a day of EPIC proportions...

i can't believe it has already been almost two weeks since operation 1/1/2011 took place.  can we just pretend that is really only 1/2/2011 so that these amazing girls don't stop being my friend because i haven't taken the time to talk about the best meet up in history? kaythanks.

anywho, 1-1-2011 was an  epic day.  one for the record books people. after talking for months and months via blogs, facebook, and twitter Jill, Sarah, and Kristy and i finally decided that it was time to meet IRL (that's code for in real life for all you non-tweeters!) 

so at the crack of dawn really early on saturday morning, i set out east geared with my pepsi and my tunes for a serious three hour jam session.  i was so nervous.  what if these girls didn't like me?  what if i didn't like them?  what if what if what if.  in my nervous state, i may or may not have driven a little faster than i should have.  and like the dork prepared individual i am, i had left a half hour earlier than i had originally planned for fear that i would be late for this epic meeting.  this deadly combo resulted in me getting to T-Town in record time.  I nervously text Jill to let her know i'd be super a little early.  A second later my phone rang, and the sweetest southern voice was on the other end.  I immediately knew i was nervous for nothing! jill is as real and as authentic as she appears to be.  i swear, with her family stories and love for dust it, we were cut from the same cloth. 

i got to jill's house after her amazing direction-giving skills and was glad to see it was really her!  (there may or may not have bee some skepticism on weather or not we were who we said we were.  i also may or may not have googled jill just to verify she really was jill!  ha! sweet sophie had just woken up (um, it was 9:45 --can we please switch kids?  seriously, i'd give my right arm for ava to sleep past 7:30!) and  she graciously gave me a tour of her fab new playroom!  then jill and i were off to starbucks ---and a pit stop to wash j's fancy wheels --- before meeting up with the rest of the group!

I was so excited to meet sarah and kristy!  sarah is a fellow ava-mom and working-mom, and so many times i find myself nodding as i read her blog or tweets thinking girl, i can totally relate! kristy has an older kiddo and a younger one too, so she knows the ropes for raising a girl right!  plus, she is martha freakin stuart super crafty, as proof in her amazing hats she makes! 

We talked for a few hours at jill's and got some live entertainment from miss sophie before we headed out for lunch.  they put us in the very back corner so we could keep on with our conversation.  one story would roll right into the next.  it was like we had been friends for years.  old college chums, right jill?  :) 

after lunch jill drove us around her stomping grounds and made a special stop at the state line for a photo op.  i felt just like mandy moore in a walk to remember :)

jill then forced us to stop at coldstone for some ice cream and more bonding before it was time to head our separate ways. it was a great day. an epic day.  you girls are truly such a comfort to me.  I am beyond grateful for our friendships, and can't wait for our dallas reunion!!!