Some Flowers in [Her] Hair

As By the Sea mentioned, he left this morning on a series of "mini-deployments" ranging anywhere from 3 days to six weeks, that span the time between now and mid-October. Our time together this summer is rather limited and it was hard to see him off this morning.

Feeling a sense of impending loneliness, and some jealousy that he got to travel to some enjoyable locales while I worked (part-time) this summer, I casually mentioned to him two weeks ago, what would he think if I took a trip without him? He responded that he was fine with that, but I don't think he thought I would really do it. To be honest, I didn't think I would either. But I sent an email out to some girlfriends, seeing if anybody was up for a "Girls Only" trip this summer. A few days went by, and no response and I had started to give up on the idea.

Then, my best girlfriend, the woman who was the maid of honor at my wedding, and whom I've known for 12 (!?!) years, responded with an enthusiastic "YES!" So, while I was in Pennsylvania for the weekend, I met up with her, we spent an hour playing around on travel sites...and booked a trip. 4 days in a city neither one of us has been to, doing all the things tourists there do, taking pictures, and being girly with each other.

We're psyched. I bought a travel book and we're emailing back and forth all the plans we want to make. We leave at the end of next month.

We'll have to take pictures of "some flowers in [her] hair."