Monday was a full recovery from San Diego and preparation for the girl’s trip to Indio. Which meant enjoying time with the kid’s, laundry, and shopping in preparation. Pretty uneventful but so totally necessary.
Tuesday started our “Girl’s Trip” to a resort in Indio, thanks to Lady RP for getting us the room at her time-share. The place was HUGE, three bedrooms plus a Murphy bed in the living room, dining area, and kitchen. The resort itself has a pool, kiddie wading area, lazy river, spa, market, Domino’s pizza, and more stuff I don’t even know about! We took turns cooking and chasing after children, which is bound to happen when the children out number the adults 7-4. It was really great though, Lady V brought her two siblings and they are 13 and 15, so they were a big help!!
Playing in the pool with the children was like a lesson in little miracles, they never got bored. Every new splash was a new delight and a bright smile that would make the sun jealous. Overall the kids really enjoyed playing together in the water: chase me, splash me, be a mermaid, be a crab, watch me fall in the water and splash myself in the face! They loved the water!! Which was great because it gave the adults some time to sit, watch, and chat.
Wednesday was treat day for the adults, the sister of Lady S came over with her son and offered free hair cuts to anyone who wanted one. Tell me, what woman doesn’t love a free hair cut!?!?! Not to mention she is really good at what she’s doing. It was such a fun experience, like having our own beauty parlor in our suite–small talk and gossip included.
We did have one small accident on this trip, Lady S slipped outside the pool. It was like you would see on America’s Funniest Videos, mom chasing after child, when mom slips in a puddle and her feet fly out from underneath her she is airborne, time stops for a moment and she is suspended in air and then drops straight down and slams into the ground on her back-smacking her head on the floor too. It was terrible!! After she regained herself we went back to the room for the night and she called the nurse hot line that recommended that she not take any pain meds and be woken up every two hours to be sure she could answer questions and did not feel worse. Fortunately all was fine throughout the night.
Thursday was the last day, after Lady S’s big fall we all knew she would need to take it slow and we did. Breakfast, packing, getting ready and loading the cars went just fine, nice and slow. She decided to go to the Dr. when we got back to town after a little nap. Dr said she pulled the muscles in her face, neck, shoulders, and upper back–no real head damage though. So the rest of that day was chill and restful. Everyone was asleep by 8:30!! Wild bunch we are, huh?!?
Which brings us to today, everyone was feeling better and we spent the morning in and cleaning up. For lunch we went to a Mexican restaurant in El Centro and then to the grocery store. When we got back everyone had time to rest and relax before we made tacos for dinner. After dinner we had a “movie theater” experience in the living room-Coraline in 3D. The kids loved how things “came out” of the movie and were excited throughout the whole thing-even scaring themselves a few times at unexpected, “pop-out” scenes. It was adorable!!
