Santa Barbara Girls Trip

This is way out of order, but that's just how it works sometimes.

For Christmas last year, I was surprised with tickets to Santa Barbara, where I would be meeting my sisters, mom and dad for a girl's trip (my dad always comes on our girl's trip, he can't stand missing out, and frankly, I would miss him if he wasn't there). I was so excited to go, and it's what inspired the decision to FINALLY lose weight. I knew we'd be shopping and I wanted to be excited about it.

After a very trying semester, I was so excited to go. But a week before the trip came, Jayda got really sick. She got a crazy stomach ache that had her writhing in pain and screaming. After a few days of it, we ended up in the hospital where we spent the weekend stressing about our little girl. After all sorts of tests, there was no way to figure out what was wrong. They sent us home, but the day before I was supposed to go, her pain was back. I didn't feel like I could leave her with Glenn like that. I decided not to go and was so devastated.

Then at midnight, about four hours before my flight, Glenn convinced me to pack my bags, and I was on my way. I was so glad I went too because Jayda felt a lot better, and I would have been even more upset if I hadn't gone.

We had a lot of fun, did a lot of shopping, eating, beach walking and movie watching. I laugh harder with these people then I do with anyone else and it was a seriously needed stress relief after a tough few months.