Self-reminder: let go. Let go of not having control. Quit fighting the universe daily. As Elsa says, "Let it go!"
Lately, I treated myself to a little vacation. I took my overworked self out to Texas to see my favorite family. While out there, naturally, you think to yourself, "I am going to have the best time ever." If you asked me to pin down my favorite memory while out there, I would definitely have to say it would be that one night we were stranded out in the middle of the highway at midnight. Yep, it was great! Seriously, name something that would be more fun than having a girls night out, which then results in your fancy, little Mercedes literally stopping in the middle of the highway. I mean what could be more exciting! Let me set up the scene for you... there was no civilization. Even if we wanted to walk home, which like hello, NO... we would have to roll down a ditch and we weren't about to ruin our iconic outfits.
When we made it safely to the side of the road, I naturally began to laugh because this is obviously hilarious. I just wanted to continue the party at home, watch TLC and go to bed. As reality sunk into our blonde heads, my cousin was convincing herself that this whole "tow truck thing" was taking way too long, and frantically and literally tore her outfit apart. I'm talking the whole thing: heels, necklace, and the electric blue fedora hat were flying towards the back of the car. Talk about a dramatic person! I'm only kidding, I am her twin. With her husband on the phone, I began to look at the bright side of the situation, which if you know me, I never do that so here's to new things I guess.
For the first time in forever (sorry for another frozen quote, yikes), I just didn't care. Normally, I would be totally flipping out screaming at the top of my lungs because I was stranded on the side of a major Texas interstate. While my cousin is now having a meltdown about how the tow truck guy is going to kill her because she saw it on 20/20, I told her to sit back and star gaze with me. Can you say, "Cheesy?" In between her girly laugh, she asks, "How can you be calm and just sit back right now?" Let me tell yah girl, "IDK, but we are going to make it." I love moments with my cousin like this one because we always end up laughing our cares and of course, her fears away. I promise you she just wanted to add an extra flare to our night.
All of this reminiscing to say, we didn't plan for our night to end with us picking flowers on the side of the highway as if we were living in a Winnie the Pooh fantasy world. Literally, I picked flowers for her. We didn't ask the universe to give us a bad luck, but it happened. It's okay if you are thinking, "Tough luck little girls!" I don't care what you have to say. Sure, we sound like spoiled brats who need a little extra pampering now, but honestly, I love seeing my personality develop in these situations. I am learning that letting go is the best thing to do. Since learning to let loose, I have had a lot more laughs like this one. At that moment, I was frozen in time laughing until my stomach hurt.
