Big Bear Adventure

I am pretty sure there's nothing worse than being caught in a slump.

You know, that mood where you don't feel like doing anything, or seeing anyone.  You go about your daily routine like a robot.  There comes a point in time where you need to snap out of it, sista!  Or brotha. . .whichever applies to you. ;)

For the past month, I have been in this horrific stage of blah-ness (I'm copyrighting that) where I felt like keeping my head down and plowing through the day.  Every day.  For a month.  I felt grumpy, irritated, and not myself at all!  I feel that it has something to do with our wedding being so spectacular. Going 'back to normal' was no fun after being showered with love and attention for half a week straight.  I also started eating a bunch of cake, cookies, and candy out of nowhere.  I don't know if I began eating what was on hand because of the time constraint between work and school, or if I was stressing over the wedding, but it was all so good!  But not so good for my body, or my mood.

When I experience these periods of blah, my husband and I like to call it being a "wah wah whale."  Simply put, it means you're being a big baby over nothing.  It's the nicer way of saying, "Please shut your yap, you're being very emotional."  As humans, we tend to experience this sort of thing every now and again.  That's okay, it's completely normal.  But when you feel that you're plowing through the days rather than enjoying them, do something out of the ordinary.  Shake it up, mix it up, put it in a blender.

My husband is a professional when it comes to doing spur of the moment things.  He called me Friday while I am at work and asks me, "Hey!  Want to head up to Big Bear and spend the night in a cabin with some friends?"  Me + outdoors + a cute little town with shopping + snow = OH YEAH I'M DOWN!  And so I got off work, get all bundled up for the snowy weather and off we went on an hour drive to Big Bear.  The town still had Christmas lights up and it is very possibly the cutest little place I will ever be in my entire life.  It's so quiet, the air is crisp and fresh.  The people are so nice there!  Well, we get to our cabin and it kinda looks and smells like what a great grandmother's house would look and smell like.  Some things needed fixing and the wallpaper was peeling.  But that's okay, we just needed a place to crash after our adventure for the night.

And boy, it certainly was an adventure.  We walked around the village looking at all the neat places they had.  Of course we had to trot around in the snow, make some very odd-shaped snowballs, and smash ice with our boots.  We were trying to find a coffee shop so I could get my hands on a delicious latte, but at 9:00 at night most places were closed.  And then we spotted it!  A staple the four of us friends knew and loved dearly: Jack in the Box!  We headed inside for some snacks and a few refills of coffee before we headed back out into the 15 degree weather.  We ended up at a place called Bowling Barn that was a two story ginormous barn.  We had some more snacks and beer, and bowled terribly, but we had tons of fun!  It was about midnight when we walked over to Big Bear lake.  We couldn't see anything since it was so dark, other than a huge pile of ducks all huddled together to stay warm.  We walked back to our 'cabin' and knocked out.  We headed back home in the morning after eating breakfast.

It was a short trip, but it was much needed.  It got me out of my rut!  Breathing in that fresh, crisp air and walking around aimlessly having a good time made me feel so happy to be alive.

As I've said before, it really is the small things in life that can make such a big difference.  It's also the people in your life who aid you in your journeys that make life fun.  Thanks to my husband and our friends for putting together a very fun last minute trip.  Next time, we're getting there earlier so I can shop at all the cute stores!

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This is the view we had when we woke up in the morning and stepped out of our cabin.  You can see snow on the ground and Big Bear lake behind the houses.

As we exit the village area driving home, we saw an island in the middle of a small body of water.  These were some of the beautiful houses surrounding the water.  Notice that the lake is frozen!

Since it was so dark out, I wasn't able to get any pictures of The Village, so I got this one from online.  This is exactly how it looked when we were there.  How adorable!  There's lots of places to shop, eat, get a massage or your nails done.  It's the perfect little place.

Me looking very yucky in my scrub bottoms from work haha, my darling husband and our good friend Jorge at the bowling alley.

The boys looking spiffy at the bowling alley!  Ramiro, Karl, and Jorge.

The boys being, well, boys!  This is in our little 'cabin.'  Jorge has his astronaut suit on and Karl is just being ridiculous with his beer bottle haha.  All I know is I was cold and tired!