Living on the Edge..

Two words that DO NOT describe me:

• Spontaneous
• Frivolous

I remember one time my sister told me I was boring...my clothes were boring, my hair cut was boring and I was boring. Crushed me like a cheap cigarette in a lonely parking lot! I have to admit..she was probably right at the time. I've never been one to venture outside of the line (okay..sometimes when it was really, really fun!!!). Most of my clothes are solid color, I'm really an introvert (according to Myers-Briggs) and I am too insecure to just "DO IT" (not talking about sex here..that's a different thing all together) on a whim. I like planning and organization for the most part.

So when my cell phone rang at 7:00am this morning and I saw that my closest and oldest (meaning we've been close friends since we were 12) friend was calling...my first thought was "oh shit...something's happened".

Her: "Hey, what are you doing this weekend"?
Me: "Well, I'd planned to go to Nashville to my cousin's for a wine tasting thing. Why? Is something wrong"?
Her: "Well, do you think you can take off work at noon tomorrow"?
Me: "I don't know. I'll have to get to work and see what's going on. Why. What's wrong? Are you okay?"
Her: " How would you like an all expense paid trip to Vegas for the weekend with me. I've got gabazillion points to get your plane ticket and the hotel is all ready taken care of?"
Me: "That's crazy! I can't just go off the Vegas. What's going on?"

She tells me about her previously planned and paid for weekend to Vegas she had with another friend. The friend couldn't make it so she called me. Clearly I was her #1 on her Plan B! That's okay - I still love her.

Me: "I'm sorry about your friend. Let me get to work and check my schedule (as if I'd be tied up) and I'll let you know".

15 minutes later I am driving to work thinking of all of the reasons why I couldn't just drop life and go to Vegas and how irresponsible it would be for me to be away from home! I called her back, ready to be my same boring, cautious self...instead, I opened my mouth and said:

"Book it"!

Within seconds her fingers were flying across her keyboard and my plane ticket was confirmed!

I'M GOING TO VEGAS FOR THE WEEKEND! How freaking crazy is that? OMG...what have I done??!! I'm actually doing something frivolous and spontaneous!