Girls Night Out

Today, Kristi, the woman who brought all of us together through her commitment to starting a women's fitness group in the High Desert is leaving today for  SIX MONTHS of training to become a CHP officer.  We decided we needed to send her off and in honor of all that she has done for all of us, we'd have a Girls Night Out. The night got of to a rough start as the restaurant we chose to go to...DIDN'T HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE!  Imagine the look of devastation on the face of each woman who had been dreaming of dinner and a drink without a child in tow.  Did I mention that the air wasn't working in the restaurant and the food was horrible.  We should have left, but it's hard to relocate a group of 30 to a new location on a Friday night.  After the less than successful dinner, we all went to see Emily, one of our team mates in a summer theatre production of Harvey. Emily is a dear friend who long ago, was my student.  I directed the first play she was ever in, The Diary of Anne Frank.  It was such a joy to watch her perform again.  For the girls on our team who had never had the pleasure of watching her perform, it sure was a treat.  After the show some of us headed to Oggi's, which I must add, was air conditioned, had nice cold beer and good appetizers.  All in all it was a great way to send Kristi off!