Rise and Shine Girl Blog

No that wasn’t Eddie Murphy talking, 4 moms in a minivan were chanting “Pull Over, Pull Over!”  Rewind…

This past Saturday evening I was invited to dinner and a night out dancing.  How can a girl pass up an opportunity like this!  Now I must admit these days I’m usually turning in at 10pm as this moving process has and is wiping me out!  The plan was to meet at a neighbor’s house at 7pm.  At 5:00 I decided to take a power name for 20 minutes, but next thing I knew it was 6:15!  I woke up jumped in the shower and made my way over to the meeting place.  During the walk in the neighborhood I get a call from Buddha saying he can’t find Mia.  This seems to be an issue these days as she runs around the neighborhood from house to house without checking in.  To think Mia is only 8, what will the teenage years bring!

We find Mia just as I arrive to my destination.  Five lovely ladies pile in the car and head out to dinner to one of Decatur’s fine establishments.  Have I mentioned there are over 40 great eating places in my new stomping grounds?   We find a great little spot, order special drink concoctions, I choose the Porch Punch, some delicious starters and the night begins.  Our 6^th lovely lady joins us and offers to become the designated driver for the evening. Perfect as she has the automobile all moms love to be escorted in, The Minivan!

We make our way through the Atlanta streets listening to some tunes while bustin a move.  At one intersection we provided great entertainment for the paramedics sitting in an ambulance.  So glad we could amuse them as they have a difficult job!

Minutes later as I stare out the window something doesn’t feel right.  The following words spill out of my mouth, “Girls I think I’m car sick”.  Within less than a second, windows are being rolled down and the chants of “pullover…pullover” pour out of the mouths of the ladies while vomit erupts out of my mouth.  Yes, that’s right; I’m vomiting in a car with a bunch of ladies who I am just getting to know.  At this moment it becomes clear who in their individual families is the vomit cleaning crew.  Our DD began driving with her head out the window as she said, “this is the area my husband usually take care of”.  Fortunately for me, I had a nurse sitting next to me who has cleaned up a lot more than vomit in her lifetime.

Moments later we pull up to a gas station and all jump out of the car.  At this point I announce I feel much better as we all turn and look at the wreckage.  The nurse steps in to start cleaning up the disaster zone.  Seriously!  At that point I state I can clean up my own mess.  Meanwhile the ladies are running into the gas station to get towels and bags.  One gal looks over and notices we are parked right next to a shampooer. Perfect!  I walk into the station, buy gum, air freshener, Advil and ask for some quarters.  Yes, we were going to clean the carpets at 10pm on a Saturday night.  Oh, my choices for air fresheners were, Hitman, Tommy Man or Lavender.  Lavender it was!  Moments later we go put the quarters in the machine and discover it is jammed.  Ugh!

Can I just say these 5 gals I was with were fabulous.  Not attitudes, we laughed it off and they even got baby wipes for me to clean myself up.  Lucky for me I just hit my lower pants a bit.  So there I sat on a curb wiping down my pants.  I must admit the memories of Disney came back to me!

Well as they say the night must go on!  I convince the gals I’m good to go, we pile in the van and head to our dancing destination.  Our DD asks me if I get carsick often as she nervously drives onward.  I can’t say that I do, not sure if I ate something bad or was starting to come down with a little something.  Regardless, it didn’t stop us from cutting the rug until 1am.

As they say when life throws you lemons you have a choice as to what to do with them. Nothing like having a great group of girls to help squeeze the lemons into a tasty and tangy lemonade!

I am happy to report I awoke the next morning, learned of a great carwash and was happy to return a pristine non-puke and non-lavender car to our DD for the night.  And yes, she is still talking to me!

RISE AND SHINE!