A few days at the cottage

I just spent 3 days at a friends cottage. It was awesome! You have to understand that I am not a nature loving person by nature. I do love looking at beautiful landscapes and admiring the beauty of nature in all it's splendour, but I usually don't have a need to go to the country to rejuvenate myself. I can do that perfectly well on the paved streets of the city.

This cottage is actually a trailer with an addition that is permanently parked just about 100 feet from the lake. I drove down there with my son and my friend that owns the trailer late Monday morning. I have not seen this friend in probably over a year. We used to work together and used to hang around a lot more, but as life happens, we hardly see each other anymore. We connect on Facebook and keep track of what each of us is doing. So this was a real treat to finally get together and catch up. On Tuesday, 2 other friends of ours that also worked with us were joining us with their kids too. It was definitely going to be a great few days.

The highlight of the time passed together had to be getting drunk on Tuesday night. A few cosmo's, some Bailey's and that was enough to get us all laughing our heads off and sharing stuff we might regret in the morning. We had a blast! The last time I got drunk was 10 years ago (and actually with the same girls ha!), so it was long overdue. I think everyone should get drunk at one point. It just kind of let's yourself go for a little while.

I did not want to come back on Wednesday night. Between reconnecting with my friends and lying for hours on the hammock, it just seemed that this trip to the country was exactly what I needed. The feeling of being completely relaxed is great.