Girls Weekend Journal

It has arrived.  The last full day of Girls' Weekend.  We always hate to see this day come, but it always does.  The only thing we have planned for today is to go and get matching Girls' Weekend tattoos.  This was Kathi's idea and I enthusiastically agreed when she proposed it.  She did some research a couple of days ago and made the appointment for us.  Noon today.  As usual we slowly got our day going by hanging out on our computers some and getting some things done.  Kathi made us breakfast.  She ate the leftover tuna noodle casserole that I had made the first night we were here and she made me a mini omelet that she filled with some cheese, broccoli and a little bit of salami.  We actually did pretty good this year in regards to food.  We tend to buy WAY more food that we can eat, but we got it about right this time.  I showered while Kathi made breakfast and we sat down on our couches to eat and chat when I happened to gl...

After yet another blissful nights' sleep, we woke up around 8'ish to begin our day.  We don't have much on the agenda today.  Kathi has homework that HAS to be done by noon today so the morning was devoted to computer time, BUT we do have a TWO HOUR massage schedule or noon.  This is definitely something that I indulge in almost solely on Girls' Weekend and it is always wonderful. While we were working on our computers in the morning, I received a message from our hostess letting us know that there was a festival happening in downtown Providence that we might be interested in.  Seems weird for there to be a festival on a Monday, I know, but what we realized is that it is Columbus Day and therefore a holiday (kind of.....I know it's not considered a holiday at MY work!!)  The festival is called PRONK. ( http://providencehonkfest.org ) It is actually the Providence HONK! festival, but they have shortened the name to PRONK.  Apparently there are ma...

Riding the rails and cliff walking.  These are the items on our agenda today.  When I was researching Providence, Rhode Island on Pinterest during the past year an interesting picture popped up showing two people on some sort of vehicle on railroad tracks that was powered by those on it pedaling.  Interested, I clicked on it and made my way to  https://www.railexplorers.net .  This looked like something that Kathi and I would definitely enjoy doing so I booked us for a ride.  What a treat!!  We went for a 2 mile ride and we loved it.  Once we got moving it wasn't really all that much work to keep moving.  I was fearful that pedaling for an hour straight would leave me with wobbly legs at the end due to tired muscles.  Not at all!  I have since found out that there is a similar company in Oregon that provides rides on a rail/trail near the coast.  I am definitely going to book a trip for Tom and I come spring. Once done wi...

As day 3 of Girls' Weekend begins let me just say that Kathi and I feel so very blessed that we have this time together and feel that God always smiles down on us wherever we are! Today's plan is to travel to Watch Hill, Rhode Island, which in addition to looking like a cute little town to visit, is also where Taylor Swift owns a beautiful mansion.  This town would, most likely, not have been a destination spot for us but Kathi's PhD advisor, Katy Head, apparently is a Taylor Swift fanatic and when she found out that Kathi would be in Rhode Island expressed her desire to live vicariously through Kathi with a visit to the mansion (or at least as close as we could get).  Not wanting to disappoint and always open to places to go and things to do while on these trips we thought, why not? After a leisurely morning of lounging on the couches perusing the internet, eating cheesy scrambled eggs and all those things that we enjoy doing,  we showered and hopped into the car...

our place in Providence, Rhode Island After another glorious night of uninterrupted sleep, Kathi and I both woke up and started our day at around 8am.  A peek out the window shows us a beautiful day.  We start the day at a very leisurely pace.  We hang out in the living room for quite some time doing stuff on our computers.  Kathi is doing homework (again), while I am doing stuff like checking e-mail and social media.  Once I feel caught up, I start to work on the blog post for day 1.  We finally eat a little breakfast.  Kathi puts together bowls of yogurt and fruit for us.  When it gets to be around noon we decide that we should start getting ready to go to the zoo since it closes at 4 pm.  Once showered and dressed we head out the door for our first adventure of this trip.  By the time that we arrive at the zoo, we discover that it is only open for one more hour, then it is closed until 6pm when it reopens for the "Pumpkin Specta...

Sunrise at Newark airport Thursday, October 4, 2018 Ahhhhhhh.  Girls' weekend.  My favorite, favorite "weekend" of the year.  (This is in quotation marks because it has now become nearly a week, but we try and keep this on the down low.)  And, another aside, Kathi and I just had a discussion about whether it is really necessary for the apostrophe after the word "girls" when referring to these adventures (this is how nerdy we are).  Conclusion, yes it IS necessary, because it belongs to us, therefore  the possessive form of the plural best describes how we feel about these weekends (oh my god, we are such nerds). Ok, moving on.  Girls' weekend.  Last year we were in Maine and the toss of the states has brought us to Rhode Island this year.   After doing some research we chose to home base out of Providence rather than Newport for this trip.  We considered making this a 2 state trip but decided there are so many interesting th...