Me on Monday

So, on Saturday night, I had my first slumber party since I was a teenager. Heck, why not?? 

Butch was at the beach with Stephanie, so I decided to invite my friends for a sleepover. It had been a rough couple of weeks with the passing of a dear friend. We just needed some "girl time!" When I told Stephanie and Mindy about it, they were telling me all kinds of things that we needed to do. So--many--things! My head was spinning. There really wasn't enough time for everything, but we did quite a lot!

We started with "happy hour" at 4 p.m. on Saturday night. I made a run to the liquor store.

I might have overdone it, but you know about my multiples problem! Plus, when I discovered that we can now get Sipsmith lemon gin and Tanqueray Lime gin, I just had to get it. Our friends, Diane and Gren have been keeping me supplied for years--bringing it straight from England. Diane just brought me the Tanqueray Lime when she came in May. Last week, I discovered that it was almost gone! Nicky likes the flavored gins too. Now I won't have to be hoarding it! I'll admit that perhaps the wanting of it has to do with the lack of availability. Now that it is, yahoo!

Here we are from left: Susan, Pam, Karolyn, Nancy and me. We also decided to have AYM--we are very far behind this year. I was hoping we could get caught up, but that didn't happen. Maybe next time.

Of course, I had an itinerary. Around 5:30, we did face masks to replenish our skin:

 We ordered Chinese food for dinner and started watching "Nonna's" with Vince Vaughn while we waited. The movie was "cute" which is how I describe movies that basically are a waste of time. We paused it when our food arrived.

Once the movie was over, we headed to the pool for a night swim. The girls got on the floats, but not me. I knew that even though it was really warm out, it wouldn't feel like that once you were wet. I just stayed under the warm water. 

We were out for about an hour and a half. Everyone put on their pajamas. Karolyn had brought fresh fruit and amaretto dip which we used as our dessert after the pool. We talked for about another hour. Everyone went to bed around 11 p.m. I stayed up with Nancy for another hour and watched an episode of The Twilight Zone. I was nodding off. I cannot remember the last time I stayed up until midnight---probably New Year's Eve!!

The next morning, we had breakfast and did more talking. Around 9 a.m. I said, "Well, unless we're getting back in the pool, this party is OVER!" I've been saying "this party is over!" for years. No one ever wants to be the first one to leave and break up a party. I'm not shy about doing it! It's sort of become a joke!

We have been friends for 35+ years. We've seen it all and been through it all--together! A slumber party with your 70-something besties is a ton of fun. Young people--and by that I mean our 40-50 year old "children" think everything we do is so "cute"! You know--as in old people are so "cute!" I'm perfectly happy to be considered old and cute. We are still having a lot of fun! 

Maybe we should make this an annual event!