Memoirs & Momentos: Road trip with the Sis

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Road trip with the Sis

Audra and I journeyed to Georgia this weekend... without kids. Gasp! Two weekends in a row without my littles!

She has been my partner in crime for the past 30 years and though we've had our sisterly squabbles through the years; we've always been close. I have several wonderful close girl friends, there is something special about a sister bond. We usually talk to each other at least 3 times a day, we like the same things, and have weird sister telepathy...both of us seem to call my mom at the exact time.

Audra is the one with whom I do my best shopping, can sing silly songs from high school with, belt out musicals at the top of our lungs, and talk about the good, bad, and ugly with. It's nice to have someone who doesn't have to sugar coat telling you that your breath stinks or that your leg hairs are way too long.

Though we had a great time with our sisterly bonding this weekend, the reason for our journey isn't so felicitous.

Our dear Aunt Jane's ( our dad's only sister) cancer has returned for the 3rd time. She has a mass in her abdomen and on her adrenal gland. Even though surgery and radiation are not options this time she is trying a new alternative chemo drug. Since she isn't up to traveling and doesn't need to be around our germ factory pro-creations at this time, we made the trip to her.

We had a great weekend- we had an exquisite dinner at Natalia's in Macon, went to a peach orchard, had afternoon tea, scones, and sandwiches at a local British tea room, went grocery shopping for Auntie and managed to plant her some Daylilies.

Josh held down the fort this weekend with the kids and did great. Surprisingly the house wasn't trashed. He said "It was a piece of cake" but for some reason I don't believe him.