The Sponge Place

Friday was perhaps the worst day for me in the past three months.  I cried.  I slept.  My friend helped me out by taking me out of my condo for a few hours.  But yesterday made up for it.

I had a great day yesterday.  Sure, I had to drive two hours one way to get to my destination, but it wasn't a bad trip at all.

I decided to visit a girl that I had gone to highschool with in NY.  We never were friends in highschool.  We knew of each other, but that was the extent of our relationship.  Somehow we reconnected on Facebook (I love facebook!!  LOL) and have become good friends.

So, I loaded the boys into the car, said a quick prayer that my car would make the trip ok, and hit the highway headed north.  We made the trip in a little under two hours.  It was really easy!

We hung out in her condo for a little while just kind of catching up and complaining about how Florida laws are stupid when it comes to "parenting plans" and child support and stuff like that.  The kids played together in her son's room.  Then she sorted through the clothes that I had brought for her (I had gone through my closet and was going to donate clothes to Goodwill, but decided I'd rather she get the clothes since we are about the same size!).

She chose a pink halter top dress that looked AMAZING on her and we went to Tarpon Springs to some sponge place.  It was very fun.  It was a touristy place with lots of little shops that all had the same types of things and restaurants.  We ate at a Greek restaurant where I had calamari and got to play with my food.  Hey!  It wasn't my fault they cut it so that it looked like finger puppets!!  LOL

I also bought a new bag. . . yeah yeah, I know.  I have a problem.  Do they make support groups who are addicted to purses??

We were all getting tired, so we hit the fudge shop (I have to say, it is better than Kilwins!!) and headed back to her condo.  But we made a quick stop to get her some makeup too, which was fun for me because no one ever asks me for my opinion on that sort of stuff!

Back at her condo, the boys fed the ducks and the fish and then we had to pile back into the car for that two hour drive back home.

It was such a nice relaxing day.  I haven't had a day like that in a long time.  Thank you Amanda!!

And today is Mother's Day.  But as a single mom, that pretty much means it is just another day.  I'm doing dishes and laundry today.  Nothing special.  Oh yeah, and my ex sent me a text wishing me a Happy Mother's Day today -- even though I haven't heard a word from him since the big blow out before my trip to GA.

Well, I've got to go feed the chillun's because, like I said, it is just another day. . .