After a very
frustrating and defeating few days at home, I decided to take a little of that
selfishness without guilt that the XY chromosomes carry and steal it for
myself. After a few quick and witty texts back and forth with a girlfriend
whose husband happened to be out of the house for the day, I grabbed the
remaining ice cream that was in my freezer and a box of family sized brownie
mix and headed over to her house…alone. I left the kids and dogs with my
husband. Before leaving my house I told Adam that we’d be working on “baby
stuff” as my friend happens to be pregnant, this assured that he wouldn’t ask
any questions about my secret plans. For no reason at all other than my comment
about working on “baby stuff,” I was already feeling a little too sneaky. I
headed out the door anyway…ice cream and brownies in hand. When I arrived at my
destination, I was happy to see that she was still rocking her pajamas because
I was completely un-showered and had carelessly thrown on a t-shirt that
smelled like my dog. The ice cream went to the freezer for safekeeping, we
spent about 13 minutes complaining about our husbands while mixing up the
brownie batter and preparing our tantalizingly amazing lunch of crescents
filled with pepperoni and cheese, and then set the timer…for heaven. The crescents were ready first, so of course
we grabbed a few for our plates and headed to the tv where we found a Sex and the City marathon. The brownies
were soon finished, and although the crescents did a wonderful job of curbing
our hunger, who can resist 2 hot brownies topped with cookies ‘n cream ice
cream?
See, Allison and I met in
college and have remained close friends since that very first day we set up a
meet and greet after searching long and hard throughout our entire college
campus for a roommate. I don’t want to say that we were desperate for a
roommate for the following year, but we were both at the point of panic when we
were about 6 days from having to settle for the weird girl on campus that
smelled like chicken noodle soup and had a pet chinchilla. Needless to say, we
were happy to have found each other back then and I am so incredibly thankful
that I still have her today to share stories, complaints, Sex and the City, and most importantly food. The same food that we
ate daily when we were 21 with speedy metabolisms. With all of this paradise
going on around me, I was temporarily able to forget that I was married, forget
that I was a mom, and forget that I was a part of real society. With a box of “homemade”
brownies, ice cream, and some excellent entertainment on the TV, I felt as if I had stepped into a time machine and had been taken
back to our college apartment! No worries, no stress, lots of food, and lots of
laughing. Our visit only lasted a couple of hours, but that was the most
amazing few hours that I’ve had in a very long time!
This was a picture of us taken Halloween night "back then" |
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