Friends and Machines

I had the opportunity to go on a trip of my own this week. A close friend, an old acquaintance and a girl I've seen twice and I spent several day together (with about 3,600 other BeautiContol consultants) at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine. By the time I got home I was travelling with three close friends. The trip was like grown up summer camp. You know, when you would become BFFs with people you only saw for one week out of the year because of the incredible bond you make with people while sharing personal space.

The conference was good, but the fellowship of these three ladies far outweighed anything I learned from the conference. We laughed until our stomachs hurt, we told stories on ourselves that one would not normally tell, we shared ups and downs about our husbands and children, we sat on beds in a single room - four women in their 30s and 40s - and "talked" on Facebook to each other and giggled because it was so ridiculous...Until my computer died. A horrible, painful (for me), never to be resurrected death. But because of these wonderful, supportive women I made it through the initial shock. Hopefully, I'll find a replacement machine soon, but until then, I'll have to Facebook with my friends on the kids' computer in the living room. The wonderful thing is - the friendships I gained the past few days is worth much more than my loss that I'm not even sad about the laptop...It was more than a fair trade.