shower to go to as well as see the new Shrek (3) movie! It should be a great weekend! And the best part is, I'll get to spend it with my sweetheart, Colin. Whom really is still my best friend. I love you baby! Anyway, it's late and I'm tired, time for bed! I'll post some links with this, just for further reading material! In conclusion, this was one of the best days of my life! Sometimes life really is all about showing up for it, I'm so glad I showed up (and got up) for today!!! Thank you Lord for everything; Your Love, Colin, Sarah, mama, grandma(s), the grass, crayons, my nice clean shower and my burst of motivation today! What a gorgeous day it was! Goodnight!

In Light N' Love,
-Sarah Liz :)