Monday, May 22, 2006

Girls Day Out


I had some fabulous girl time this weekend. Saturday afternoon I attended a bachelorette lingerie party. Wahoooo! For the event,the girls rented a pontoon boat at the marina and had the party on the lake. With the wind in our hair and time on our side, we lounged, we talked, we partied. Such fun!

Seven of us attended, and none of us really wanted to claim the title of Skipper, so people took turns driving the boat. We finally decided to coast for awhile and so we turned off the engine and broke out the food and drinks. After feasting, the bride to be (wearing her Bachelorette hat and banner) opened her gifts. Little did she know that all the remarks regarding her gifts were being written down. After she finished, one of the girls read the quotes, saying that this was what she will be saying on her wedding night. Oh, it was too funny. For my readership's sake, I won't repeat them. (smirk)

We floated for about an hour and then decided to head off for a different area of the lake. Turn key, crrrrrrrnk. Turn key, crrrrrrrrnk. Nothing. The engine simply would not turn over. Try, try again. Laughter ensues. Now, we are 7 women on a party boat. When we left the marina, the "Skipper" wasn't giving the boat enough gas and we stalled about 4 feet from the dock. We saw the smirks on the fishermen's faces. Now here we are in the middle of the lake with an engine that wouldn't start. We had one paddle. And a cell phone.

So, one of the girls calls the marina. They make sure that we're doing everything right. Still nothing. So, they said they would send somebody out. "Where are y'all exactly?" they say. Response: "my back is to the dam". This is what they're contending with. Ha ha ha. We give them slightly better directions and they tell us that help is on the way.

45 min. later.

One of the girls has been waving her colorful sarong at fellow boaters, thinking they are the rescue team. It's clearly an older couple, and the woman is wearing a straw hat. Not exactly your typical rescue team. Man and son on Jet-ski. Wave of sarong. Fishermen. Wave of sarong. So, we call the marina again. We find out that the rescue team has been called to the dock because of a snake bite. Clearly this out-ranks 7 damsels in distress. They tell us to look for a boat with a blue flashing light. The sarong makes it's appearance once again.

Since the boat has been sitting for 45 min., the young twenty-something male on the other end of the line attempts to diagnose the engine trouble from afar. Crrrrrrnnnnnk again. Then the fun really begins. He instructs the Desperate Housewife on the other end of the phone to have one of the girls squeeze the gas pump. "I tried to squeeze it but it was hard!" "You squeeze it, you have more experience!" "Why does it get keep getting harder to pump?" It actually was all innocent conversation, until the Desperate Housewife began saying that she could hear laughter on the other end in the phone. The young twenty-something had "accidentally" hit the intercom switch and everyone in the marina was laughing at the conversation. It went on and on, but hey, it was a Bachelorette party, after all.

45 min. later.

We see a blue light. They clearly see us. The sarong is still waving. It's the sheriff's office, and they are greeted with a "can we take your picture?". All they give us is a puzzled/are you joking look. Suddenly the 7 of us are joined with two armed men. Party is over. Well, not really, they were really nice, and thankfully they couldn't get it started for awhile either. Finally, it starts. Then it dies. Then it starts again. Then it dies. Finally, we're up and running and begin to head back to shore.

After unloading all our gear and once again hear how the young twenty-something literally had tears in his eyes from the prior conversation, we headed home to get cleaned up. Later on in the evening, we headed to Johnny Carino's to continue the feasting. It was a fabulous day.

posted by Amstaff Mom | 6:40 AM




19 Comments:

Blogger Deals On Wheels said...

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

How funny! I can't stop laughing and my intern is now looking at me like I'm crazy or something!

AM, you were totally the girl with the sarong, weren't you?!

8:52 AM  
Blogger Amstaff Mom said...

HEY!!!!

DEALS!!!

It was SO not me.

I've been falsely accused!!!!

9:19 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh man, party on the lake! I hope to live on a lake one day:) That sounds like so much fun. I bet you had a great time...

11:58 AM  
Blogger Greg said...

What's a sarong?

12:38 PM  
Blogger Amstaff Mom said...

Ben McMinn - a really LARGE scarf. You can wrap it around your waist like a scarf. Or flail it in the wind like someone I know. (not me!!!)

FIF - it truly was.

1:17 PM  
Blogger Eddo said...

WOW!!! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!

Now I am the one saying OH.MY.WORD!!!!!!!

Great post. Quite possibly the funniest AM post ever! Loved it.

1:28 PM  
Blogger Eddo said...

OMW. I can't believe Ben didn't know what a Sarong was - he is so backwoods. I bet they still wash their clothes in a metal tub with a washboard...

1:29 PM  
Blogger Greg said...

Actually, we just walk around Naked up here... that way we avoid testicular chafing.

1:57 PM  
Blogger Greg said...

AND... it's easier to pick the ticks off after wandering around in the backwoods.

1:58 PM  
Blogger Amstaff Mom said...

Ben McMinn - I can't believe you put those two words on MY BLOG. wow.

Thanks Eddo! Glad you enjoyed it!

4:16 PM  
Blogger Eddo said...

hahahahahahaaa! Ben got me back. That is too funny.

11:08 AM  
Blogger Aim Claim said...

That is really funny. I love adventures like that... they make for the best stories later!

ps. great idea for a bachelorette party!

11:40 AM  
Blogger Aim Claim said...

testicular chafing... hahahahahaha!

11:41 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That SOUNDS fabulous! What a fun time - and that intercom conversation had me laughing so hard that my abs hurt now.

12:50 PM  
Blogger Amstaff Mom said...

We actually did that same thing at a bridal shower I went to. So I mentioned it to the girl for the bachelorette party. Best quote at the bridal shower - it was to the bride's mom regarding the color/size of the toaster. The unsuspecting bride said, "Oh mom, you didn't need to worry about it at ALL - it's the perfect color and size!!!"

we were ROLLING!!!

7:49 PM  
Blogger Saur♥Kraut said...

That sounds like so much fun! I'm jealous.

6:07 AM  
Blogger Jenny said...

OOoohhh sounds like SO much fun!

5:08 PM  
Blogger Stephanie said...

Oh my word that is a HILARIOUS story!

But it sounds like you had a great time, broken boat and all!

8:29 AM  
Blogger Lia said...

Thank goodness for happy endings.

That sounds like a real fun party! For everyone around - even the bored dock workers. Good time had by all, huh?

Note: I am currently hating Blogger. And now, for the third attempt to post what's not a very enlightening comment . . .

9:16 AM  

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