Holiday

If anyone can safely say they have the best parents in the world, it's me.

Earlier this year, sitting at home in the evening, Mum said that I'd been invited on holiday and did I want to go. This was slightly confusing as I didn't know anyone who would be going on holiday and who would invite me along. She went on to explain that one of the girls from her singing group was organising a single girls holiday and had invited her along (not that my mum is single). Mum turned it down but offered me as an alternative... When she first explained all this I was a little bit dubious to say the least. A holiday with a group of people I had never met sounded like a very strange thing to do. I made excuses like the fact that there was no way I could afford it or take time off from the shop to go on holiday. Here's where the best mum in the world steps in- she offered to pay for the holiday and to cover the shop whilst I was away. For free. I still turned down the holiday but a little while later, having thought it over, decided why the hell shouldn't I go on holiday with a group of girls I've never met?! I get to meet some new single girls in the area who could become friends, and get to enjoy a week in the sun stress free and all paid for. How did I ever think to turn it down in the first place!

Fast forward a few months and a couple of meet ups with some of the girls and eight of us are standing at Exeter airport at 5am about to head of to Lanzarote. Although I'd met most of the girls before and had one particularly good night out, I wasn't quite sure what to expect spending a week on holiday with them. I needn't have worried at all though. Despite being possibly the most diverse group of people you could find on holiday together we all got on amazingly and had an absolute whale of a time. There was a mix of lazing by the pool, cocktails by the pool, eating out, nights out and a boat trip for those of us that could hack it!

What was best about the holiday was that with such a variety of people, comes a huge amount of experience and so for me as the youngest, it was like a therapy session. I have heard some hiliarious, amazing, heartwarming, shocking stories which I would love to share but holiday rules forbid! ;)

Xx