pool party
[note: i'd been planning on posting some pictures with this blog, but i wasn't able to. so you'll have to imagine the whole thing in your mind.]
"so, what are you doing this weekend?"
"going to a hotel."
"oh . . . where are you going?"
"the grove city holiday inn express."
"oh . . . are your parents coming into town?"
"no."
(awkward silence) "oh . . . so is it like some sort of party?"
"yeah, you could say that."
the above is a paraphrase of many of my conversations at the end of last week. no one seemed to be able to wrap their mind around the brilliance that was hotel night 06. and it was brilliant. and it was wonderful. and i think its safe to say that it was everything we'd hoped it would be and more.
why did we go? because we wanted to. we didn't go to drink. we didn't go so we could have co-ed sleepovers. we didn't go to do anything rebellious. we just loved the idea. and who wouldn't? hotels are delightful places. they give the (false) sense that you are on vacation. you don't feel hurried in a hotel. you don't feel pressured. you can take your time. be lazy. go swimming. eat the free continental breakfast.
and that's what we did. we also had a hair-dye-ing party, complete with musical guest, "blessed union of souls." (katie and chels, we took pictures like you did. but we forgot to take the after pictures. so all we have are slightly inappropriate pictures of girls in bikinis with hair dye. so we won't be posting those. but we wanted to!) we had swim time in pool, where some 9 years old were having their first hotel night, which we loved. way to jump on the party train early. we started a scary movie. then we started another movie. the next morning we all went to church to hear the lovely miss kay and the fantastic mr. mcelroy sing at tower.
such a good time. i'm sorry it had to end, but i'm so glad we were able to make it happen. to megs, abs, and kay . . . i love you all. you are a source of such joy for me. i've loved being a part of your lives here at gcc. continue striving to be the women that God is calling you to be and everything else will fall into place.
"so, what are you doing this weekend?"
"going to a hotel."
"oh . . . where are you going?"
"the grove city holiday inn express."
"oh . . . are your parents coming into town?"
"no."
(awkward silence) "oh . . . so is it like some sort of party?"
"yeah, you could say that."
the above is a paraphrase of many of my conversations at the end of last week. no one seemed to be able to wrap their mind around the brilliance that was hotel night 06. and it was brilliant. and it was wonderful. and i think its safe to say that it was everything we'd hoped it would be and more.
why did we go? because we wanted to. we didn't go to drink. we didn't go so we could have co-ed sleepovers. we didn't go to do anything rebellious. we just loved the idea. and who wouldn't? hotels are delightful places. they give the (false) sense that you are on vacation. you don't feel hurried in a hotel. you don't feel pressured. you can take your time. be lazy. go swimming. eat the free continental breakfast.
and that's what we did. we also had a hair-dye-ing party, complete with musical guest, "blessed union of souls." (katie and chels, we took pictures like you did. but we forgot to take the after pictures. so all we have are slightly inappropriate pictures of girls in bikinis with hair dye. so we won't be posting those. but we wanted to!) we had swim time in pool, where some 9 years old were having their first hotel night, which we loved. way to jump on the party train early. we started a scary movie. then we started another movie. the next morning we all went to church to hear the lovely miss kay and the fantastic mr. mcelroy sing at tower.
such a good time. i'm sorry it had to end, but i'm so glad we were able to make it happen. to megs, abs, and kay . . . i love you all. you are a source of such joy for me. i've loved being a part of your lives here at gcc. continue striving to be the women that God is calling you to be and everything else will fall into place.
posted by monica at 9:43 AM
2 Comments:
I love that you played in a hotel all night!
Speaking of hair dye, does anyone want to do mine, cause if not, I'm shaving my head again.
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