Short-n-Sweet Visit

The month of July was a busy month, but I am very grateful that I got to see not just one but three of my best friends in July. Heck, I am think I pretty blessed just to be able to say I have three best friends. :) But this trip was one I was really looking forward too. I haven't seen my girl Joy in almost 2 YEARS! The distance between us always makes it a challenge but I love that when we have the opportunity we both make it a priority to see each other. Joy and her family were headed over to NC for a week to spend some time with her husbands family. They were about 6 hours away, so since we were going to be in the same time zone we decided to meet up for a day. A big thank you to her family for sharing her with me while they were all on vacation. :)

We met up in a small town about half way between us both. We decided to spend the night so we would have a little longer to see each other. We both got to our hotel around 7pm and we decided to have a late dinner. Shortly after we arrived we freshened up and then headed out to dinner. We got to chat, have a drink and just talk about all the changes going on in life. 

After dinner we headed back to the hotel to relax in the hot tub....we changed and headed down to only find out the hot tub...was not so hot, it was cold and very disappointing. So back to the room to relax, talk and laugh. We both were just laying in our beds talking about stuff and laughing. It reminded me of back in the day(before kids) I used to travel to Nashville to see her when we lived in Knoxville. I'd spend the weekend up there hanging out and we would always stay up late just talking and laughing. :) 

The next day we decided to go and do a little shopping at the outlet mall and we grabbed some lunch. We tried to take a photo of just the two of us. 

Love this girl and would do anything for her! 

 After lunch we went to get pedicures....as we were getting our feet rubbed I looked over and Joy just looked so relaxed I had to take a photo. Hehe...don't be mad Joy I didn't post it to FB. :)

 Our pretty toes.

Chickie and Chickola :)

We had less than 24 hours to visit with each other...too short but was very thankful to at least be able to see her and hug her. She is one friend who has always been by my side and I know no matter what I do she always has my back and will be there for me...even if we are 2000 miles apart. :)