Mom – Tuesday Update

St. Pete has been on the books for several months now. The annual business trip that we girls have conveniently turned into a mother-daughter trip was just fabulous enough to fill our love buckets until next year.

Now, I do know what you’re thinking. Skipping school for vacation? Is that necessary? Absolutely not. In fact, it’s 100% irrational, and I will be paying for it, but a trip with my mom? At a pink hotel? I’m. So. There. She really needs to learn how to say no. Like, “No Lindsey, you should not miss four days of classes for no reason!” But until then, vacation on.

Processed with VSCO with f2 preset — Four days. Four bags. One gal.

We are absolutely those girls that take ALL the travel pictures, but we will take that into account the next time we book a 6am flight. “You’re out of chai?” Girl, it’s 5am, there is no way you’ve had a line around the corner for chai’s . Iced coffee it is, but not without an eye roll. Oh the bags (under our eyes!!). But also, oh the bags, as in luggage. Three words that will most definitely never come out of either of our mouths: “I travel light!” HA. To the people that can pack ONE outfit a day, how do you do it? All the cudos.

I went from pool to beach to pool to beach, waiting for the lovely lady to get out of her meetings. She’d order drinks and we’d repeat. Hers was the real deal, but if y’all recall I’m only 19!! After we turned our bodies into lava, the shower and aloe prepped us for dinner. Only to return and be in bed by 10, of course.

It would have been easier to cover this absence up had I not gone from human to tomato on the first day. Y’all (I can say that, I’m still in FL), my skin!! People that pay for a peel at spas, I’m going to let you in on a little secret, I got this one for a killer deal! Okay fine, it was free! This classic burn has left my skin fresher than ever, you know now that it has shed like a snake.

Processed with VSCO with c1 preset — Save your breath. No, we are not sisters.

The highlight of our trip was catching up with family nearby. The sweetest cousins that just don’t live close enough were my dinner dates not once but twice. They are friends to my idol, Emily Ley, and my heart went from smiling to SMILING when I FaceTimed her. Yes, you can read that again, but it’s still going to say FaceTime. If you’re wondering (and I know you are), she’s as sweet as her book, planners, and hecka beautiful Instagram.

Well, that’s a wrap on our trip- back to reality! I just love our duo. I love the things I get to do with her, the places she’s taking me, and the smiles we share. I’m so thankful for this human. I’m even more thankful I get to call her mom. And I’m triple thankful I get to live this fab life with her.

The weekend before last, I went to Mizzou and oh my goodness was it fun!

My Big & travel buddy, Grayson, and I left Kirksville for our people in Columbia right after class. The amount of bags I had for 2 days was excessive, but hey I’ve never regretted being prepared for every occasion. She was spending the weekend with her twin, and I was moving in with Annie, a best friend from high school.

You see, I live in a very exclusive bubble in Kirksville. The biggest decision of the day is whether I’ll have Greek yogurt or almonds for my morning snack. And whichever one I don’t have, I’ll eat in the afternoon. So when I arrived in Columbia, I was thrilled to see all of the shops and restaurants. The feeling of jealousy was also creeping through.

I pulled into a 15-minute parking spot to give Annie all the hugs and excitement for the weekend ahead of us. We had seriously missed each other SO MUCH. So far, so good- but if everything went smooth, this would be boring right? Right. I went to move my car, and it was flat stuck in park. I called a few people, but this thing was not moving. Now, if you think we were going to address a broken car before continuing our fun and planned out weekend you are dead wrong. We locked the car and prayed for it to be there in the morning #Seeya.

Our concert started at 7, but we were just sitting down to a dining hall meal and calling an uber around 7:10. Classic. Florida Georgia Line gave us all the feels as we danced and sang to every song! We were having such a fabulous time, to say the least, and the people around us could attest. The night did not end there because of course I needed to see what all the rave of Mizzou is. (Don’t worry, I did- I certainly did.)

The next morning (praise Jesus) my car was still there! We miraculously moved it to the parking garage and I caught lunch with some fun dudes. They showed me around and brought me back to Annie, where we laid on the floor of her room for hours and hours just plain talking. Oh, how I’ve missed these friends and the happiness they bring to my life.

Dinner came and went and we turned our wild night out to a perfect night in. We put on our jammies and discovered Gooey Butter Cake ice cream with delivered Hot Box cookies. We all know I would choose good friends and sweets over a loud crowd any day all day. But seriously, if Annie would have said we’re going to a Prom, I would have pulled a ball gown out of my Mary Poppins bag- THAT is how prepared I was.

My last day arrived and I had to deal with this car- this dreaded car. I made a trip to the parking garage, with one too many bags, to pull out my keys. Or should I say my key chains? The only thing I had was my puffball and pineapple- the key was gone. As in G-O-N-E, gone. Not only was my car most likely stuck in park, but I couldn’t even start it to see!

A quick call to mom, and in two short hours she was there! Lunch in Columbia and then a drive back to Kirksville. Seriously WHAT would I do without her? I balled when she had to leave me, but she did get me fruit and coffee before she made the departure, so I’d call it even.
All in all my weekend at Mizzou was beyond fun. I loved catching up with my friends, popping the Kirksville bubble, and getting to see my mom was just the icing on the cake. Weekends like these that turn straight into memories are what makes life fabulous. And oh how fabulous it is.

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