Girl Power Unites!

So as much as my husband HATES it, I am addicted to Facebook.  Even though I swore I would never get one, once I did and connected with current friends and found some long lost friends, I was hooked.  In the process, I stumbled upon a group called Mom's Who Drink and Swear and I could not get enough.  The "leader" Nikki is hysterically funny and has a blog of the same name that will pretty much make you pee your pants.  Anyway, as I settled in and got comfortable I began to make new friends with other moms who are just like me.  Many of them are stay at home moms while others have actual jobs they have to go to every day on top of raising their kids, keeping their husbands happy, and maintaining their sanity.  I had found my home.  I would find myself laughing until I cried and bonding with these girls as if I had known them my whole life.  We shared stories and struggles and jokes and music videos--LOTS of music videos!  And these girls became my sisters.

This past weekend, many of us converged on Chicago, and a glorious time was had by all.  Although I'm not sure Chicago will ever be the same again!  I came from Texas, while others came from Utah, Arizona, New Jersey, Philly, Rhode Island, Michigan, and we even had one that came all the way from London.  We shared rooms and ate and drank and danced but more than anything, we laughed.  A LOT.  This was, to me, what being a woman is all about.  I have never understood why women feel the need to cut each other down and be so catty, but these girls proved that women of all different backgrounds and financial status can come together and pile into a few hotel rooms and still come out loving each other on the other side.  We all climbed aboard the El and proceeded to take over the city on a fabulous pub crawl where everyone asked who we were and why we were so loud.  We drank in the middle of the afternoon and had fantastic sing-a-longs to 80's music, and when we were done, we jumped back on the train and continued our sing-a-long--much to the dismay of the other riders.  We had the best time ever and I'll never forget it.  And I was so sad when I had to leave these girls behind and come home.

Maybe it's just me but I think that if more women took the time to have little excursions like this, they would be much happier and they might even figure out a way to get along with each other.  I know my group of girls cannot stop talking about everything we did and saw and we keep repeating little inside jokes that no one else gets.  And none of us can wait to do it again! 

Check out these awesome women and laugh and love them as much as I do:
https://www.facebook.com/momswhodrinkandswear
https://www.facebook.com/groups/momswhodrinkandswear/
http://www.chicagonow.com/moms-who-drink-and-swear