girls’ weekend.

David and Judah are spending the weekend in a Kerala village for friends’ son’s baptism.  They took their first trip on an overnight train and are having lots of adventures.

I stole a couple hours to myself yesterday before they left . . . roamed around downtown and explored some new streets and ended up at a favorite cafe for a caramel cappuccino.  It is way to hot to be sitting outside drinking a caramel cappuccino, but there was a fan blowing on my face and the chatter of lazy afternoon conversation around me, and it was blissful.

Amie and I are having a girls’ weekend.  It’s so fun, we’re spending it in a combination of just-her-and-me-time and hanging out with friends.  One day in, and I’m realizing afresh just how different Amie and Judah are.  Judah and I, we’re kinda on the same wave length.  We like to be together–talk, play, etc.–then we like to drift apart and do our own thing.  Or just sit and be without saying anything.

Ams, on the other hand, is nonstop.  She wants to play with me nonstop.  She wants to talk with me nonstop.  She just wants to talk nonstop, period.  We took an auto home tonight, after spending several hours at a friends’ house.  If Judah were with me, he and I would have been sitting together, enjoying the quiet (well, relative quiet).  But Amie chatted with me about her day and then, sensing I might be zoning out, serenaded the auto driver the whole way home.

I don’t mind saying my daughter exhausts me sometimes.

The funniest thing is that the guys are spending the weekend at a huge family reunion, and David told me tonight on the phone, “Honestly, I feel like I have you here with me.”  Judah started out strong, hanging out with the kids for a few hours.  But when he was done he was done.  Now, at 8:30 at night they haven’t even eaten dinner yet, and Judah wants to hole up in their room for the evening.  And probably for a good portion of tomorrow too!  Poor David.

Ha.  It’s funny discovering these idiosyncrasies in our family.  We’re all so good for each other.  We need Amie’s “socialite” personality and Judah’s “quirky introvert” personality, David’s “ambivert” personality and my “outgoing introvert” personality.

I love that.