For the five of you who read this blog and wondered where I’ve been the past few days, I’ll tell you. I was away with four of my sisters and my mom for a girls weekend. My older sister was unable to make it at the last minute. As it was, it was still the first time since Johanna (the older sister) and I left home that we were all sleeping under the same roof without spouses and/or children. It was fun to hang out for a few days getting to know my sisters better – especially the younger ones who I’m getting to know as adults. My youngest sister was six when I left home so sometimes it’s hard for me to remember the younger three are old enough to be dating and marrying.
We spent the entire weekend eating, playing games, and vegging out. My pregnancy put a damper on doing anything too active, but no one else seemed to mind. My sister, Amy, used to be a youth pastor’s wife before she and her husband became full-time missionaries, so she made us play this ice-breaker game I’m sure she found out about while working with jr. highers. She had us all write five questions and put them in the center of the table. Then, we were supposed to open them one by one and answer them. She kept telling us to put serious questions down and some of them were. In fact, pregnant woman (that would be me) was the only one not crying or be on the verge of tears during the course of the game. (of course, pregnant woman was also the only one crying during the movie the following day) It was two in the morning when we finally decided it was probably time to call it quits so I’ll cut them all a little slack. I don’t think we played the game anymore the rest of the weekend. One cryfest is enough. The questions ranged from, “What is one of your favorite things about your character” to “If someone has a visible wedgie, would you tell them”. I will not disclose who put the latter into the pile, but I will say her stomach is rather rotund at the moment.
We moved on to Cranium which turned out to be a fun game with people who are competitive, but don’t want to hurt each others feelings. Most of us played competitive sports and really, really like to win, but half of us want to make sure everyone is having a good time. There were several times during ‘all play’ rounds where someone said, “Do you want us to do it over? Did we start before you guys?” or some such ridiculous statement. You can tell which half I fall into. When you go head-to-head, someone has to win, people.
Mom said she really enjoyed having us all together under one roof without distractions. However, she worries our only brother will be jealous we go away without him, should we make this a tradition. Yes, I’m sure he’s crying his eyes out that he couldn’t be there to have a heart-to-heart cryfest until two in the morning, bake a cake from scratch, and moisturize pregnant woman’s belly.
(c) 2016 Leighann Marquiss
Comments (1)
Girls Weekend sounds like a blast! I think we need to have a cousins weekend! I’m sure you won’t have near enough time for that in a few weeks, but maybe later on a cousins evening or dinner? I really miss all the time we all spent together as kids! You are always in my heart and prayers, Leighann…I love you!
Give that family of yours a big hug from WV and get some rest!
Richelle