Speaking of emaginary friends..........

I am leaving tomorrow for a weekend of meet-up and party fun.

I will leave my house in OH, drive 3 hours to my friend's house in PA. We'll leave her house and drive 4-5 hours to another gals' house in VA. We'll sleep :)

We will get up early in the morning and drive 1 hour to another gal's house in VA. Meet up with other women and climb into a 12 passenger van. There will be 7 of us going I think. But one gal will come by in the morning to meet us, but cannot move on to the destination of NC.

So we'll leave VA on the "fun bus" about 8ish am and drive roughly 4 hours, plus stops (2 pregnant ladies and me and I need lots of stops) to the Christmas party in NC.

We'll stay at the party for several hours, climb back into the "fun bus", stop at O'Charley's on our way back to VA, and make it back to the gal's house where we all met. Then get back into the other car and drive 1 hour back to my friend's house in VA to crash.

Then in the am we'll head back to PA. I'll spend the night and drive home the next morning.

Doesn't that sound like loads of fun? I have met quite a few of these ladies, the VA ones anyway. I'll get to meet all kinds of new friends in NC. One gal is coming from GA. I've "met" all of these ladies on the Sonlight forums.

Doug will be hanging with the guys. They have a very busy weekend planned. And then my MIL will let some stay at her house :)

I'm looking forward to a fabulous time. Then I'm looking forward to resting for several days when I get home so I don't crash for Christmas. I know this trip will be taxing on my body (fibro), but I also know it will be good for my soul.

Hopefully I'll have some pictures when I get back. Just depends on what others want on a blog, ya know?

Of Christmas Ornaments and Emaginary Friends For the past several years I have been part of an ornament exchange on the SHS Yahoo Group. I missed it this year (for unknown reasons Yahoo didn't want me to be a part of this particular group, but I have since remedied that :) ).

So not wanting to miss out on the fun, I organized an ornament exchange on the Sonlight forums. Thirty-five women signed up to send ornaments to friends that they have never met.
I received my ornament yesterday for a gal that lives in Florida. Isn't it adorable? Each stocking has one of our names on it! It made my day to open the box and find such a thoughtful gift inside. Thank you momof3kiddos for such an awesome ornament. My whole family is thrilled.

So that brings me to emaginary friends. I never thought I'd feel so attached to ladies I've never met. But having the opportunity to laughing, cry, pray, mourn and rejoice with women really does bring a bonding, doesn't it?

I've had the pleasure to meet quite a few of my "emaginary" friends. Many have become in-real-life friends. I feel very blessed to have found friendship and support in such a way that past generations would never have dreamed.

Have you made "emaginary" friends? How about have the great pleasure to meet them face to face? I challenge you to blog about your experiences. Don't forget to leave a comment here so I can come and read about them :)