We all have those friends who push us past our comfort zone. You know, the ones who encourage you to try a new restaurant, stay an extra 2 weeks on your vacation, and stand up to someone wronging you (or your child)? These are, of course, just examples (wink, wink).
Well, I have one of those friends. The awesome thing about it is that not only is she amazing, but so is her husband and her 4 kids. Not only that, but our kids get along and our husbands enjoy each others company. We're all smart asses and snarky, and no ones feelings get hurt because that's just how it is. It's kind of fantastic.
She will probably say that I'm the crazy one, but I definitely think it's HER. I'm perfectly content just sitting on my couch binge watching Netflix while sipping my Sam's Club moscato and letting the big kid take care of the little kid. But she motivates me to do & say things I might not do otherwise. Because of her, I've seen more sunsets than I ever thought possible, gained a huge appreciation of baked goods, and realized that there is life outside of my living room.
Why this long introduction? Well... SHE has come up with an insane idea to pack 4 adults and 6 children into 2 cars and drive all over God's green Michigan (and Canada) to SWIM in 5 great lakes in less than 24 hours. She is really hoping we could get Samuel L. Jackson to make some kind of awesome intro for us, but until then, this will have to do.
This won't be our first vacation together. Leading up to our epic misadventure, we will share with you some stories and photos of our past adventures so you can get to know us and how insane this actually is going to be. Plus, I'm sure we'll have a few mini-misadventures in July we all skip out on our real lives & head to ballet camp.
I'm actually still kind of surprised I signed up for this. I can hardly stand being stuck in a car with my own family long enough to get 1.7 miles down the road to the dance studio, not to mention however long this is going to be with 6 bored, wet, tired, hungry, and getting-on-each-others nerves kids. I'm going to spend the next 4 months stock piling Xanax.
