Jeslyn's Journey...and Beyond: Moms Gone Wild

That got your imagination running, huh? Well, we didn't get too crazy during our little getaway to the coast, but, there was definitely fun had by all. It was so nice to have some time with these ladies again. I haven't been seeing many of my TV ladies on a regular basis lately for different reasons. Mostly, because Alberto has school Monday through Thursday (from about 6-9ish) and I don't feel like it's kosher for me to get a babysitter to go out and drink with my friends while Al is at school. Also because lots of my mom friends are either pregnant with their second (and third if you were M about 3 weeks ago) or have a little one they just birthed. Well, I guess some of them aren't small anymore...between 6 months and 1 year old. But, it's still hard for me right now to see them.

Whoops - sorry for the Debbie Downer moment (these are the things that are in my head at any given moment). This is supposed to be a light, fun post. So, I'll get back to that.

The weekend started off just right. When ML and AM and I arrived at the coast (Cannon Beach), there were blue skies. BLUE SKIES PEOPLE. If you live in Oregon, you know how lucky that is, because, it's April and, well, the weather doesn't start to get predictable (in terms of sun - rain is always predictable) until AFTER the 4th of July. First on the agenda was to check out our digs. And man oh man were they...interesting, ha. First of all, the road to get to this place had massive pot holes. Not so fun when you're in a luxury vehicle like ML's - she's got a Land Rover (lucky lady, huh?). After navigating those puppies, we parked and walked up to what we thought was the front door, and, it was open. Like, ajar. We were immediately freaked out by that because we didn't know if the cleaning crew was still inside the rental or if someone else was in there. Luckily, neither of those things were the case and someone just carelessly left the door to this bedroom (the master) open. We were able to access the house from what I guess is the back door and we started to settle in. This place was, well, it was rustic. Charming, but, rustic. The pictures on VRBO (the rental site we'd used to find the place) did not accurately depict the very rustic nature of this rental. We'd talk about this ALL weekend, too, ha. But, whatever...it worked, and, it had a pretty nice partial ocean view.

Next up was lunch. We decided to sit down at Bill's Tavern. It was a nice lunch. The food was good, the conversation was good, my drink was good (I had a glass of wine - I think it was the first time I've ordered a drink while out at a meal since before I became pregnant with Jeslyn)...such a nice start to a weekend filled with drinks, good food, laughs, and just all around silliness. After lunch we walked around Cannon, just fumbling through the shops. We went into clothing stores, antique shops, wine bars, a toy store, and even a candy store. I bought mini gummy bears and a huge chocolate "I" for Isla as a gift.

When we got back to the house, I started dinner and while I was cooking away, the rest of the ladies arrived. There were 6 of us, so, a good group. After some chitchat and dinner (I made a delicious chicken enchilada soup), we walked down to the beach. It was gorgeous. We were all taking pictures - selfies, pictures of the sun and the water, of a certain lady's bare bum, ha. But at a certain point, I stopped and thought...about my baby. About what I'd lost. About how I would never get to watch a sunset with her on a beach, or how I'd never see Isla and her frolicking in the water together. Emotions just overcame me and I began to weep. I felt someone hug me...it was AM. We stood there looking at the water, just crying...no words. Just her embrace and the sound of the waves. And then D came to me...we also hugged while we looked out into the water. She said some lovely things to me, and, with that, I decided I would try and buck up and be happy - even though my heart was hurting.

That night was a pretty good night - we drank, ate, played games, we took a dip in the hot tub...we even joked about kissing each other (we even sent out texts to our husbands, asking if it was okay - too funny). We stayed up until almost 2am. Good, good times.

I didn't sleep well, but, that wasn't surprising. I woke up to ladies talking, breakfast being made...and to a lovely cup of joe. We sat and had breakfast, the 6 of us...it was so nice. I didn't notice it then, but, later in the day, ML told me that I'd poured myself some sparkling wine at breakfast. I wasn't thinking at the time, and, I was able to do it..all on my own. I was happy that I did, although, I wouldn't pour myself a drink at any other point during the weekend. Anyway, not long after we finished, the other ladies arrived. 2 more of our girlfriends decided to come for just one evening, so, they showed up around 11am. We all got showered and dressed and headed out to Seaside.

Seaside was so much fun. One of our TV ladies SB showed up (she'd moved out to the coast about a year ago) and it was so nice to see her again. We all went for lunch at a yummy place called Norma's. I had some delicious clam chowder, a salad, and a glass of bubbly. Everything was so tasty. After lunch we decided to explore the town. We played a fun game at fascination where you roll a ball into holes and try to get 5 lit lights in a row (4 or 5 of our ladies one a round - not me though, unfortunately), we visited a cute toy store where I bought Isla some neat toys, we tried on silly hats in a hat store, and then we went to the bumper cars. Man - those things were FAST. I must've been a target 'cause I got hit so many times. But, it was SO MUCH FUN...I felt like a kid again for the 5 minutes we were in that ring and the cars were zooming past each other.

After our Seaside excursion, we headed back to our beach house and had another great night. There were tons of snack, drinks...lots of music, dancing, game playing, and overall silliness. I even kissed a girl! ha JM's lips were super soft and they tastes yummy, too. It was such a funny night. One of us, you know who you are, got a little crazy. None of us moms had ever seen her drunk, so, it was pretty hilarious to get to see her a little bit out of control. In all in all though, the night was a blast and I was sad it would be our last.

In the morning we woke up, chitchatted for a few hours while having a delicious breakfast, and then got ourselves dressed, all our things packed, and headed back into town (Cannon). We stopped at Sleepy Monk to get some coffee (AM LOVES it) and take a quick walk on the beach before we made our way back home. It was a nice day, and I am glad we decided to go down to the beach. The sun was out and shining bright through the scattered clouds. We took a ton of group photos, some of which you'll see below. We spent a good 45 minutes there and when we were all done, we jumped in the car and make the trek back home.

Such a wonderful weekend with some of the most lovely, beautiful, funny, caring, supportive women I know. Thank you all for a weekend to remember.