{"id":14268,"date":"2011-09-22T10:12:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T14:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=14268"},"modified":"2011-09-22T10:12:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T14:12:49","slug":"girls-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/09\/girls-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/empire_state_building.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14269\" title=\"Empire State Building\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/empire_state_building-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/empire_state_building-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/empire_state_building.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> Last weekend I took a trip over to New York City to see some of my best girls. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.integrativenutrition.com\" target=\"_blank\">health coaching school<\/a> I&#8217;m attending had a weekend conference in the city featuring loads of speakers. \u00a0The event was free for students and alumni.<\/p>\n<p>I was able to get a direct flight out and stay with one of the ladies. \u00a0Food and travel were really my only out of pocket expenses and well, I can&#8217;t pass that up.<\/p>\n<p>Nor can I pass up a weekend in the city with 6 other lovely ladies.<\/p>\n<p>When I started school I was feeling very alone and lost. \u00a0It&#8217;s an online program which is perfect for me but I was looking for a little more interaction and connection with other students.<\/p>\n<p>I struggled for a while as I tried to reach out to others and use the online forum to connect with other students. \u00a0Nothing was working.<\/p>\n<p>I was getting very frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>I kept putting out the call to others asking if anyone was interested in forming a study group. \u00a0I got a lot of interest right away but it was all very\u00a0noncommittal\u00a0and most of those who said they were interested suddenly were unavailable or uninterested.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually I was able to connect with a group of people who were looking for others as well. \u00a0We formed our study group and we have been meeting every Monday evening on Skype for our sessions.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been chatting together since about\u00a0February.<\/p>\n<p>Every week since February? We&#8217;ve been together a long time!<\/p>\n<p>There are eight in our group total.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Four of us live in Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Three live in New York<\/li>\n<li>One lives in Vermont<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those of us coming in from out of state were able to stay with the ladies who live in New York. \u00a0It worked out perfectly!<\/p>\n<p>We all met in person for the first time on Saturday morning at the conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IIN_girls_group_photo.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14270\" title=\"Study Group Ladies \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IIN_girls_group_photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IIN_girls_group_photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IIN_girls_group_photo-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IIN_girls_group_photo.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>There are seven of us pictured because one of our members from Ohio couldn&#8217;t make it that weekend.<\/p>\n<p>We missed you Geri Sue!<\/p>\n<p>From L to R: Standing is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donna, OH<\/li>\n<li>Jackie P., NY<\/li>\n<li>Loring, NY<\/li>\n<li>Me, OH<\/li>\n<li>Jackie B., VT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sitting L to R:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lisa, OH<\/li>\n<li>Laura, NY<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This past weekend was nothing short of amazing. \u00a0We all get along so well and even though we just met for the first time in person, it was like we had been friends for years already.<\/p>\n<p>It was comfortable and we all just chatted away and cracked jokes. \u00a0Some of us walked away with new nicknames and all of us walked away with sore bellies from laughing so much.<\/p>\n<p>These ladies are all my sisters from other misters.<\/p>\n<p>They are the ones I turn to when I have any sort of news. \u00a0If we miss our meeting on Monday night, then the week feels a little empty having not chatted with them.<\/p>\n<p>Add in some wine and long talks about life, you&#8217;re golden.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s friendship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend I took a trip over to New York City to see some of my best girls. 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