Memphis baby!

Guess I haven’t blogged in a while… all the sudden it’s almost October! Wow… time really does fly when you get older, ha!

I had my 7th annual girl’s trip last weekend. We went to Memphis this year which worked out perfectly because my friend Elizabeth just moved there a few months ago. I got to see her, Steve (her husband), and the kiddos Julia and William. Julia is Lola’s friend who was born on the same day. I really miss them. A lot. I’m not sure that I realized how much I missed them until I left. I got there on Thursday afternoon and stayed with them, then left to pick up my girlfriends at the airport on Friday morning. I cried the whole way to the airport. Memphis was good…although it was the least favorite of the cities we have been to. We had our usual spa day, a great dinner on Friday night at Restaurant Iris, and then some sightseeing the rest of the weekend at Sun Studios, Civil Rights Museum, and Graceland. Graceland wasn’t what I thought it would be, although I am not sure what I really thought it would be anyway. The house was pretty cool, although we couldn’t go upstairs. What I liked about it was that it was totally frozen in time. Nothing had been changed since Elvis died. It was like walking through time…my favorite was the kitchen. All ‘retro’ appliances to us now, but they were top of the line at that time. You just don’t see completely undisturbed spaces like that anymore. I guess I thought the house would be larger than it was, but for the 60’s I suppose it was pretty nice.

I decided at the end of last weekend that I am going to take Lola to visit Julia in the spring. Just the two of us. She is already excited!